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- 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…
- India
Land-for-job scam: Court orders framing of charges against Lalu Yadav, others
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his family members and others in the alleged land-for-job scam. Special…
- India
Mysuru court receives bomb threat, halts proceedings
Mysuru: The District Court in Mysuru received a bomb threat via email on Tuesday, prompting the authorities to evacuate the premises as a precautionary measure, police said. Following the threat, judicial officers,…
- India
Thane court acquits man in wife’s murder case over lack of proof
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 32-year-old man accused of murdering his wife in 2021, noting that the prosecution failed to prove “foundational facts” necessary to establish guilt in a case…
- Delhi
2025 JEE exam: HC bench upholds single judge’s order dismissing plea against NTA
New Delhi: A division bench of the Delhi High Court has upheld a single judge’s order dismissing a writ petition of two JEE aspirants against the National Testing Agency (NTA), alleging discrepancies…
- Kashmir
J&K court acquits 3 accused tried for ‘terror’ activities
Srinagar: A sessions court in Jammu and Kashmir has acquitted three people accused of involvement in terror activities for lack of evidence. The court of the additional sessions judge, a special judge…
- World
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak sentenced to 15 years in corruption trial
Putrajaya: Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years and a hefty 13.5 billion ringgit (USD 2.8 billion) in fines after being convicted Friday in his biggest corruption…
- India
HC reduces man’s death penalty in minor’s rape, murder
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted a man’s death sentence for the rape and murder of a five-and-a-half-year-old girl to rigorous imprisonment for life, and acquitted his mother, observing…
- Kashmir
HC dismisses Mehbooba’s PIL on transfer of prisoners from outside jails to J-K
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a PIL filed by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti seeking transfer of prisoners from outside jails to prisons in J-K. A…
- India
HC quashes FIR against TV executives over ‘casteist dialogue’
Thane: The Bombay High Court has quashed a 12-year-old FIR against programming heads and media executives of a Marathi television channel over an alleged objectionable dialogue in a serial, holding that they…
- World
Singapore’s Indian-origin human rights lawyer M Ravi dies, says report
Singapore: An Indian-origin former lawyer M Ravi, widely known for representing death row inmates, including Malaysians, in Singapore, has died on Wednesday at 56. He was found dead in the early hours…
