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US court favours Ranbaxy in Lipitor case

US court favours Ranbaxy in Lipitor case

Rediff.com3 Aug 2006

Country's biggest drug maker, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday said a US Appeals Court has ruled in its favour in the patent infringement case with Pfizer for cholesterol-lowering drug Atorvastatin (Lipitor).

Trump administration revokes new student visa order

Trump administration revokes new student visa order

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

The announcement comes as a big relief to international students, including those from India.

Joe Biden's son charged with tax, weapons offences

Joe Biden's son charged with tax, weapons offences

Rediff.com20 Jun 2023

On the charge of illegally owning a firearm as a drug user, he is yet to reach an agreement.

US court reserves decision in anti-Sikh riots case against Sonia

US court reserves decision in anti-Sikh riots case against Sonia

Rediff.com19 Aug 2015

A United States federal appeals court in New York has reserved the decision in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

US court rejects Ranbaxy challenge

US court rejects Ranbaxy challenge

Rediff.com13 Mar 2004

Blow to Imran Khan as Pak govt to ban his party for anti-state activities

Blow to Imran Khan as Pak govt to ban his party for anti-state activities

Rediff.com15 Jul 2024

Khan, 71, has been lodged at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on account of multiple cases against him.

New York court summons on Modi has no effect: White House

New York court summons on Modi has no effect: White House

Rediff.com26 Sep 2014

As a sitting head of government Narendra Modi enjoy immunity from suits in American courts and also enjoy personal inviolability.

And Thus Was Born NIA...

And Thus Was Born NIA...

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

Even though the NIA claims that more than 90 per cent of cases charge-sheeted have ended in conviction, the figure is likely misleading. To date, very few cases investigated by the NIA have resulted in a completed trial, points out former CBI joint director Navneet Rajan Wasan.

Tri-Valley students victims of fraud: US court

Tri-Valley students victims of fraud: US court

Rediff.com22 Nov 2011

For the first time in the past 11 months the United States District Court of Northern California favoured former students of the Tri-Valley University.

Hindu seer Narsinghanand detained after violent protests over remarks against Prophet

Hindu seer Narsinghanand detained after violent protests over remarks against Prophet

Rediff.com5 Oct 2024

Narsinghanand has several cases against him, including for allegedly making a hate speech at a conclave in Haridwar in December 2021, and was out on bail.

US court permits class action lawsuit against TCS

US court permits class action lawsuit against TCS

Rediff.com3 Apr 2012

The lawsuit filed in 2006 by two of its former employees, Gopi Vedachalam and Kangana Beri, alleges that Tata unjustly enriched itself by requiring all of its non-US-citizen employees to endorse and sign over their federal and state tax refund checks to Tata and by taking unauthorised deductions from employee's paychecks.

Indian American teen crashes truck into White House barrier, aimed to 'seize power'

Indian American teen crashes truck into White House barrier, aimed to 'seize power'

Rediff.com24 May 2023

A 19-year-old Indian-origin teen accused of deliberately crashing a rented U-Haul truck into a White House barrier told authorities that he wanted to get inside the mansion to "seize power" and "kill" US President Joe Biden, according to media reports.

ED quizzes YouTuber Elvish Yadav again for 7 hrs in snake venom case

ED quizzes YouTuber Elvish Yadav again for 7 hrs in snake venom case

Rediff.com6 Sep 2024

The agency recorded the statement of the 26-year-old man at its zonal office located at Ashok Marg in Lucknow for about seven hours.

US court issues summons to Sonia in Sikh riots case

US court issues summons to Sonia in Sikh riots case

Rediff.com4 Sep 2013

The summons was issued by the US Eastern District Court of New York after a rights group -- Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) -- and two victims of the riots filed a complaint before it.

After ED, NIA team attacked in Bengal, officer hurt; 2 held in blast case

After ED, NIA team attacked in Bengal, officer hurt; 2 held in blast case

Rediff.com6 Apr 2024

A team of NIA officials earlier this morning arrested two persons in connection with the case and were on their way back to Kolkata, when the vehicle came under attack, they said.

Rohith Vemula's kin to challenge police closure report on his suicide

Rohith Vemula's kin to challenge police closure report on his suicide

Rediff.com4 May 2024

In its closure report on Rohith Vemula's death, the Telangana police claimed he was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his "real caste" would be discovered.

HC seeks response to plea challenging recognition to Yoga federation

HC seeks response to plea challenging recognition to Yoga federation

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

The Yoga Federation of India contended that the recognition granted to the National Yogasana Sports Federation is arbitrary and suffers from malafide intentions.

Why TN Has Challenged NEET in Supreme Court

Why TN Has Challenged NEET in Supreme Court

Rediff.com22 Feb 2023

As the petition points out, new medical colleges entail adjunct government hospitals, thus making specialised medical care that much more accessible to the vast majority of population that otherwise could not afford high-cost medical care in the private sector, N Sathiya Moorthy points out.

Jail term for former WorldCom CEO

Jail term for former WorldCom CEO

Rediff.com14 Jul 2005

Former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating a record $11 billion fraud that toppled the telecommunications company he founded.

Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 US elections

Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 US elections

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

Trump will make his first court appearance in the case on Thursday in federal court in Washington, DC, as per the court filings.

Will win by a bigger margin, says Brij Bhushan's son

Will win by a bigger margin, says Brij Bhushan's son

Rediff.com18 May 2024

Karan Bhushan rejects the charges against his father, saying the "allegations are political and made up. We will challenge them in court".

NEET paper leak: CBI arrests 2 in Patna, grills 3 in Gujarat

NEET paper leak: CBI arrests 2 in Patna, grills 3 in Gujarat

Rediff.com27 Jun 2024

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday made its first arrests in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) paper leak case, taking two people in custody in Patna while three candidates in Gujarat who had allegedly solicited help to clear the exam recorded their statements with the probe agency, officials said.

India-born US judge will decide antitrust case against Google

India-born US judge will decide antitrust case against Google

Rediff.com22 Oct 2020

India-born US district judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, has been assigned the justice department's crucial lawsuit against internet search giant Google.

BJP drops Brij Bhushan, fields son instead from Kaiserganj

BJP drops Brij Bhushan, fields son instead from Kaiserganj

Rediff.com2 May 2024

The party also named Dinesh Pratap Singh as its candidate from Rae Bareli, a Gandhi family bastion which was won by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi five consecutive times.

Alleged New Zealand gunman fires lawyer, to represent himself in court

Alleged New Zealand gunman fires lawyer, to represent himself in court

Rediff.com18 Mar 2019

His move has raised fears that he could attempt to use the trial to express his extremist views.

Indian-American doctor files lawsuit against Modi, Adani

Indian-American doctor files lawsuit against Modi, Adani

Rediff.com1 Sep 2022

Eminent Indian-American attorney from New York Ravi Batra has termed it a "dead on arrival lawsuit".

Amul Thapar becomes second Indian-American judge of US Court of Appeals

Amul Thapar becomes second Indian-American judge of US Court of Appeals

Rediff.com26 May 2017

Trump nominated Thapar for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

CBI arrests journalist in NEET-UG paper leaks case

CBI arrests journalist in NEET-UG paper leaks case

Rediff.com29 Jun 2024

A special CBI court in Godhra on Saturday granted the probe agency four-day custody of Jay Jalaram School's principal Purushottam Sharma, teacher Tushar Bhatt, and middlemen Vibhor Anand and Arif Vohra, all of whom are alleged to be involved in irregularities in the May 5 NEET-UG exam in Godhra.

US court rejects 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana's bail plea

US court rejects 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana's bail plea

Rediff.com25 Jul 2020

Describing Rana as a flight risk, the US government opposed his release on bail, arguing that if he were to flee to Canada, he may escape the possibility of a death sentence in India.

US Court upholds Rajat Gupta insider trading conviction

US Court upholds Rajat Gupta insider trading conviction

Rediff.com25 Mar 2014

He will now have to submit to the two-year jail term handed down to him.

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

Rediff.com15 Aug 2024

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044. Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding - and it is this trifecta India needs to work on, systematically, asserts Prem Panicker.

ED probes land deals involving Priyanka Gandhi, Robert Vadra

ED probes land deals involving Priyanka Gandhi, Robert Vadra

Rediff.com28 Dec 2023

Purchase of three plots of land in Haryana in 2005-06 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra from a real estate agent is being probed along with a land deal made by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed in a recently filed money laundering case charge sheet.

ED attaches Shajahan Sheikh's assets worth Rs 12 cr

ED attaches Shajahan Sheikh's assets worth Rs 12 cr

Rediff.com6 Mar 2024

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over a dozen properties worth Rs 12.78 crore of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh including bank deposits, an apartment, and agricultural and fishery land in Sandeshkhali and Kolkata in West Bengal.

What action taken on lynchings, cow vigilantism, SC asks states

What action taken on lynchings, cow vigilantism, SC asks states

Rediff.com16 Apr 2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked various state governments to apprise it in six weeks on the action taken in incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism.

'It's Time Women Said Enough Is Enough'

'It's Time Women Said Enough Is Enough'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

'We have been threatened. We have felt violated.' 'Everything is in danger if you don't give safe spaces to women.'

2008 Mumbai terror attacks: Pak court records witness' statement

2008 Mumbai terror attacks: Pak court records witness' statement

Rediff.com30 Apr 2014

A Pakistani prosecution witness on Wednesday recorded his statement against one of the seven accused, who used an international SIM card to give instructions to the 10 terrorists who carried out the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Trump appeared before this Indian-American judge

Trump appeared before this Indian-American judge

Rediff.com4 Aug 2023

Trump, who is seeking to contest the 2024 presidential election from the Republican Party, on Thursday pleaded not guilty before Upadhyaya as he appeared at the courthouse that sits just blocks away from the Capitol, where his angry supporters stormed the US Congress on January 6, 2021.

Worsening Centre, states relation poses a 'threat to federalism'

Worsening Centre, states relation poses a 'threat to federalism'

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

When the Centre tries to encroach upon the subjects that are under the prerogative of the state, or where the centre tries to evade from any responsibility guaranteed to a state through a constitutional provision/obligation, it poses a threat to federalism.