New Delhi,  The Delhi High Court has observed that the intention of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is to protect children minor from sexual exploitation and that it was never meant to criminalise consensual romantic relationships between young adults.

"In my opinion the

Thiruvananthapuram,  Beleaguered young Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation Mayor Arya Rajendran on Monday filed a defamation suit against Congress Rajya Sabha member Jeby Methar.

Rajendran is presently caught in a controversy after her purported letter to senior CPI-M leader and Thiruvanthapuram dis

Bhopal,  With the implementation of the Provisions of the Panchayats Extension to the Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996 -- to be formally announced by President Droupadi Murmu on the occasion of the second edition of the state government's mega event 'Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas' on Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh would

Surat (Gujarat),  Police have recovered 2.176 kg of MD drugs and cash from a shop and the basement of a commercial complex in Gujarat's Surat city, an official said on Monday.

According to an Amroli police station officer, a police officer had received information that a drug peddler had concealed dr

Ahmedabad,  AIMIM leaders in Gujarat have urged the party's state and national leadership not to contest all the Muslim-dominated seats in the state, which goes to the polls in two phases on December 1 and 5.

Their fear is that the party is weak in some constituencies, and if the AIMIM fields candida

New Delhi,  V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog inaugurated the Health Pavilion at the 41st India International Trade Fair (IITF) here on Monday.

The theme of this year's pavilion of the Health Ministry is based on "Heal in India, Heal by India".

The Health Pavilion showca

Guwahati,  The Assam government on Monday signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore with an aim to bring transformative changes in health, education, women, and child development in the state, officials said.

The MoU has been inked for a two-year Chief Minister's Young Pro

Jaipur,  After the National Investigation Agency, the teams of National Security Guard and the Intelligence Bureau reached Rajasthan's Udaipur on Monday to investigate the blast on the railway bridge on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway line.

At present, all top agencies including the NIA, and the state

New Delhi,  Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated two National Highway projects worth Rs 3,390 crore in Bihar's Buxar in the presence of Union Minister of State Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal and other officials.

Gadkari said wit

Hingoli (Maharashtra), Congress MP Rahul Gandhi celebrated his great-grandfather and India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday with a large group of kids to mark Children's Day, even as a Gujarat-based artist dedicated a gigantic rangoli to the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' (BYJ) leader.