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Delhi appears to be headed for assembly elections with the BJP declining Lt Governor Najeeb Jung’s invitation to form the government, and both the Congress and AAP favouring immediate polls to end the eight-month-long political uncertainty. Indications are that Jung, who met leaders of the three political parties — Satish Upadhyay and Jagdish Mukhi of […]

The Gujarat High Court on Monday issued notices to state government on a bail petition moved by suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma who is lodged in jail in a graft case by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Sharma was arrested by ACB officials on September 30 in the graft case in which he is alleged to

Hearing a public interest litigation filed by an NGO that had stated that a large number of cattle are transported from India to Nepal to be slaughtered at the Gadhimal festival, which happens once in five years and is scheduled for November 28 and 29 this year, the Supreme Court today ordered that Centre should

The Justice Mukul Mudgal committee’s final report, submitted to the Supreme Court on Monday, has reportedly named a key member of India’s World Cup-winning team and touched upon his links with illegal bookmakers and match fixers. The player is not a Team India regular anymore but was a big draw for his team in IPL last year, the

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday posted the plea by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in a case related to the acquisition of the National Herald daily for final hearing December 2. Justice VP Vaish said he will start hearing the case on regular basis December 2.

Two persons have been arrested by the Bangalore police for posting obscene comments on the Facebook page of a young woman whose family is embroiled in a bitter feud with the head pontiff of the well known Ramachandrapura Mutt in Karnataka. The Banashankari police in south Bangalore arrested Sanath Palapaddi a farmer from the Mysore

DHAKA:  Bangladesh’s highest court on Monday upheld the death sentence against a leader of the largest Islamist party after he was convicted of committing war crimes, including mass murder, during the 1971 independence conflict. The Supreme Court’s rejection of Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s appeal means that he will now be hanged within months, provided the case is not

Since its inception, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that “no one can be a judge in his own cause”. This principle brings fairness to the justice delivery system and upholds equality of all before law. It also lays down a sound ground rule for adjudication, decision and punishment. It bars anyone from becoming a

HYDERABAD: A 23-year-old postgraduate student of the English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu) was gang-raped by two persons, including a fellow student, in a room at a men’s hostel on the campus on Friday night. Police arrested the two culprits on Sunday. The victim, a post-graduate II year student, is the daughter of an Indian

The Congress Sunday went out of the way to defend Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, who is at the centre of a political storm over his unseemly behaviour with the media, but in private many party leaders agreed his conduct was inappropriate. At least one leader, Sandeep Dikshit, openly said “basic civility” should have been