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NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has initiated a "minor" cabinet reshuffle, wherein the water department — which was previously overseen by minister Saurabh Bhardwaj — has now been entrusted to Atishi, as reported by officials.The responsibilities of the tourism, art, and culture departments, which were previously overseen by Atishi, will now be under the purview of Bhardwaj,...

KOLKATA: Charges under Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act result in "automatic criminalisation", the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday even as it acquitted a man who was a minor when he entered into a relationship with a girl younger to him. The two later married and now have a child.Stating that the Pocso Act does not consider normal sexual behaviour among adolescents and...

KOLKATA: Charges under the Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act result in "automatic criminalisation", the Calcutta high court said on Wednesday even as it acquitted a man who was a minor when he entered into a relationship with a girl younger than him. The HC, which noticed during the hearing the constant presence of a woman and a baby, was told she was the survivor in the case and...

NEW DELHI: Domestic market leader IndiGo will levy a distance-based "fuel charge" ranging from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 on all its flights due to increase in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices. This comes into effect from today. While comments were sought from other airlines, SpiceJet said it will levy a fuel charge without giving details.Other airlines are also likely to follow suit as the costing pressure...

WASHINGTON: Having dropped a bombshell by alleging the Indian government was behind the assassination of a Khalistani extremist in Canada, the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Ottawa was not looking to escalate matters with India even as Washington cautiously backed his demand for an investigation into the killing. "We are not looking to provoke or escalate. We are simply laying...

NEW DELHI: With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear on Wednesday a Kerala man's petition seeking contempt action against Maharashtra for failing to rein in hate speeches by Hindu organisations despite SC orders, solicitor general Tushar Mehta asked why is the petitioner seeking to target one community."Why petitioner Shaheen Abdullah from Kerala is blind to hate speeches close to his home? Why is he...