New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): According to recent reports, rapper-singer Honey Singh has officially parted ways with his wife Shalini Talwar.

New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): With an objective to curb misleading advertisements and protect the consumers who may be exploited or affected by such advertisements, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) under the Department of Consumer Affairs has notified Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022.

New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The government on Friday issued new guidelines to prevent misleading advertisements in order to protect the consumers who may be exploited or affected by such messaging.

New Delhi Mar 27 PTI A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of being a member of alleged terror organisation Babbar Khalsa International in case related to 2005 Satyam Cinema and Liberty Cinema bomb blasts saying police miserably failed to prove the case beyond the shadow of doubt Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender said that though the prosecution had ascribed meaning to general words like plot khet fasal paani etc in his telephonic conversation the possibility of any enthusiastic police officer misinterpreting plain and simple words on account of suspicion and overzealous approach cannot be ruled out I am of the considered opinion that shadow of doubt appears upon the prosecution version and the evidence available on record is not of sterling quality to hold accused Trilochan Singh liable for the commission of offence punishable under section 18 conspiracy for terrorist acts and 20 membership of terrorist organisation of UAPA and under section of Arms Act the judge said The court also said that the police miserably failed to prove that the accused was a member of Babbar Khalsa International Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested Singh a driver in 2007 as a part of its investigation into the 2005 Satyam Cinema and Liberty Cinema bomb blasts and had claimed that the accused was trying to revive militancy in Punjab The court also said that Trilochan could not be held guilty for commission of offence under section 18 conspiracy for terrorist acts of UAPA merely because the other accused had pleaded guilty and had been convicted The case of the accused is required to be judged independently on its own merits and he cannot be convicted simply because the other co-accused persons have pleaded guilty the Judge said According to police nine persons were accused out of which eight pleaded guilty Trilochan decided to contest his case filed under sections 121A conspiracy to commit offences or to overawe the state by means of criminal force or its 120B punishment of criminal conspiracy as well as sections of the UAPA Act and the Arms Act the police said Police had relied on telephonic conversations between a convict Baljeet Singh and Trilochan It had claimed that the accused knew that they were under surveillance and for this reason were speaking in coded words The court said there must be some credible material available on record justifying the meaning ascribed to plain and general words by the prosecution The police had registered the FIR alleging that the accused persons were connected to one Babbar Khalsa International alleged to be a terror outfit based in Germany It was alleged that Babbar Khalsa International had negotiated with militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and conspired to overawe the Indian government Police had claimed that Trilochan was in touch with Babbar Khalsa International outfit member Baljeet Singh who planned to kill a Sikh religious leader Baba Pyara Singh Panihari Wala and some others and to revive militancy in Punjab PTI UK VN VN

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI The Supreme Court Friday sought the Centres response on a PIL challenging the Constitutional validity of a provision of law dealing with transgender people and seeking a direction to provide severe punishment for offences against them Issue notice to the ministry of social justice and empowerment and tag along with the other pending petition said a bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai after hearing brief submissions from the lawyer for the petitioner The apex court was hearing the PIL filed by Chandigarh-based activist Kajal Mangal Mukhi The PIL referred to section 18 of the Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Act 2019 and said that it provided lesser punishment for offences against transgender people Whoever a compels or entices a transgender person to indulge in the act of forced or bonded labour other than any compulsory service for public purposes imposed by Government b denies a transgender person the right of passage to a public place or obstructs such person from using or having access to a public place to which other members have access to or a right to use c forces or causes a transgender person to leave household village or other place of residence and d harms or injures or endangers the life safety health or well-being whether mental or physical of a transgender person or tends to do acts including causing physical abuse sexual abuse verbal and emotional abuse and economic abuse shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years and with fine reads the provision The plea has sought classification of offences against transgender persons and setting of penalties in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Penal Code the Bonded Labour System Abolition Act and The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act The provision on punishment for serious offences against transgender people is substantially less severe than for the same crimes committed against others as defined in the IPC PTI SJK SA

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central government on a petition seeking directions to provide stringent and severe punishment for offences against transgender persons.

In exercise of powers under Section 18(2)(j) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, the Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued a Safety Notice to alert consumers against buying household goods which do not hold without valid ISI Mark and violate the standards directed for compulsory use by the Central Government. Centre Alerts Consumers ‘Not To […]

New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Delhi Drugs Control Department has submitted in Delhi High Court that "it is beyond their knowledge" that distribution of life-saving drugs 'Favipiravir' is for "charitable purpose or political gain."

New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Delhi's Tis Hazari Court orders in-camera proceedings in domestic violence case against Singer Yo Yo Honey Singh filed by his wife.

New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the trial court proceedings against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Gautam Gambhir, his Foundation and others for alleged unauthorised stocking of medical drugs.