Clusters of policemen and television journalists alertly anticipated the arrival of Mumbai's joint commissioner of police, who, it was confirmed by most people I asked, does not visit court often. No one could remember when they had last heard of Deven Bharti appearing as a witness in a murder trial.
Former telecom minister Sukh Ram on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court challenging his conviction and sentencing by a trial court for taking Rs 3 lakh as bribe to award a lucrative contract to a telecom firm in 1996.
Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was on Saturday awarded five years imprisonment by a Delhi court after being convicted of taking Rs three lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996.
A former woman intelligence officer belonging to Research and Analysis Wing on Thursday created a ruckus in a courtroom in the Delhi high court, prompting the judge to order that she undergo a mental health check-up.
Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will be missing their key all-rounder Andre Russell but skipper Gautam Gambhir wants his team to treat the Jamaican's absence as an 'opportunity in bold letters' during the upcoming Indian Premier League.
Six Indian Army officials, including a colonel and a major, and a proprietor of a private firm have been convicted by a Central Bureau of Investigation court in four graft cases.
Other members of the committee are Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations chairperson Isher Judge Ahluwalia, National Council of Applied Economic Research director general Suman K Bery and the secretaries of yje ministries of finance and petroleum.
NIA had sought 15-day custodial interrogation of the accused who were arrested from various parts of the national capital and Uttar Pradesh.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday ordered a judicial probe into the Greater Noida police firing on farmers, which claimed four lives, and increased the compensation of those killed in the incident."The decision of judicial probe has been taken on the directives of Chief Minister Mayawati," said Principal Secretary (Information) Vijay Shankar Pandey.The probe will be conducted by a retired high court judge.
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Abu Dhabi.
The show saw a star-studded attendance.
Former Uttar Prasdesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, his wife Madhumani and two others were convicted in the poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case on Wednesday.
The state government had appointed a single member judicial commission to probe the sensational jailbreak and the subsequent alleged encounter killings. The Judicial Commission of Inquiry was headed by retired high court judge S K Pandey.
'He had a carry bag made of plastic. One pistol came out of it. There was also a magazine which had three rounds. And a mobile and a Rs 100 currency note.' No prizes for guessing who that was...
Shahid Kapoor's comic ease and contagious energy are not enough to brighten up this dim-witted slog notes Sukanya Verma.
Pragya Singh Thakur remained at the back of the courtroom during Tuesday's framing of the charges, her face serene, quite different from the fiery person one read about or saw on television. But once the day's proceedings were over and she was wheeled out, the sadhvi decided she actually was very keen to meet the media and headed right out into the melee, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com.
This is the first full-scale review of VIP protectees by the Union home ministry after the Modi 2.0 government took charge.
The extension has been given as the government wanted to ensure that genuine beneficiaries who do not have an Aadhaar number are not denied benefits for the lack of the biometric identifier
Bollywood actor Salman Khan's lawyer on Saturday accused the prosecution of cooking up a false story that he ran away from the spot after his car rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra killing one person and injuring four others on September 28, 2002.
'The judge said that anybody who does not believe in the RSS ideology is not acceptable to you. You have terminated his contract because he thought differently.' 'The Modi government has no accomplishment to show. Therefore, they are using the tool of nationalism to divert the country's attention from very serious things like farmers suicides and the water crisis.' 'You cannot simply dismiss anyone because they are not willing to raise a slogan and not think like you.'
The searches are linked to suspected movement of hawala money during the ongoing polls season and tax evasion.
Ashok Pandey, a Lucknow-based advocate, had asked the court to direct President A P J Abdul Kalam not to appoint the Congress chief as the prime minister.
'Forget dating, I am struggling just to have a crush on someone,' says the gorgeous looking actress.
If an FIR had been registered by the Pen police -- instead of a mere entry in the station diary -- an investigation could have taken place and the body might have been identified as Sheena's, leading to the case being cracked much earlier.
A bench comprising Justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre asked the Centre and NIA to file their responses within one week.
Fadnavis said preliminary reports made available to him stated that the tigress was shot after she attacked the forest staff trying to tranquilise her.
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Continuing with the leads provided by the arrested people, National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested two more persons from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the blasts outside the rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on October 7.
A manager of liquor bar in Juhu identified Salman Khan on Monday in a Mumbai court, saying the actor had come to the restaurant with friends hours before his car was involved in an accident in 2002, but said he was not sure whether the Bollywood actor had taken drinks.
The Delhi Police had closed this case in 1994 for want of evidence.
One PIL was filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs Saroj Yadav and Chandan Verma, the second one was filed by Jitendra Kumar, a Samajwadi Party member.
'A live-in is complicated in metro cities as well. In Mumbai, even bachelors doesn't get a house on rent -- I didn't get one for the longest time. To add to that, if the house-owner gets to know that you're an aspiring actor, things become even more difficult.'
Shyamvar Pinturam Rai and Pradeep Waghmare. Both erstwhile employees of Peter and Indrani Mukerjea. In the witness stand on Monday, Waghmare came across as a cheerful, straightforward man who is attempting to clamber his way towards prosperity. In the witness stand on Friday, Rai shed his customary jauntiness and broke down weeping, begging forgiveness from CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale.
Shivakumar's lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Dayan Krishnan opposed the ED's plea for custodial interrogation saying that he had joined the probe and never absconded.
Indrani and Peter Mukerjea seemed more at ease on Wednesday, maybe with the INX Media interrogation over temporarily, chatting cheerfully and easily amongst themselves, and with former husband Sanjeev Khanna, at the back of the courtroom, in the accused enclosure.
Some police encounters that stunned India.
Authorities said social media posts will be monitored to ensure that no attempt is made to vitiate the atmosphere.
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