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Adani case: NY judge's query procedural, unlikely to derail DoJ bid to drop charges, says US lawyerA US judge's request for more details on dismissing charges against Gautam Adani is a standard procedural step, not a sign the case will re...
Trump's allies have another plan to pay 'weaponisation' victimsFormer President Trump's allies are now looking at a 1946 law to pay supporters. This comes after a planned "weaponization" fund was droppe...
'Bengaluru landlord abused me': Tenant paying Rs 35,000 rent gets scolded by landlord for using AC in this summer heatA Bengaluru tenant’s Reddit post has gone viral after he claimed his landlord insulted him for using the air conditioner too much in a tiny...
'Can't watch this': Man secretly records years of alleged abuse by wife, video triggers 'men's rights matter' debateA viral video allegedly showing a man being physically assaulted by his wife has sparked widespread debate online, with claims that he reco...
Bilkis Bano case: SC rejects Gujarat govt's plea seeking review of verdict over certain observationsThe Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by the Gujarat government seeking a review of its verdict that quashed the remission granted to 11 m...
Bilkis Bano case: All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub jailAll 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered at Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat, following the Supreme Court's deadline. Local Crime Bran...
US obtained search warrant for Trump's Twitter account in January 6 probeThe US special counsel investigating Donald Trump obtained a search warrant for the former president's Twitter account in January and the c...
CCI has an assertive agenda against cartels, says chairpersonThe Competition Commission of India (CCI), which replaced MRTP to usher in competitive and fair business practices in the country, has an a...
Centre asked to respond to plea challenging provision of seeking permission for foreign visitsThe petition was filed in the backdrop of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal being denied permission for his visit to Singapore for the 8th World Cit...
Bibek Debroy decodes the curious case of tax on pizza toppingsWhat is the GST rate on pizzas? There isn't one. That's the point. The GST rate on pizza bread - note the expression - is 5%. But if it is ...
What's next for Ghislaine Maxwell, 60-year-old who was found guilty of trafficking teenage girls to Jeffrey Epstein?Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison for the five charges she was convicted of.
Instagram launches feature to tackle hate speech; will let users filter offensive words, emojisStarting in a few weeks, all users will also have the option to entirely block out people from contacting them.
Parliamentary amendments to provisions of emergency are product of experiences: SCThe apex court also said pursuant to the Forty-fourth amendment to the Constitution in 1978 that sought to limit recourse to emergency powe...
Denied H-1B visa to Indian professional, US IT firm sues Trump governmentXterra Solutions alleged in its lawsuit that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) improperly denied H-1B visa to Praharsh Ch...
- Balance take on probity in public life: Supreme Court
The court said the discretion to grant sanction must always be exercised within three months on a prima facie examination of charges agains...
Rajat Gupta urges court to rethink order to pay $ 13.9 million penaltyLast month the appeals court had upheld Gupta's conviction by a district judge on insider trading charges and denied his bid for a new tria...
Rajat Gupta should pay $13.9 million penalty, be banned for life: SECThe penalty was excessive in light of Gupta already facing a five million dollar fine and two year prison sentence in the criminal insider ...
CCI to move Supreme Court on CAT order against high penalties on companiesCCI is of the view that the Competition Act of 2002 "leaves no ambiguity in specifying that the penalties have to be levied on overall turn...
Rajat Gupta challenges $ 13.9 mn insider trading fineGupta has asked a US appeals court to overturn a court's ruling that he pay a hefty $ 13.9 million fine in the insider trading case and sou...
- Competition Bill better suited
CII has welcomed the passage of the Competition Bill in the Rajya Sabha, reports our New Delhi bureau.