The Supreme Court on Friday allowed immediate arrests in connection with dowry harassment cases under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The apex court had earlier said that every complaint under Section 498A should be scrutinised by the Family Welfare Committees after which arrests should be made.   Amending its order, the CJI-led three-judge bench observed that the misuse of Section 498A has caused social unrest but added that it’s not for the courts to fill in legislative gaps. It observed that there are inbuilt remedies in Criminal Procedure to check misuse ... Read More

The country’s first ‘smart fence’ pilot project, which entails deploying laser-activated fences and technology-enabled barriers to plug vulnerable gaps along borders, will be formally launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh next week along the India-Pakistan border, an official said Thursday.   Singh will travel to Jammu to inaugurate the ambitious project on September 17, he added.   The technology is being implemented by the Border Security Force and senior officials of the paramilitary will present a demo of the activation and response mechanis ... Read More

Ten people died and around 10 others were injured in a road accident in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning.   A senior police officer said, “We have got reports that 10 people died and around 10 others were injured in Thakria area of Kishtwar. Thakria has situated 15 km from the district headquarters and the vehicle was on its way to Kishtwar.”   “The overloaded vehicle skidded off the road and fell down in the Chenab,” he said.   Locals, police and rescue teams of the district administration rushed to the ... Read More

जम्मू कश्मीर में पुलिस ने शिकायत मिली है की कुछ लड़कों का सोशल साइट पर आतंकवादियों के रूप में दिखाया जा रहा है…वहीं डोडा पुलिस ने मिले एक नोटिस के आधार पर जांच पड़ताल की जिसमें युवाओं में से एक मुस्तक अहमद, एसओ अब्दुल्ला आर, ओ सा� ... Read More

Mumbai Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, on Wednesday, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi "illiterate", while censuring the express government's choice to screen a short film on the PM's life at schools in Maharashtra.    His remark drew sharp response from BJP pioneers with the gathering's Maharashtra unit representative Shaina NC calling Mr Nirupam "mentally deranged."    "The choice to screen the film coercively isn't right. Youngsters ought to be avoided from ploitical issues. What will understudies gain from wa ... Read More

Two terrorists were killed and eight forces’ personnel, including an officer, wounded in an ongoing gunfight in Jhajjar Kotli forests of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.   An official told that SDPO Nagrota Mohan Lal Sharma, two policemen and five CRPF personnel were wounded in the gunfight which occurred after terrorists opened fire on a search party of the forces in Katriyal forests in Reasi district.     They were admitted to the Narayana hospital in Katra. ... Read More