NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday directed AAP leader Sanjay Singh not to tamper with evidence or influence witnesses in the Excise “scam” case.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja passed the directions before passing an order to release Singh from Tihar central jail following bail granted to him by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The judge also … Read more
West trying to ‘coerce us’A 20-year-old man became the first Ugandan to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality” under the contested law in August last year.He was accused of “unlawful sexual intercourse with… (a) male adult aged 41”, an offence punishable by death.Uganda, a conservative and predominantly Christian country in East Africa, is notorious for its … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Tuesday to file an affidavit stating its “clear stand” in managing the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) affairs after the dissolution of the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) ad-hoc committee running the suspended body.Dealing with a petition filed by wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik … Read more
On March 27, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, hearing Kejriwal’s plea contending that his arrest and the remand order passed by a trial court were illegal and that he was entitled to be released from custody immediately, said that the probe agency has to be granted an opportunity to file a reply. The ED has now … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate, while seeking direction to send Kejriwal to judicial custody, said the arrestee has even given false and contrary evidence vis-a-vis other members of the AAP. When he was confronted with the statements given by his party leaders, he called them confused.Arvind Kejriwal first says that ND Gupta is an active member of … Read more
Visakhapatnam: Two ganja smugglers were sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by the tenth additional district court in Anakapalle on Monday. B. Mahalakshmi Prasad, 52,, alias Prasad, and K. Hema Shankar, 42, both from Rajahmundry, were caught transporting 30 kgs of dry ganja worth Rs. 45 lakh in April 2015.This marks the fourth instance in … Read more
A court in Russia on Monday ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more months pending investigation and trial, in a further step in the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent and free speech.Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, was taken into custody on … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a complete count of VVPAT slips in polls as opposed to the current practice of verification of only five randomly-selected EVMs through VVPAT paper slips.The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife had their 14-year prison sentences for graft suspended by a Pakistan high court on Monday, his party said.Khan has been tangled in more than 200 legal cases since he was ousted in April 2022, in what he said was a campaign to keep him from … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the judicial probe earlier ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in connection with the death of a 22-year-old protesting farmer Shubhkaran Singh during the agitation of farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border.”We don’t find any merit in the appeal of Haryana Govt. We dismiss the same,” … Read more