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The special public prosecutor in the 2G case has told the Supreme Court that it was “definitely improper” for CBI director Ranjit Sinha to frequently meet those accused in the coal and 2G scam cases and these meetings could not be a matter of Sinha’s right to privacy. The prosecutor also stressed that the alleged […]

AIADMK party workers must be waiting with bated breath on Friday as the Supreme court is slated to take up the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who is lodged in Bangalore jail in connection with disproportionate assets case. Also Read: Jayalalithaa IT returns case adjourned to November 6 It is

A 5-year-old student was killed while 25 others, all aged between 5 and 10 years, were injured after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed in Noida Sector 49 on Thursday. According to police, the incident took place at 11.30 AM on Thursday morning at RCJ Public School when around 40 school children were attending

Raising a cry for a silent Diwali in the national capital, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday urged Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung to ensure the execution of a Supreme Court order which bans the bursting of noise-generating firecrackers in residential areas. Vardhan, the Lok Sabha MP from the Chandni Chowk constituency of Delhi, said in

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain coal companies, which were directed to wind up mining operations in six months after their coal block allocations were cancelled by it, from extracting coal during this period and selling it in the market. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said, the apex court

NEW DELHI: A special court on Wednesday refused to accept CBI’s closure report in the case against a West Bengal-based company and its directors in a matter related to the coal block allocation scam. It further directed the agency to look into the role of coal ministry officers and members of 36th screening committee in

PLANNED CRIME Teenager’s charred body was recovered from Murthal earlier this week. The accused burnt the body to avoid identification Spreading rumours about the apprehended juvenile’s mother may have led to the brutal murder of an 18-yearold boy in Haryana’s Murthal, police said. The teenager’s charred body was recovered from Murthal earlier this week. The

Senior lawyer, Fali Nariman may represent Jayalalithaa in Supreme Court this Friday, to seek suspension of the sentence imposed on her and to present her bail plea. Former MP and TN public prosecutor, Shunmugasundaram who has been DMK’s lawyer, however, says that if Fali Nariman does eventually appear Jayalalithaa, it will be unethical. His reasoning

Three students from Manipur were allegedly beaten up by three persons for not speaking in Kannada at a restaurant here on Tuesday night. All the three accused have been arrested. According to the FIR, the three Manipuri students — T Michael Lamjathang Haokip, 26, Ngamkholen Haokip, 28, and Rocky Kipgen, 25, — were dining at

Taking right-wing activism to the Bhopal district court, a few advocates and Sanskriti Bachao Manch (SBM) joined hands to prevent a marriage between a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl, both major, forcing the police to intervene and restore the girl to her relatives on Monday. Reena Uikey, 22, and Shoaib Khan, 25, were looking for