POCSO invoked in Bollywood actor molestation case, Nobel Peace Prize awarded and other top stories of December 10, 2017

Case registered under POCSO in Bollywood actor molestation on Air Vistara flight

Maharashtra State Commission for Women said they would seek a detailed inquiry; Air Vistara said it would look into the complaint, and that it had “zero tolerance for such behaviour”.

Nobel peace laureate urges nuclear powers to adopt ban-the-bomb treaty

Beatrice Fihn, head of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons , urged nuclear nations to adopt a U.N. treaty banning atomic weapons in order to prevent “the end of us”.

EC puts Gujarat polls phase 1 turnout at 66.75%

According to the final data, tribal-dominated Narmada district witnessed the highest turnout at 79.15% while Devbhumi-Dwarka seat in the Saurashtra region saw the lowest turnout at 59.39%.

Modi alleges Pakistan interference in Gujarat Assembly polls

Why does Pakistan Army’s ex-DG want Ahmed Patel as Gujarat CM, the Prime Minister asked.

Plea for ‘one nation, one education board’ dismissed

Six years apart, the Supreme Court has come up with self-contradictory views on common syllabus and curriculum in schools.

Padmavati, triple talaq and halal feature in M.A History exam paper in BHU

“What do you mean by Johar tradition? Describe Rani Padmavati ’s Johar in the period of Allaudin Khalji,” a question in the medieval history paper asked.

Gurugram dengue death case: FIR lodged against Fortis hospital

The FIR has been registered against Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of a seven-year-old during dengue treatment.

Suspected rapist and child killer confesses to his crimes

Daswant confessed to murdering his mother to get her jewellery for his expenses.

Biryani, vanilla ice cream for Dilip Kumar on 95th birthday

“He loves biryani and that will be made for him but I will give him only little as he is unwell. He is also fond of vanilla ice cream, I will ask the doctors if we can give him a little bit of that too. Then we will have a birthday cake,” his wife Saira Banu said.

Lakmal gifts Sri Lanka big ODI win over India

Lakmal returned career-best ODI figures of 4-13 to help dismiss India for just 112, with Sri Lanka achieving the target in 20.4 overs and taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.