Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) The prosecution on Tuesday sought death penalty for Muzammil Ansari, and lifers for nine others who were found guilty in the triple bomb blasts between December 2002-March 2003 by a Special…
Agartala, April 5 (IANS) The Tripura government will soon set up commercial courts in each of the eight districts to resolve commercial disputes in a time-bound manner, an official said here on Tuesday. Among the…
Dhaka, April 5 (IANS) Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Tuesday surrendered to separate courts in Dhaka before securing bail in five cases related to violence, graft and sedition. The former prime minister and Bangladesh…
By Shobhit Mathur and Nomesh Bolia As of today, there are more than 20 million cases pending in the Indian district courts; two-thirds are criminal cases and one in 10 have been pending for more…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari and other dignitaries on Tuesday paid tributes to former defence minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, observed as ‘Samata Diwas’. A prayer meeting was…
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said not every off-shore company opened by an Indian national need be illegitimate and that this will be primary task of…
New Delhi, April 4 (IA NS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, accused of being associated with a front organisation of a banned Maoist outfit. A bench of…
Hyderabad, April 4 (IANS) Rights activist and former bureaucrat Harsh Mandar on Monday said the young voices for justice and equality being raised in universities are the sparks which should lit the whole nation in…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday imposed cost of Rs.25,000 each on 26 states and seven union territories for not responding to the central government’s communication seeking information on utilisation of…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked whether a university could be described as a minority institution as it allowed the central government to move an application withdrawing its appeal challenging…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The AAP on Monday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe against companies and people named in the Panama Papers. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A special court here on Monday acquitted Amit Jogi, son of Congress leader Ajit Jogi, and four others in a 2003 sting operation case. In the sting video footage, the…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) In the first sentencing in a coal block allocation case, a special court here on Monday sent to jail, for four years, two directors of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt. Ltd. whom…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ordered a multi-agency probe team on the global expose by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), dubbed the “Panama Papers”, which found over 500…
Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) A special CBI court on Monday sentenced 47 Uttar Pradesh policemen of various ranks to life imprisonment in a 1991 staged gun battle case in Pilibhit. These policemen were on Friday…
Kochi, April 4 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday came down heavily over wastage of its time, and dismissed a plea by prime accused Saritha Nair for a CBI probe against Chief Minister Oommen…
Washington/New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and more than 100 other news organisations around the globe reveals the offshore links of some of the planet’s…
New Delhi, April 4 (IA NS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, accused of being associated with a front organisation of a banned Maoist outfit. The apex court…
Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued a contempt notice to a top Uttar Pradesh government official for not providing documents to IPS officer Amitabh Thakur with regard to a departmental…