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NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that marital status of a woman cannot be a ground to deprive her of the right to abort an unwanted pregnancy. The top court said that even a single and unmarried woman has the right to abort under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and the rules, till 24 weeks of pregnancy....

A court in Bihar's Begusarai on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against Ekta Kapoor, film producer and director, and her mother Shobha Kapoor on charges of insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their family members in her web series 'XXX' (Season-2). The court of judge Vikas Kumar issued the warrant on the basis of a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar, an ex-serviceman and...

NEW DELHI: The season of farm fires in Punjab and Haryana has begun, satellites recording around 200 fire counts in this season so far. Though the count so far is too low to impact air quality in the region so far, experts say the number is expected to rise in October as the monsoon is set to withdraw from northwest India. The widespread...