Here is the chronology of events in the Nirbhaya case.
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Earlier in the day, the actor had to face protests by the families of the other accused in the case as he arrived at the court on Tuesday morning.
The special TADA court asked him to pay Rs 1 lakh as fine. He was given a suspended sentence of one year, in view of his advanced age and good behaviour.
A division bench of Calcutta high court upheld on Thursday an earlier order rejecting the caveatable interest of three members of Birla family in the probate petition of Rajinder S Lodha in the Priyamvada Birla estate case.
Pakistan's opening batsman was punished for showing dissent with the national selection committee.
Taking a cue from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Hockey India advertised for the position for the first time on its website http://hockeyindia.org.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told media persons that Judge P D Kode may decide on the quantum of sentence any day after March 13.
When the highest court gave a decision on the Navtej Singh Johar case, it held that LGBT citizens have a right to not be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation. It was keeping this in mind that this same sex couple approached the Delhi high court.
Following is the chronology of events in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case in which four death row convicts were hanged Friday morning.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday issued a fresh notice to boxer Vijender Singh on him joining professional boxing.
Birla Corporation has grown from a Rs 1,763-crore company to Rs 3,200 crore; profitability, however, has suffered due to the slowdown.
A teenage grandson of former President Jimmy Carter was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest and 36 months probation as part of a plea agreement involving the theft of a videogame console.\n
The Calcutta high court on Tuesday granted 10 days time to Rajendra Lodha to submit the original of the registered purported will of Priyamvada Birla by which he has been bequeathed the Rs 5000 crore
The legal battle for the Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) worth assets of M P Birla group has entered a crucial stage with the main arguments for claimant Rajendra S Lodha's probate petition for Priyamvada Birla's purported will about to begin soon.
Goa's Rural Development Minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco, whose conviction for assaulting a government servant was upheld by the Supreme Court, resigned from the cabinet on Friday saying he did not want to cause further embarrassment to the BJP-led government in the state.
Haryana government on Saturday said it is considering making it mandatory for a sportsman to compete for at least six years.
The Calcutta high court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the application on dismissal of four caveats by the Birlas in the Birla vs Lodha case, till September 1.
US media magnate Martha Stewart was, on July 16, sentenced to five months in prison and a $30,000 fine for lying to US federal authorities investigating her sale of stock in a friend's company.
Mordechai Vanunu walked out of prison 18 years after exposing Israel's secret nuclear weapons program.
'Drunken driving is not just a prescribed offence but even a severe social menace'
Lodha, Birlas file caveats in court; Birlas say will may be fabricated.
'The person who carried out the London attack... was a fighter from the Islamic State, and did so in response to calls to target citizens of coalition countries,' the ISIS statement read.
Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal avoided jail time and was sentenced to three years probation and a $500,000 fine on charges of illegally donating thousands of dollars to political campaigns.
A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman in the US state of Texas has been found guilty of causing arson that killed her husband two years ago.
The Egypt-born actor's agent Steve Kenis said, "He suffered a heart attack in a hospital in Cairo."
US swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, said on Sunday he would take a break from swimming and undergo treatment after his recent arrest for drunken driving.
The Delhi high court on Friday allowed Vikas Yadav, convicted for killing Nitish Katara, to meet his ailing grandfather by granting him custody parole of two days as a test to see if he is "fit to be let out in society".
A Catholic priest from India-- who previously worked with the Archdiocese of Winona, Minnesota -- was deported on Wednesday following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
'One goal of the Congress would surely have been to rebuild its organisation so that it begins to match that of the BJP.' 'However, this has not happened, though Rahul Gandhi has been in the party for 15 years now,' says Aakar Patel.
The move is aimed at making transmission of securities in both dematerialised and physical modes more efficient and investor friendly.
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