Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court-constituted three-member panel on Wednesday held its first meeting in a bid to resolve the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi title suit dispute. The panel is headed by former Supreme…
Canberra, March 13 (IANS) Australian Cardinal George Pell, once the Vatican’s number three, was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys in the late 1990s. The former Vatican treasurer is the…
By Arul Louis New York, March 13 (IANS) The detention of Indian students by the US immigration authorities came up during Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s meeting with Congressional leaders, according to a participant. Representative…
Los Angeles, March 13 (IANS) “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman has appeared in a US federal court here on charges of paying a bribe to boost her daughters SAT score. She was arrested by the…
Washington, March 13 (IANS) US federal prosecutors have charged nearly 50 people in a scam where the wealthy paid to have their children admitted to elite schools. US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew…
London, March 13 (IANS) India’s securing of extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya offers “a template” for a similar outcome in the Nirav Modi case, a renowned London legal firm specialising in extradition cases said…
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench on Tuesday granted conditional bail to college professor Nirmala Devi arrested in the “sex-for-marks” scandal last year. An Assistant Professor in a college at Aruppukottai…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Centre has defended the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS) among the general category in jobs and higher education on the grounds of promoting social…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to respond to a plea stating that it has failed to put in place a permanent machinery to track the “unnatural increase”…
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) The DMK has requested the Election Commission to hold by-elections in all the 21 vacant Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu on April 18 and not just in 18 constituencies. In a…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped an advocate with contempt of court when the latter used the name of Fali S. Nariman during his argument, about which the court objected….
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Bombay High Court to decide on a plea moved by activist Gautam Navlakha for quashing of the FIR filed by Maharashtra police against…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to furnish the data on addition and deletion of voters from electoral rolls in Assam, as revised in January 2017, 2018…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to file response to a plea by the producer of the Bollywood movie…
Panaji, March 12 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s son Abhijat, accused of committing illegalities in the construction of an eco-tourism project in a petition, on Tuesday told the Panaji bench of Bombay High Court that…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal middleman Christian Michel told a court here on Tuesday that then CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana had threatened him in Dubai. Michel said Asthana had…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to furnish the data on addition and deletion of voters from Assam electoral rolls, revised in January 2017, 2018 and…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why firecrackers were being singled out for rising pollution levels when automobiles caused much more pollution. It asked the Centre to apprise it with…
Taipei, March 12 (IANS) The US Ambassador for Religious Freedom said on Tuesday that his country’s government was very concerned over the imprisonment of a Taiwanese activist in China and called for his release. The…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A Delhi court of Special Judge Arvind Kumar, here on Tuesday, rejected the bail plea of Gautam Khaitan, a lawyer, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case….