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Nirav Modi's new bail application rejected

Nirav Modi's new bail application rejected

Rediff.com6 Nov 2019

Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London concluded that she remains unconvinced that he would not interfere with witnesses or fail to surrender before the court for his trial in May 2020.

Dera rape victims move HC; seek life imprisonment for Ram Rahim

Dera rape victims move HC; seek life imprisonment for Ram Rahim

Rediff.com4 Oct 2017

A special CBI court on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison.

Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur joins BJP

Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur joins BJP

Rediff.com25 Dec 2016

"She joined the party in the presence of BJP MLA and Punjab Minister Surjit Jyani at a conference organised by the party's Kisan Morcha here," Punjab BJP Kisan Morcha general secretary Gurwinder Singh said.

Is Nirav Modi a Suicide Risk?

Is Nirav Modi a Suicide Risk?

Rediff.com19 Apr 2021

The British home secretary has granted permission for jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition to India. During their arguments in a London court, his lawyers claimed Modi suffers from mental illness and is a suicide risk if he was sent to Mumbai's Arthur Road jail. A fascinating excerpt from Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan's Escaped: True Stories Of Indian Fugitives In London.

'Change my name if I don't make Pakistan better than India'

'Change my name if I don't make Pakistan better than India'

Rediff.com22 Jul 2018

Sharif, the PML-N prime ministerial candidate, said that Pakistan cannot become a great nation by voting leaders like Imran Khan who have made false promises to "our nation".

Coronavirus: Good cop, bad cop

Coronavirus: Good cop, bad cop

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

As we get used to a long haul of isolation to curb the spread of COVID-19, the police's new avatar in many places is a far cry from that of the high-handed enforcer of law and order.

Sreesanth calls it quits after roller-coaster journey

Sreesanth calls it quits after roller-coaster journey

Rediff.com9 Mar 2022

Sreesanth is open to playing in overseas leagues and coaching roles

Nirav Modi's remand extended in UK, final hearings in 2021

Nirav Modi's remand extended in UK, final hearings in 2021

Rediff.com1 Dec 2020

Nirav Modi, wanted in connection with the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, was further remanded in custody on Tuesday by a court in London hearing India's extradition request for the diamond merchant. The 49-year-old appeared on Tuesday via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London, dressed in a maroon sweater and sporting a full beard, for his regular 28-day "call-over hearing" at Westminster Magistrates' Court, where Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot extended his remand for another 28 days until December 29.

26/11 attack mastermind Lakhvi gets 5-year jail term in terror financing case

26/11 attack mastermind Lakhvi gets 5-year jail term in terror financing case

Rediff.com8 Jan 2021

United Nations proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab province on Saturday.

Another Sarabjit: Indian 'spy' dies mysteriously in Pak jail

Another Sarabjit: Indian 'spy' dies mysteriously in Pak jail

Rediff.com12 Apr 2016

Ill-fated Kirpal from Gurdaspur has reportedly been acquitted of bomb blast charges by the Lahore high court but his death sentence could not be commuted because of unknown reasons.

SC stays shifting of HDIL promoters from jail to home

SC stays shifting of HDIL promoters from jail to home

Rediff.com16 Jan 2020

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobe and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took note of the submissions of solicitor general Tushar Mehta that the high court order, to the extent of allowing their release from prison, needed to be stayed.

Pak-India ties: One step forward, two steps backward

Pak-India ties: One step forward, two steps backward

Rediff.com23 Dec 2021

So far, almost every positive development in terms of the bilateral ties has been overtaken by innate hostility that is often driven by popular sentiments.

Pak: Burney finds another 'Sarabjeet'

Pak: Burney finds another 'Sarabjeet'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2008

After Kashmir Singh, leading Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney has found another Indian on death row, Karpal Singh, languishing in a jail in Punjab province since 1992.

215 fishermen freed by Pakistan reach India

215 fishermen freed by Pakistan reach India

Rediff.com28 Jun 2012

Of the 315 Indian fishermen released by Pakistan from a prison in Karachi, 215 reached in Attari in Punjab on Thursday, officials said.

UK court further remands Nirav Modi till May 24

UK court further remands Nirav Modi till May 24

Rediff.com26 Apr 2019

He is believed to have been living in the UK on an Investor Visa, applied for in 2015

Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur walks out of Karnal jail

Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur walks out of Karnal jail

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

Labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur was freed Friday by the Punjab and Haryana high court, which said slapping charges like attempt to murder on her is a 'debatable issue' to be considered at a later stage in the trial.

After much drama, Pakistan frees Surjeet Singh

After much drama, Pakistan frees Surjeet Singh

Rediff.com28 Jun 2012

Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term in Pakistan following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, was on Thursday freed from the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore and sent to the Wagah border crossing to be repatriated

Court seeks details of Indian lodged in Pak jail for 44 yrs

Court seeks details of Indian lodged in Pak jail for 44 yrs

Rediff.com12 Apr 2012

A Pakistani court has directed authorities to produce an Indian prisoner who has allegedly been languishing in a jail for the past 44 years. Justice Umer Ata Bandial of the Lahore high court issued a notice to the inspector general of prisons of Punjab province in response to a petition seeking the release of Indian national Madan Lal, who is allegedly being held in jail.

How India Won The 1971 War

How India Won The 1971 War

Rediff.com3 Dec 2021

December 3, 2021 marks 50 years since the beginning of the 1971 War which ended in a decisive military victory for India and the liberation of Bangladesh. Most analysts of the 1971 War agree that the IV Corps dash across the mighty Meghna river led by the brilliant General Sagat Singh was the turning point in the war, recalls military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Why Sardar Udham Is A MUST WATCH

Why Sardar Udham Is A MUST WATCH

Rediff.com26 Oct 2021

Sardar Udham sets a great standard which, Utkarsh Mishra believes, would be emulated by other film-makers who want to make movies of this genre.

Modi: BJP's Election Brahmastra

Modi: BJP's Election Brahmastra

Rediff.com28 Jan 2022

If the BJP is set to return to power in UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and even Goa, it is not because of the party's performance or the quality of governance. No. It is essentially Modi's popularity, observes Virendra Kapoor.

2 aides of Nabha jailbreak mastermind held

2 aides of Nabha jailbreak mastermind held

Rediff.com29 Nov 2016

Police said the jailbreak in all likelihood was plotted at their hideout in Dehradun.

Behind bars for being daughter of Nawaz Sharif: Maryam

Behind bars for being daughter of Nawaz Sharif: Maryam

Rediff.com15 Jul 2018

Meanwhile, Maryam has rejected an offer for better facilities in jail.

Dominican magistrate denies bail to Mehul Choksi: Local media

Dominican magistrate denies bail to Mehul Choksi: Local media

Rediff.com3 Jun 2021

The Dominica high court on Wednesday ordered that diamantaire Mehul Choksi be produced before a magistrate there to answer charges of his illegal entry into the Caribbean island country, local media reported. Dominica high court Judge Bernie Stephenson issued the orders after nearly three hours of hearing on a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Choksi who had claimed that he was abducted from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda and forcefully brought to the Caribbean Island nation. She adjourned the habeas corpus matter till Thursday, Dominica News Online reported.

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.' 'There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the overall environment of sentimentality.' 'And the more effort you put into including these other voices, into assimilating these spoilsports, the more balanced your depiction of the tragedy in question will be,' observes Sreehari Nair.

What would Bhagat Singh think of India 2021?

What would Bhagat Singh think of India 2021?

Rediff.com28 Sep 2021

'Communalism was the biggest enemy of a free society and Bhagat Singh imagined a future without it. Did we succeed in bringing alive such a future?'

Pakistan executes 2 convicts; 70 executed since death penalty revival

Pakistan executes 2 convicts; 70 executed since death penalty revival

Rediff.com8 Apr 2015

Pakistan on Wednesday hanged two more death-row prisoners, taking the total number of executions to 70 since the country reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December after the Taliban school massacre.

Nirav Modi denied bail for the third time

Nirav Modi denied bail for the third time

Rediff.com8 May 2019

Modi's defence team doubled the bail security to 2 million pounds and offered he would stay on 24-hour curfew at his London flat.

Pakistan executes nine more convicts

Pakistan executes nine more convicts

Rediff.com18 Mar 2015

Pakistan on Wednesday executed nine death-row prisoners, a day after 12 others were hanged

Nabha jailbreak key accused Romi arrested in Hong Kong

Nabha jailbreak key accused Romi arrested in Hong Kong

Rediff.com23 Feb 2018

Romi is believed to have supplied the escapees with money for their jailbreak, police said.

Indian woman in US separated from differently-abled 5-yr-old son: Report

Indian woman in US separated from differently-abled 5-yr-old son: Report

Rediff.com29 Jun 2018

"Her son is not doing well," said her attorney Alinka Robinson, as a telephonic translator relayed the proceedings to Patel in her native tongue of Gujarati, the daily said in its report from Arizona.

India's oldest regional party faces an existential crisis

India's oldest regional party faces an existential crisis

Rediff.com28 Jul 2020

'The Badals have made the Akali Dal a family enterprise and undermined the Sikh faith. They have no right to call themselves Akalis. We have approached the Election Commission to register ourselves as the Akali Dal with a different nomenclature. We will impress on people's minds that we are the real Akali Dal' Sai Manish reports on the fight for supremacy over the Akali Dal.

The Importance of Ajit Doval

The Importance of Ajit Doval

Rediff.com20 Aug 2021

'Under Doval, foreign powers traditionally suspicious of India were wooed.' 'Enemies were embraced.'

Several Cong leaders backs Gandhi family for top post

Several Cong leaders backs Gandhi family for top post

Rediff.com24 Aug 2020

Several leaders, including many MPs, wrote to Sonia Gandhi, either calling for her to continue or urging Rahul Gandhi to take charge.

Nirav Modi to be produced before UK court in extradition case

Nirav Modi to be produced before UK court in extradition case

Rediff.com29 May 2019

He is set to be produced from custody before Judge Emma Arbuthnot for the first management hearing in the case, during which a broad timeline is expected for his extradition trial.

Akhtar alleges Kaneria was mistreated for being Hindu

Akhtar alleges Kaneria was mistreated for being Hindu

Rediff.com26 Dec 2019

The banned spinner supports Akhtar's claims and says he will reveal the names of players who discriminated against him.

India's COVID-19 tally nears 37 lakh; recovery rate 76.94%

India's COVID-19 tally nears 37 lakh; recovery rate 76.94%

Rediff.com1 Sep 2020

There are 7,85,996 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 21.29 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

Shahbaz Sharif arrested in two corruption cases

Shahbaz Sharif arrested in two corruption cases

Rediff.com5 Oct 2018

Shahbaz was allegedly involved in the corruption of Rs14 billion Ashiana Housing project and Rs 4 billion Punjab Saaf Pani Company scams.

Dawood's Pak aide in UK opposes US extradition

Dawood's Pak aide in UK opposes US extradition

Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

Jabir Moti, 51, who was arrested by Scotland Yard last year, appeared before the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London at the start of his trial.

Sarabjit probe: Tribunal records statements of witnesses

Sarabjit probe: Tribunal records statements of witnesses

Rediff.com11 Jun 2013

A Pakistani inquiry tribunal probing the murder of Indian national Sarabjit Singh has recorded the statements of 10 witnesses. The one-man inquiry tribunal of Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore high court is holding proceedings every day and has recorded the statements of 10 witnesses, said an official statement issued on Tuesday.