CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has strongly condemned drunk driving, calling it a serious threat to public safety that “strikes at the very root of societal order,” and refused to grant bail to a truck driver accused of fatally hitting an MBBS student...

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NEW DELHI: A new report highlights poverty as the most significant factor driving child marriage, with 91% of respondents citing poor financial conditions as a major cause. The report also notes a decline in child marriage cases at the village level over the past...

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has reiterated that criminal law should not be misused as a tool for settling personal vendettas or disputes, criticizing the growing trend of filing FIRs to resolve civil matters. In a ruling that quashed an FIR filed over two decades ago...

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed top bureaucrats and state chief secretaries to proactively address delays in infrastructure projects, rather than waiting for him to review and assign accountability. During a web-based Pragati meeting on...

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NEW DELHI: India has achieved a remarkable reduction in school dropout rates, according to a new report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The Comprehensive Modular Survey: Education 2025, conducted during the April-June 2025 period as...

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UNITED NATIONS: Syrian president Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday addressed the UN General Assembly, becoming the first head of state from his country to do so in nearly 60 years. Al-Sharaa declared that Syria was “reclaiming its rightful place among the nations of the...

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