Brasilia, Feb 17 (IANS) Prosecutors from 11 countries have agreed to cooperate on the massive corruption case involving Brazilian firm Odebrecht, a media report said. Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Portugal, Peru, the…
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) US President Trump has said he will issue a new executive order on immigration by next week. Also, the Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court to hold off on…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Assamese singer Sadananda Gogoi on Thursday got bail from the Calcutta High Court in the multi-billion rupee Saradha ponzi scam after spending over 29 months in prison since his arrest by…
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) An Israeli national, who was convicted in a drugs smuggling case, was on Thursday repatriated to his home country. The extradition formalities of the Israeli national, Lior Avi Ben Moyal, were…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) TV actor and COO of Elder Pharmaceuticals Anuj Saxena, accused of bribing former Ministry of Corporate Affair official B.K. Bansal who committed suicide, surrendered himself before a Delhi court on…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court has made it easier for the people of middle and lower income groups to approach it to avail legal aid, an official said on Thursday. The Middle…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Families of victims and those injured in the 2005 serial blasts in Delhi voiced deep disappointment after a trial court on Thursday let off all three accused in the terror…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The AAP government on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court, challenging a single-judge order that stayed its nursery admissions notification compelling 298 private schools, built on public land, to adopt…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Following a Supreme Court-appointed committee’s advocacy of better air-quality monitoring in the national capital and neighbouring regions, the Delhi government on Thursday announced setting up of 20 more stations. The…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The supreme Court on Thursday asked three internet search engines — Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corporation (India) Ltd — to form own “In-House Expert Body” to scan and…
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation to forthwith remove illegal hoardings, banners and advertisements and initiate criminal proceedings against the offenders. “The civic body will have to…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) A special NIA court here on Thursday framed charges against Mohamed Naser, accused of active involvement in the promotion of Islamic State ideology along with his accomplices in India. The…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to examine whether the practice of ‘talaq-e-bidat’ (instantaneous triple talaq), ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy were in conformity with the right to equality…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Over 11 years after three bombs went off in crowded Delhi markets ahead of Diwali killing 67 people, a court here on Thursday let off three…
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) The BJP government in Haryana is in favour of extending reservation in jobs and educational institutions to the Jats and was awaiting adjudication by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on…
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will start reimbursing Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges to banks for payments made through debit cards since January 1, the central bank announced on Thursday….
Gurugram, Feb 16 (IANS) Gurugram-based NGO Frishtey will provide free legal aid to the family of a 10-year-old girl who was gang-raped and murdered by three men. The victim was lured and abducted from a…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) A trial court here on Thursday convicted one person, but acquitted two others, in the 2005 Delhi serial blasts case, which had killed over 60 people. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh…
Imphal, Feb 16 (IANS) ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila on Thursday filed her nomination papers to contest from Thoubal constituency in the Manipur assembly elections. “I am fighting the Chief Minister. I want to become the…
Seoul, Feb 16 (IANS) South Korea’s constitutional court on Thursday said it will hold the last session on the presidential impeachment next week, heralding its final ruling before mid-March. Lee Jung-mi, the court’s acting chief…