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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Friday allowed Prasar Bharati to share live feed of World Cup cricket matches with cable operators. The apex court overturned an earlier order from Delhi High Court restraining public broadcaster to share feed with cable operators. Earlier, Star Sports, the official broadcast partner of World Cup, had […]

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police registered a first information report (FIR) late on Wednesday evening against Rajendra Pachauri, the director-general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) after a woman research analyst lodged a complaint alleging harassment. The FIR alleges Pachauri committed offences under Sections 354, 354A, 354D, 506 of IPC, which deal with outraging

NEW DELHI: CBI today filed its final probe report in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh, Hindalco and others before the special court which will consider it on March 11. Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma told the court that the agency has completed the investigation and one

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday extended the stay on arrest of Teesta Setalvad and her husband. The top court had earlier stayed their arrest till February 19. Earlier during the hearing, SC asked Gujarat government why Teesta Setalvad and her husband were needed in custody for questioning? The top court noted that it is

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday in Supreme Court opposed tooth and nail any court mandated guidelines for issuance of government advertisements. Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said government issues advertisements for making people aware of its policy and work. He asked how such advertisements could be branded as tools to garner political mileage. Taking note

BILASPUR: Chhattisgarh high court has held that order by governor, under the provisions of Constitution, pardoning and releasing a convict is not illegal if the order is based on relevant material. A single bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra dismissed a writ filed by Bharat assailing the legality and validity of Chhattisgarh governor’s order, exercising

Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over how Sahara Group would raise money to secure its chief Subrata Roy’s release, as the group sought extension of facilities inside Tihar jail premises by four to six weeks to enable him negotiate deals with prospective buyers. The apex court expressed concern about the payment of money to

NEW DELHI: In an important development that will bring down culpability of directors of a private company in case one of its employees is caught bribing a public servant, the Law Commission has told the government to amend certain provisions of the proposed Prevention of Corruption Act (Amendment) Bill and bring it in line with

MUMBAI: It was the last day in court as judge of the Bombay high court for Justice P D Kode on Thursday as he turned 62, the official age of retirement as HC judge. The judge better known for his historic verdict in the March 12, 1993 serial bomb blasts case of Mumbai (then Bombay)

NEW DELHI: In a relief to social activist Teesta Setalvad, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed her arrest till February 19. The apex court also asked the Gujarat government lawyer to produce some relevant documents pertaining to this case on February 19. The court allowed Setalvad to file additional documents in support of her defence