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Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s contention during polls that each citizen could get Rs 15 lakh if all black money was unearthed was based on “illustrative” figures cited in various estimates, government said today, responding to questions that have been raised over the issue. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while replying to questions in Rajya Sabha on […]

NEW DELHI: The Supreme court on Tuesday has stayed Delhi HC order allowing the accused in the Uber cab rape case to recall and re-examine 13 witnesses. The court has agreed to hear plea of the rape victim who had challenged Delhi high court’s order. SC issued notice to the accused and Delhi police on

NEW DELHI: At a time when the Supreme Court is hearing a petition on Manipur being cut off from the rest of the country due to frequent blockades of the national highway, the United Naga Council on Monday audaciously told the court that there could be no peace in Manipur without the conglomerate’s “consent and

Five men were behind bars Sunday either charged or suspected in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, but details remained unclear in the case that has shaken Russia’s marginalized and struggling opposition movement. The five appeared in a Moscow court, where two of them were charged in connection with the shooting of Nemtsov as

HYDERABAD: A special court here is slated to pronounce the much-awaited judgment in the multi-crore accounting fraud in the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited (SCSL) on April 9. During the last hearing on December 23, 2014, special judge BVLN Chakravarthi had said that he would pronounce the verdict on April 9, citing voluminous documents of

KOCHI: A decision taken by the central government after the Khobragade row for not allowing Indians who accept Trafficking (T) visas issued by the United States to fly there is against fundamental rights, says the Kerala High Court. Issued to victims of human trafficking, a T visa allows the holder to stay in the US

The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and 53 others in the 1999 JBT teacher recruitment scam. READ: Chautala Chronology The court of Justice Siddharth Mridul has upheld the 10-year jail sentence given by the trial court in 2013 to O

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) monitoring the MPPEB scam has itself landed in trouble with the high court asking it to explain the circumstances in which it accepted a request to visit Delhi to examine the evidence submitted by AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh. The court order has come in response to an objection raised

Delhi Police on Tuesday obtained a restraining order from a court against the broadcast of a documentary film, which features an interview of December 16 rapist Mukesh Singh. An FIR against unknown persons was also registered in the matter on Tuesday night, a day after excerpts of the interview were made public. The restraining order

With the President giving assent to the Bill, which prohibits slaughter and sale of any cow progeny (bullocks and bulls) in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief to take action against those who carry out slaughter at Deonar abattoir. The same will