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NEW DELHI: The Dowry Act in its present form is here to stay for now. The government on Friday said it had dropped amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 proposed by the National Commission for Women (NCW). “The NCW had recommended certain amendments in Dowry Prohibition Act. However, the ministry has taken a considered […]

NEW DELHI: CBI on Friday filed charged against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, his close aide Vijay Joshi, former coal secretary HC Gupta, ex-chief secretary A K Basu and four others in connection with allocation of coal blocks to Kolkata-based Vini Iron Steel and Udyog Ltd. During Koda’s tenure, three allocations to private companies

MUMBAI: In a move which will bring cheer to patients and generic companies pursuing affordable treatments, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Bayer’s appeal on the compulsory licence (CL) issued on kidney and cancer drug, Nexavar. The Supreme Court set aside the special leave petition filed by the MNC in October against the Bombay high

Sending a strong signal against incidents of harassment of women particularly in court premises, the Supreme Court on Friday threw out an appeal by a lawyer against a week-long jail term in a case of misdemeanour against a woman colleague in Delhi High Court in 2012. A bench of Justices T S Thakur and Adarsh

The Delhi High Court in an interim order has restrained Xiaomi as well as online e-commerce site Flipkart from selling in India handsets of the Chinese mobile maker that run on the technology patented by Ericsson. The court has also restrained Xiaomi or its agents from making, assembling, importing or offering for sale its devices

NEW DELHI: Taking forward the money laundering probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal, the Enforcement Directorate has questioned the Maran brothers — Dayanidhi and Kalanithi — in connection with its criminal case against them. Sources said the investigators, early this week, recorded the statements of Dayanidhi, the former telecom minister, and his businessman brother Kalanithi here

LONDON: The abortion debate has returned to haunt Northern Ireland with the Human Rights Commission of the country taking the government to court on Wednesday challenging the near-blanket ban on the procedure. The commission announced it would take the government in Belfast to the high court over its refusal to reform the abortion law. The

MUMBAI: Maharashtra government is expected to tell the Bombay High Court on Thursday of its stand on the use of the word ‘Sindhu’ instead of ‘Sindh’ in the national anthem in text-books. On December 4, a division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Nitin Jamdar asked the state to reply whether it is following

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismisses pleas for interim stay on its single judge verdict quashing points for nursery admission in private schools. Chief justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw dismissed the petitions for stay and they will hear the main pleas challenging the single bench order from January. The city government had

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Opposition leader Imran Khan has been booked under terrorism act for allegedly inciting violence against Punjab’s former law minister RanaSanaullah during a rally in Faisalabad. The case was registered yesterday after Sanaullah said that Imran and other people incited the attack at his place after a person was killed in clashes during the