The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Karnataka's contention that 1892 and 1924 agreements between British-ruled Madras Presidency and the princely state of Mysore could not have been the basis of a tribunal award as they were thrust on Mysore which could not bargain....
A Kerala Catholic priest against whom a Bangladeshi-born British passport holder had lodged a complaint of rape and robbery surrendered at a court near here on Friday, police said. ...
Only the naive would believe that just two officials were involved in the $1.8 billion fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB) and that the whole bank was in the dark for the past seven years, said a top leader of a major bank union....
US President Donald Trump's former campaign adviser Rick Gates was finalising a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, indicating that he would cooperate in the ongoing Russian collusion probe, the media reported. Gates has already spoken to Mueller's team about his case and has been in plea negotiations for about a month, informed offici...
A stone pelting mob in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramullah district on Friday attacked security forces engaged in a gunfight with militants, giving the terrorists scope to escape. Earlier in the day, the security personnel had cordoned off Palhalan area for searches following reports that a group of militants were hiding there. When the cordon was tightened,...
The CBI has sought Interpol's help in tracking down billionaire diamond trader Nirav Modi, who has been accused of a multi-crore rupee banking fraud and is reported to have fled the country. According to informed sources, the CBI has issued an Interpol "diffusion notice" against Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal Modi and business partner Mehul Ch...
The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vacated the administrative block on Friday, after occupying it for two days against a High Court order. The Delhi High Court, last year, gave an order that the students cannot hold demonstrations within a 100-metre periphery of the University's administrative block. However, the students contin...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday visited the historic Qutub Shahi tombs here. Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to the country, arrived here on Thursday. He visited the tombs along with other Iranian ministers and senior officials accompanying him, amid tight security. The visiting dignitary went around the complex, housing mausoleums ...
The Supreme Court on Friday directed that all candidates contesting elections must disclose their "sources" of income, including those of their spouse and dependent children. In a landmark judgement, a bench headed by Justice J. Chelameswar said the candidate has to disclose his, his wife's and dependent children's source of income when they fil...
In a setback to Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court on Friday reduced its share of Cauvery river water to 177.25 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) down from 192 tmcft allocated by a Tribunal in 2007. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar reduced the share of the state as it noted that the Cauvery Tribunal had not taken i...
