NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has quashed rape charges against a man accused by a 30-year-old woman of sexually exploiting her under the pretext of marriage, finding her intent to be “manipulative” and her allegations “vindictive.” A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and...

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that a married woman cannot accuse a man of rape on the grounds of a false promise of marriage while her own marriage is still legally valid. The court quashed a rape case filed by a woman against a 23-year-old man in...

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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 37 amid the current wave, with five more deaths reported on Tuesday. The latest fatalities include two from Maharashtra and one each from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. The total number of active Covid-19...

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Three Indian nationals who had recently gone missing in Iran have been found and rescued by Tehran police, according to a statement from the Iranian Embassy in India on Tuesday. “Three missing Indian citizens freed by Tehran police,” the embassy posted on...

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has asked the central government to submit a status report on the development of policies related to sample collection, collection centres, and transport protocols—citing concerns that the “next Covid-19 pandemic is far from...

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