An earlier tax fraud case against Messi is to be heard in a Barcelona court between May 31 and June 3 after the World Player of the Year and his father Jorge were accused by the tax office in 2013 of defrauding the Spanish state of 4.2 million euros ($4.5 million) from 2007-09.
Abdul Karim Tunda, alleged Lashkar-e-Tayiba bomb expert, was assaulted by a man said to be Hindu Sena activist in Patiala House court complex while being taken to a court by the police.
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was an Al Qaeda spokesman following the 9/11 attack, was convicted on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists.
The court said 'the public order situation in Manipur is, at best, an internal disturbance and there is no threat to the security of the country or a part thereof either by war or an external aggression or an armed rebellion'.
'Will Modi at least visit the victims of the Gujarat genocide, apologise for the massacre, wipe their tears which may never dry, extend State help to rehabilitate them, and give them the dignity they deserve?' asks Najid Hussain.
There is strong evidence to support the charge of high treason against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his punishment could be either the death penalty or life imprisonment, the Pakistan government's top law officer said on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up advocate Prashant Bhushan for making "disturbing" remarks against the bench hearing the coal-gate case, but later accepted his apology.
Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party functions from Colombo, appealed for India's help.
Govt diverts Rs 253-crore subsidy savings to the poor.
'Hindu unity is possible without any external forces playing any role if their faith is questioned.'
With a common account number, you can use the MF Utilities platform to invest in any fund house's scheme.
Alstom is accused of paying bribes to Indian public officials to secure Delhi metro contracts.
PSUs will get direct allotment.
She said she now wonders what will the US government do to stop hate crimes against minorities.
The apex court said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal.
Aadhaar-related schemes and the Aadhaar Act exist on the assumption that Right to Privacy is not a Fundamental Right.
A look at few gurus who have attracted controversy in recent times.
Spotlight is a powerful film, with a terrific ensemble cast, raves Raja Sen.
A three-judge bench was on Tuesday set up in the Supreme Court to decide the fate of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, after a two-judge bench was divided on his plea seeking stay of his execution scheduled on July 30
It emerges that not only does the CIDR project fails the test of fairness, justness and reasonableness besides the test of not being fanciful, oppressive or arbitrary; it also fails the test of Arthashastra, Hadith and the Bible.
A gunman opened fire at a military recruiting center in Tennessee on Thursday and at least one police officer was shot, the local mayor said.
With the Supreme Court (SC) cancelling captive coal block allocations, Jindal Steel & Power Limited will be the worst-affected company.
Akayed Ullah had no criminal record back home, a police official said, even as Dhaka vowed "zero tolerance" against terrorism.
A raft of banks could face tough questions in the sweeping US crackdown on alleged corruption in global soccer as prosecutors review how much they knew about millions of dollars in bribes flowing through the US banking system to accounts around the world.
The CJI also said the tribunals 'are not equipped and are lying empty and today a situation has come that no retired Supreme Court judge wants to head the Tribunal'.
The apex court, which quashed the NJAC Act in an unanimous verdict, also declared as unconstitutional the 99th amendment to the Constitution to bring in the Act to replace the collegium system.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
The CJs' conclave didn't touch core issues and remedies within their reach, says M J Antony.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at airports across the US to protest the ban announced by President Donald Trump on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, extending solidarity to those affected as chaos and fear gripped individuals trying to enter the country.
Pramila Jayapal, founder and former executive director of One America -- the largest immigrant advocacy organisation in Washington State -- is running for State Senate from the 37th District.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his over four-hour visit to the US Capitol established a personal rapport with top lawmakers and seems to have won over his critics.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi's stand that AMU is not a minority university reveals the anti-minority stand of the political party now in power, says Mohammad Sajjad, outlining the long history behind one of India's premier universities.
When the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government came to power in 2004, then Home Minister Shivraj Patil lost no time in replacing four governors appointed by the NDA dispensation.
Recognising the malaise of paid news, the Election Commission has proposed to the government to make it an electoral offence even as it continues to tackle it itself by monitoring the expenditures of candidates.
Sri Srinivasan could become the first Indian-American to be on the bench of the US Supreme Court.
'This man has aged, but does not know the difference between words spoken on the streets from those of spoken in Parliament.' 'He does not allow his hair to turn gray, so he hasn't learned or matured.' Rashme Sehgal reports on how Subramanian Swamy has riled the Congress yet again.
The Supreme Court's refusal to stay execution of Yakub Memon on Wednesday drew sharp reactions from legal experts.
Indian-Americans can make a "significant difference" in helping first ever woman United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton break the ultimate glass ceiling.
Yakub Memon's mercy petition was rejected hours before he is scheduled to hang by a three-member bench amid high drama that saw the Supreme Court throwing its doors open in the middle of the night in an unprecedented move.
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against the second highest ranking leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for war crimes, including massacre of intelligentsia during the liberation war against Pakistan, paving the way for his execution.
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