Two get bail in Kolkata hit-and-run
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) A city court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Sambia Sohrab, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case that killed an IAF officer but granted the relief to two others…
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Court summons 2010-2011 balance sheets of Congress, AJL
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday summoned the balance sheets of the Congress party, and the Associated Journals Pvt Ltd. (AJL) for the year 2010-2011 in connection with the National Herald…
ED summons Mallya, opposition blames government for letting him ‘flee’
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued summons for appearance to former liquor baron Vijay Mallya and questioned some former Kingfisher airlines executives while his “fleeing” from India triggered a…
ED summons Mallya in money-laundering case on March 18
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Tightening its noose around former liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned him to appear before the agency next Friday (March 18) for questioning in the ongoing probe…
HC hearing on Mallya’s service tax dues now on March 28
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Friday adjourned, to March 28, the Maharashtra service tax department’s pleas for recovery of dues worth crores of rupees from the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines (KFA)…
Ishrat case: SC rejects PIL for relief to police officers
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to quash a criminal case against Gujarat Police personnel involved in the Ishrat Jahan shoot-out case in view of…
Dharmapuri bus burning: SC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of C. Muniappan and two others who were given capital punishment for their involvement in the…
Ishrat case: SC dismisses PIL seeking relief for police officers
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to quash a criminal case against Gujarat Police personnel involved in the Ishrat Jahan shootout case in view of…
Apple says US smearing it with claim of being ‘corrosive’
Washington, March 11 (IANS) Apple has accused the US Justice Department of trying to “smear” the company with “desperate” and “unsubstantiated” claims. It followed the Justice Department’s latest court filing over its demand that Apple…
AoL given three weeks to deposit Rs.5 crore
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Friday gave three weeks to Art of Living (AoL) to pay environmental compensation of Rs.5 crore for holding World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains…
German gets one-year jail in Cambodia for child abuse
Phnom Penh, March 11 (IANS) A Cambodian court on Friday convicted a German expatriate for sexually abusing five underage boys and sentenced him to one year in prison, according to a verdict. “The (Phnom Penh…
AoL given three weeks to deposit Rs.5 crore
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Friday gave three weeks to Art of Living (AoL) to pay environmental compensation of Rs.5 crore for holding World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplains…
Hiroshima residents file lawsuit over restarting n-plant
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) A group of residents from the Japanese city of Hiroshima, including several survivors from the 1945 atomic bombing, on Friday filed a lawsuit to prevent the reactivation of a nuclear power…
Ishrat case: SC dismisses police officers’ plea for relief
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to quash criminal case against Gujarat Police personnel involved in Ishrat Jahan shootout case in view of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley’s…
Bobde suggests common terrorism court for South Asia
By Arul Louis United Nations, March 11 (IANS) Indian Supreme Court justice S.A. Bobde has suggested setting up a common court for South Asia, with judges from all the regional countries to try cross-border terrorism…
World Culture Fest: Brown haze of dust on a bright day
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid continuing controversy over the holding of the World Culture Festival here, the volunteers, workers and performers on Thursday expressed both hope and uncertainty as they slogged…
DDCA row: HC asks Jaitley to respond to AAP leader’s plea
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to respond to a plea by AAP leader Ashutosh seeking direction to strike off the fresh allegations levelled against…
ED summons former officials of KFA, IDBI
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Four days after booking Kingfisher Airlines founder Vijay Mallya in a money-laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate served summons here on Thursday to KFA staffers and officials of the state-owned IDBI bank…
Student’s death in Russia: India seeks probe
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India has sought a probe into the death of an Indian medical student after he was attacked by unidentified people in a Russian city while on a business trip, a…
‘Things are changing’: AoL counsel on depositing Rs.5 crore fine
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) After Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s refusal to pay the fine of Rs.5 crore slapped by the National Green Tribunal, Art of Living on Thursday asserted that things were changing every…