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- World
Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Monday, February 2, sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land…
- World
China executes 4 more members of Myanmar-based group
Taipei: China executed four people found guilty of causing the deaths of six Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations out of Myanmar worth more than USD 4 billion, authorities said…
- India
Man kills elderly mother for not giving money to buy liquor; held
Latur: A man allegedly killed his 65-year-old mother after she refused to give him money to buy alcohol in Maharashtra’s Latur district, police said on Friday. The accused, Sailani Bakshuddin Munjewar (45),…
- India
Zubeen death case: Court rejects bail plea of 3 accused
Guwahati: A court here on Friday, January 30, rejected the bail petitions of three of the accused in Zubeen Garg’s death case, with the singer’s wife pleading that bail should not be…
- World
China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based syndicate
Bangkok: China executed 11 members of a Myanmar-based family crime syndicate that killed 14 Chinese citizens and ran scam and gambling operations worth more than USD 1 billion, authorities said. The Wenzhou…
- India
History-sheeter shot dead in ‘encounter’, says police
Perambalur: A history-sheeter was shot dead in an “encounter” near Thirumanthurai in Perambalur district on Tuesday, January 27, after he allegedly attacked a sub-inspector and attempted to escape from custody, police said.…
- India
We will build a grand temple at Bhojshala after legal process: VHP
Dhar: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday, January 23, declared its resolve to build a grand temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati) at the contested Bhojshala complex in Dhar district of Madhya…
- Hyderabad
Court sentences Hyderabad-based LeT operative to 10-year imprisonment
Kolkata: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court here on Wednesday, January 21, sentenced Hyderabad-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Syed Mohammad Idrish to 10 years of imprisonment. While hearing a sedition case against him,…
- Offbeat
Former flight attendant posed as pilot, received hundreds of free flights
Honolulu: A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline posed as a commercial pilot and as a current flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from US airlines, authorities said. Dallas…
- World
Man who assassinated former Japanese prime minister gets life in prison
Tokyo: A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday, January 21, according to NHK public television. The case has revealed…
- Hyderabad
AP, Telangana locked in court fight over prime land in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government has claimed ownership of a prime land parcel in the Kondapur area of Hyderabad, which is valued at over Rs 4,000 crore. In a counter affidavit submitted…
- India
Cold cases purge: After 5 decades, Mumbai court shutters Rs 7.65 theft case
Mumbai: Nearly 50 years after the theft of Rs 7.65, a Mumbai court has finally dropped the curtain on a 1977 cold case involving two unidentified accused and a complainant who remained…
- Sports
US Supreme Court may uphold bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports
Washington: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 13, appeared ready to deal another setback to transgender people and uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.…
- India
SC split on mandatory sanction to probe govt officials for corruption
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 13, delivered a split verdict on the constitutional validity of a 2018 provision of the anti-graft law, which mandates prior sanction for initiating a…
- India
UP man gets life sentence for killing youth in 2021
Ballia: A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing a youth and trying to bury his body in a pit in his house, police said on Saturday. Special…
