New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the parent company of Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Bing to file a response after they disclosed the identity of an eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir. The direction from acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar […]
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Congress opposes Bopaiah’s appointment, to challenge decision in SC
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday opposed the appointment of BJP legislator K.G. Bopaiah as Karnataka Assembly’s Pro-Tem Speaker and said that the party will challenge Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision in the Supreme Court. The party claimed that Bopaiah’s appointment was made “with the sole intent of manufacturing a majority out of minority for […]
SC allows Karti to travel abroad, subject to conditions
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, to travel abroad subject to certain conditions. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud allowed Karti Chidambram’s plea to travel to the UK, Germany and Spain from May 19 to […]
Ex-diplomat convicted of passing information to ISI
New Delhi : A court here on Friday convicted former Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta in a case related to passing on sensitive information to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma held Gupta guilty under the Official Secrets Act with criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code. The court will hear arguments on […]
Monsoon to hit Kerala on May 29: IMD
New Delhi : Monsoon rains are set to arrive in India, with Kerala receiving the first showers on May 29, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. India is set to get a normal monsoon this year, with average rainfall likely to be 97 per cent — essential for the economy. The southwest monsoon […]
BJP will be defeated in floor test: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday said the BJP will be defeated in Saturday’s floor test in Karnataka and that BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa exhibited his desperation in becoming the Chief Minister after a split verdict in the state. “Today is a historic day, we want to put things in perspective. First time a question […]
NIA charge-sheet against LeT operative Amir
New Delhi : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge-sheet here on Friday against Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Mohammad Amir for illegally entering India from Pakistan alongwith three associates to carry out terrorist attacks. The charge-sheet was filed in a Patiala House court. The 19-year-old Amir and three other terrorists infiltrated into Indian territory along with […]
PNB scam: ED issues summons to Nirav Modi’s father, sister
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi’s father Deepak Modi, sister Purvi Mehta and her husband Mayank Mehta as part of its probe in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, an official said here on Friday. The fraud was committed during 2011-17 by illegally issuing Letters […]
Justice Chelameswar hailed for ‘upholding democracy’
New Delhi : Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar, who is retiring on Friday, shared a bench with Chief Justice Dipak Misra on his last working day and lawyers praised him saying he did a “great job in upholding democracy”. As the bench was about to rise for the day, Justice Chelameswar won the praise […]
SC order vindicates Congress’ stand: Rahul
New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday hailed a Supreme Court order directing the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly on Saturday and said it vindicates the party’s stand that Governor Vajubhai Vala acted unconstitutionally. Gandhi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) bluff has been called out by the court and the […]