A special court in Mumbai has issued a non-bailable warrant against diamantaire Nirav Modi and his family members in the over Rs 13,000 crore PNB scam case, after taking cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate last month. The ED had last week moved the special court, seeking warrants against the accused. … Read more
The accused, Imtiyaz Ansari, Haider Ali, Mujib Ullah, Omair Siddiqui and Azharuddin Qureishi, were found guilty and convicted on May 25 by Special NIA judge Manoj Kumar Sinha. The court was convinced that the intention was to cause heavy casualties and maximum punishment under the law followed. The world-renowned Buddhist pilgrimage town of Bodh Gaya was … Read more
The UPA may have gone out of power 4 years ago, but details of scams during its regime continue to surface at regular intervals. While on the one hand the CBI is fast progressing into investigations of Air Asia flouting regulations and bribing ministers, the threat of arrest seems to be looming large over former … Read more
NEW DELHI: A PIL was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into deaths of protesters during the anti-Sterlite rally at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing during next week, was filed by lawyer G S Mani. It has also sought registration of an … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif today warned that those who dragged his daughter Maryam to Pakistan’s anti-corruption court in the Panama papers case will bear the consequences of their actions. Three corruption cases were launched last year against the deposed Pakistan prime minister and his family on their posh properties in London which were allegedly bought in 1990s when … Read more
The situation in Tuticorin remains tense but under control. Protestors set buses on fire at several places. One protestor died as security forces tried to keep angry protesting crowds under control. The state administration in Tamil Nadu has declared prohibitory orders under Section 144 in the violence hit areas of the city for 72 hours. … Read more
Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, is expected to be sentenced by the court in June. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in jail. He was accused of covering up a serious indictable offence by another priest, James Fletcher, after being told about it in 1976 when he was an assistant parish priest … Read more