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Communal tension continued to escalate in Vadodara Sunday as two more cases of clashes were reported from the city. The pattern of the clashes suggested that the violence was spreading beyond the walled city areas. On Saturday, one stabbing incident was reported from the city even as the police suspended mobile data services till September […]

Opponents of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa believe that they stand vindicated after a Bangalore court in an 18-year-old case sentenced the her to four years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore for illegally accumulating assets worth Rs 66.05 crore. The verdict also has a crushing impact on her political

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday issued notice to Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan to explain why he shouldn’t be disqualified as a UP cabinet minister for simultaneously availing of facilities as the chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. The bench gave him six weeks to file his response,

NEW DELHI: While the Enforcement Directorate made its first arrest — businessman and lawyer Gautam Khaitan — in the Rs 3600 crore AgustaWestland chopper scam, CBI is still dragging its feet in the case. Even after 20 months of investigation, CBI is nowhere close to filing the chargesheet despite finishing the probe at India’s end

WASHINGTON: A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landmark visit to the US, a human rights group has obtained summons against him for his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots as state chief minister. New York based American Justice Centre (AJC) obtained the summons from the US Federal Court for the Southern District of

The Centre has left it to the Supreme Court (SC) to decide on whether rummy, poker and other card games, played online or in clubs for stakes, amount to gambling. These games would come under the ambit of gambling and thus illegal only if it is held that they involve sheer luck and no skill.

From now on, giving missed calls to women could land you up in jail in Bihar. A circular issued by CID Inspector General (Weaker Section) Arvind Pandey to all district Superintendents of Police (SPs) and Government Rail Police (GRP) SPs has directed them to ensure that police investigate and take action in such cases with

Characterising its verdict as futuristic, corrective as well as compensatory, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed allocations of 214 out of 218 coal blocks that it had declared as illegal last month. A bench led by Chief Justice of India R M Lodha spared four blocks, two of which were allocations made to the Ultra

A day after Sudipta Sen’s driver told the CBI of being witness to meetings between the Saradha Group chairman and TMC leaders before the former escaped to Kashmir, TMC MP Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday appeared before the investigating agency to “become a witness” in the multi-crore chit fund scam. Adhikari, who was summoned by the

NEW DELHI: The tragic incident at the Delhi zoo could have been avoided had the guards posted there been more vigilant. It also exposed the fact that the security staff were not properly trained to manage a large crowd, spot potential mischief makers, impose discipline on visitors and teach them how to respect animals and