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New Delhi, Jul 20: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bail plea of a juvenile, accused of killing a seven-year-old boy in a private school in Gurgaon. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra rejected the plea which sought default bail on the ground that charge sheet was not filed within 60 days. The bench said it is a heinous offence under section 302 of IPC and the time limit for

New Delhi, Jul 20: Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused Speaker Sumitra Mahajan of being unfair in allotting too little time to the opposition in the debate on the no-confidence motion and said the discussion cannot be treated as Question Hour. The 32 minutes allotted to his party is grossly inadequate, Kharge said. A few minutes to each speaker is not

New Delhi, Jul 20: A 17-year-old Class XI student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of boys outside a government school in northeast Delhi, police said today. The boy studied in SKV school in Jyoti Nagar. After the school ended yesterday, he got into a scuffle with four-five boys. They rained blows on the victim and fled from the spot, police said. The boy was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur

New Delhi, Jul 20: A 17-year-old Class XI student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of boys outside a government school in northeast Delhi, police said today. The boy studied in SKV school in Jyoti Nagar. After the school ended yesterday, he got into a scuffle with four-five boys. They rained blows on the victim and fled from the spot, police said. The boy was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur

Jerusalem, Jul 20: Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to blatant discrimination against Arab citizens. Arab lawmakers and Palestinians called the law "racist" and said it legalised "apartheid" following a tumultuous debate in parliament. Others said it neglects to specify equality and Israel's

New Delhi, Jul 20: Hours before the Lok Sabha is to take up the no-trust vote against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for a disruption-free and constructive debate in the House. "Today is an important day in our Parliamentary democracy. I am sure my fellow MP colleagues will rise to the occasion and ensure a constructive, comprehensive & disruption free debate," he

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as impossible the condition of observing abstinence for 41 days before undertaking a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and said this had led to the ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing petitions challenging the

New Delhi, Jul 19: The BJP on Thursday expressed the confidence that it would be able to defeat the Opposition sponsored no-confidence motion on Friday, as it has a majority in the Lok Sabha. It was also hopeful of support from some Opposition parties. “The numbers are very clear. The BJP by itself has a majority in the Lower House. We have nearly 314 members within the NDA [National Democratic

Mumbai, Jul 19: Shiv Sena will vote in favour of the BJP-led government during the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha tomorrow, a source close to party chief Uddhav Thackeray said. "We will support the BJP. A formal announcement may be made by this evening," the source told PTI here. The motion will be the first since the BJP-led NDA government came to power four years ago

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Centre on Thursday condemned the recent incidents of mob lynching and said it has advised the states to take stringent action against the culprits and asked social media service providers to install checks to stop the spread of rumours and fake news. Home Minister Rajnath condemned the incidents and made a statement in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour while responding to