Following the Supreme Court's verdict on bulldozer action, victims of demolition drives in Uttar Pradesh are seeking compensation for their losses. The court ruled against arbitrary demolitions without prior notice, prompting victims to pursue legal action. The Uttar Pradesh government maintains that demolitions were carried out following due process and on properties built on encroached lands.
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea on whether seeking details of hotel stays and call records to prove allegations of adultery are violative of the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Thousands of Shiv Sainiks are expected to accompany Eknath Shinde on his visit to Ayodhya on Sunday, his first such visit after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in June last year.
As suspense over who will become the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra continues, Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday backed his party's chief, Ajit Pawar, for the top post.
'Afzal Guru became a victim of Pakistan's conspiracy. He was used as a means, just like all other innocent Kashmiris.'
A sessions court in Palanpur town of Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a drug seizure case dating back to 1996.
A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer.
Ramani had made the allegation of sexual misconduct against Akbar in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018. Senior advocate Geeta Luthra, appearing for Akbar, said: "The moment a meeting is denied, further questions are not warranted. None of the suggestions are warranted. The meeting in the hotel is denied."
Sahara group, whose chief Subrata Roy who was in jail for over two years in connection with a long-running dispute with markets regulator Sebi is now out on parole
On Monday, a new chapter will be written in Ayodhya's and the country's history with the consecration ceremony at the newly-built Ram temple which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and over 7,000 guests.
In a relief to Sahara, a US court has rejected a plea seeking to attach the Indian group's prized Plaza and Dream Downtown hotels.
Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4000 km border with it. There is a danger of fundamentalism growing there, and India has to move in to reset its ties with the new dispensation before China and Pakistan make capital out of it, alerts Ramesh Menon.
The Delhi high court has ordered status quo in a dispute between two brothers for management of Hotel Ashok Yatri Niwas, one of the hotels sold off by the previous NDA regime in 2002 as part of its disinvestment programme.
Delhi police sources on Sunday said a team of the crime branch in a joint operation with the Rajasthan police nabbed the duo from Chandigarh's Sector 22.
Business tycoon Nusli Wadia has dragged G L Raheja and kin, Sandeep G Raheja and Sonali G Raheja, and Ferrani Hotels belonging to the GL Raheja Group to the Bombay high court. The dispute is about violating the agreement between Wadia and the Rahejas on developing nearly 478 acres in Malad in the western suburb of Mumbai.
Several activists of pro-Kannada organisations were also whisked away by the police at Town Hall, as they gathered there to stage a protest.
Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the specious plea, which has been peddled very many times in the past, that without licensed liquor, drinkers would go after hooch and there could be more hooch tragedies and hooch deaths. No one is convinced, but no one can dispute it either, comments N Sathiya Moorthy.
National Basketball Association (NBA) owners and players continued their last-ditch labour dispute talks in New York on Wednesday well after commissioner David Stern's deadline had passed.
Roy was jailed in March after he failed to appear at a contempt hearing in the long-running dispute with the capital markets watchdog.
This lawsuit will have no bearing on its fund-raising exercise as a deal is already in final stages
Sahara group has been engaged in a legal battle with Sebi for long over raising Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240 billion) from investors.
In this interesting case filed by the petitioner against the Taj Hotels, the National Commission gave an equally interesting judgment.
In a breather to the Mumbai-based realty developer G L Raheja group in its long-drawn legal battle with Wadia Group Chairman Nusli Wadia over a 478-acre prime plot in Malad, Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed an appeal filed by a Raheja unit against an earlier order, which was in favour of Wadia.
Company has submitted before the court that the plaintiff is attempting to attach property that falls outside of the jurisdiction of the court
Joshi, Congress MLA from Hawa Mahal, however, rejected the allegations and called for a fair probe into the case.
Sahara, which already has a more than $900 million loan from Bank of China on the three hotels, including the Plaza in New York, had sought the court's permission to take over the loan and refinance it from another creditor and raise a fresh loan of $650 million.
Rauf's central contract may be 'restored'
The Karnataka government has fixed a professional fee of Rs 59.9 lakh a day for the team of senior lawyers, including Mukul Rohatgi, to fight the case pertaining to border row with Maharashtra in the Supreme Court.
Ahead of the G-20 summit in Osaka this week, Xi has reasserted China's role as a global player, points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
A battle royale, fought over 15 long years, comes to an end as a prince and a princess -- grandchildren of the legendary Rajmata Gayatri Devi -- get back the Jai Mahal Palace Hotel from their step-uncles.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt challenging a Gujarat high court order which set a deadline for completion of trial in a 1996 drug seizure case.
In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts.
New Zealand opened the ninth Women's World Cup with a shock win against former champions Norway on Thursday
'Considering Pai is putting his own personal money in Byju's, stakeholders in the company can look forward to more governance and transparency.'
Excerpted from Sahara: The Untold Story by Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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The first three killings came in a space of 72 hours earlier in the week, while the fourth victim, from Bhopal, fell prey a few hours before Dhurve was arrested.
As dramatic as it gets, but a former Indian Information Service (IIS) officer kept hiding inside a store room for more than 10 hours after killing his wife even as police teams along with a dog squad searched his property.
The National Company Law Tribunal has directed to start insolvency proceedings against OYO Hotels and Homes Pvt Ltd on March 30, according to a public announcement by the interim resolution professional.
After paying obeisance to Ramlalla and overseeing the construction work of the temple, Shinde said he is happy that the dream of "Hindu Hriday Samrat" Balasaheb Thackeray and crores of Ram bhakts is being fulfilled.
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