Everything you need to know about Laheriasarai Court: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Laheriasarai Court: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 15 (ANI): A state attorney has urged a court to reject the appeal of Michael Jackson's doctor, who has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter of the pop legend because there were no serious errors made by the judge overseeing his criminal case.
Geneva, May 11 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland has refused to invalidate the wrestling governing body's presidential elections and give the green light to the organisation's congress in Moscow.
Santiago, May 10 (IANS/EFE) More than 500,000 dead people are still on the voting rolls in Chile, according to a member of the country's election board.
Panaji, May 9 (IANS) Crimes against children in Goa will soon be tried by a specially designated judge everyday, according to Goa State Commission Protection of Children's Rights (GSCPCR) chairperson Sameera Kazi.
Panaji, May 8 (IANS) The economic slump caused by the mining ban in Goa has forced Audi to change tack as far as sales strategy in the state is concerned, a top official said Wednesday.
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Lawyers of a Russian political activist's wife, have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.
Dubai, May 4 (IANS) A Pakistani student, charged with running over and killing an Indian teenager here, will take his case to Dubai's highest court to seek his acquittal.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan got admitted at the Betty Ford Clinic shortly before the court-mandated midnight deadline ended and avoided getting arrested.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its order on a petition seeking the review of its verdict quashing the first information report (FIR) in the disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati.
Panaji, April 29 (IANS) Bull-fighting or dhirio, a sport in Goa where two muscular bovines brutallyb head-butt each other to the cheers of thousands of spectators, should be revived, a BJP legislator demanded Monday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A Swiss NGO and a US-based Sikh group have sought UN intervention to "save" Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, whose petition seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment was rejected by the Indian Supreme Court earlier this month.
Melbourne, April 27 (ANI): British actress Parminder Nagra, who shot to fame in 2002's Bend it like Beckham, has settled a palimony lawsuit after her former husband claimed a share of her earnings.
Rome, April 27 (IANS/AKI) An Italian legal expert has criticised India's top court for ruling that a national anti-terror body will continue to probe the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fisherman, meaning the pair could face the death penalty.
London, April 24 (IANS) A drunk nurse has been jailed for five years and four months for speeding off after mowing down a schoolboy cyclist, leaving him dying. She has also been banned from driving for five years.
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Pakistan's apex court has released a list of journalists who were allegedly paid by the information ministry through its secret fund, a media report said.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court will pronounce Thursday its order on the Italian government's plea against the invoking of a stringent act and the NIA investigation into the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast by its two marines February 2012.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court will pronounce Thursday (April 25) its order on the Italian government's plea against the invoking of SUA 2002 and investigation by the National Investigation Agency into the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast by its two marines February 2012.
Sydney, Apr. 18 (ANI): A woman in Australia has been charged for racially abusing two passengers in a train that led to outrage among others.
Karachi, Apr 18 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has said that he is hoping to resume his career in little more than two years, although he has accepted that he will now have to serve the rest of his ICC ban after his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was rejected.
March 16, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred till 10.30 a.m. Wednesday the hearing of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's plea for six months' time to surrender, following his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia Tuesday appeared before a Delhi court following summons issued to them in a case relating to alleged irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum.
Houston, April 14 (IANS) Top seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain beat Rhyne Williams of the US 6-2, 6-1 to seal a berth in the final of the ATP US Clay Court tennis championships here.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Congress Friday said it respected the Supreme Court order dismissing the plea of 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, challenging the rejection of his mercy plea by the president.
Los Angeles, April 11 (IANS) James Bond actor Daniel Craig and his wife Rachel Weisz attended an exclusive dine and sleep evening at the Windsor Castle, hosted by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
London, April 10 (IANS) Two members of a terrorist cell face jail in Britain after they admitted their involvement in a suicide bomb plot comparable to "another 9/11", a media report said.
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) Former railways minister Liu Zhijun has been charged with bribery and abuse of power, the authorities said Wednesday.
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) Former railway minister Liu Zhijun has been charged with bribery and abuse of power, authorities said Wednesday.
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Attacking the Congress-led UPA government, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday termed the diplomatic row with Italy over two Italian marines as an "insult" to India and advocated a pro-active foreign policy.
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Advocating a "proactive" foreign policy, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked how Italy had dared to take on India after its marines shot dead two Indian fishermen.
London, Apr. 7 (ANI): Prosecutors in Brazil will open an investigation against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over allegations of corruption for the first time.
Moscow, April 4 (IANS) Russian Olympic pole vault silver medallist Yevgeny Lukyanenko faces jail term due to vehicular manslaughter charges, local police said.
Washington, April 4 (IANS) The US has announced a $5-million bounty for Joseph Kony, head of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel outfit.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday directed 23 states and five union territories to file status report on the implementation of the notification issued by them banning the sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine.
Beijing, Apr. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): Actress and well-known microblogger Yao Chen is suing a newspaper for damaging her reputation, a Beijing court said Wednesday.
Beijing, Apr. 3 (Xinhua-ANI): A total of 156 judges died while on duty from 2008 to 2012, according to a Wednesday statement from the Supreme People's Court (SPC).
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter has been granted asylum in Oman after she was thrown out of her Algerian safe-house because she repeatedly set it on fire in fits of anger.
Panaji, April 3 (IANS) Mining companies should be able to "support" workers, instead of laying them off following the mining ban, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Goa legislative assembly Wednesday.
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) As the Supreme Court dismissed Swiss pharmaceutical chain Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for its anti-cancer drug, the company Monday said that it will discourage future innovation in India.
Washington, April 1 (IANS) America's top court is expected to rule on same-sex marriage in mid-June, but going by the growing tide of support for it, gays and lesbians have already won half the battle.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Health experts welcomed the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court Monday, rejecting Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's attempt to patent its cancer drug, saying the dictum would ensure that patients get access to cheaper life-saving drugs.
Washington, Mar. 27 (ANI): Sixty percent of Americans think the federal government should legally recognize existing same-sex marriages and provide them the same federal benefits the government provides to heterosexual married couples, according to a poll.
Rome, March 26 (IANS) Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Tuesday said he was resigning to protest his government's decision to send two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, back to India to face trial, reported Xinhua.
Washington, March 26 (IANS) As the US Supreme Court hears two landmark cases on same-sex marriage, public support for such unions has witnessed a huge spurt with the coming out of several politicians on both sides of the political divide.
New York, March 26 (ANI): Whitney Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown has reportedly sued an American supermarket tabloid for reporting the couple was going to remarry before her tragic death.
New Delhi, Mar. 22 (ANI): The two Italian marines facing murder charges in the shooting of two Indian fishermen off Kerala Coast last year reached the national capital on Friday.
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) A rights group Friday demanded that the West Bengal government withdraw its petition to the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court judgment awarding arrested Maoists the status of "political prisoners".
London, March 22 (ANI): An 18-year-old school girl, who posed as a goth boy called Scott for three-and-a-half years in order to have sex with another teenage girl, has been jailed for three years on Friday.
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): Reacting to Italy's decision to send back its marines, Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh on Friday said that the India's tough stand has worked.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) In a scathing indictment of custom officials of all levels, the Supreme Court Thursday said that but for their complicity, the perpetrators of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts would not have been able to smuggle the weapons under their conspiracy to bomb the city.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the conviction of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and sent him to five years imprisonment. He was asked to surrender in four weeks.
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Italy's refusal to send back the two marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen is "outright unacceptable", Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Tuesday.
London, Mar. 19 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan, who pleaded no contest to reckless driving, lying to police and obstructing officers who were investigating a car accident in which she was involved in June, has been sentenced to 90 days in a rehabilitation centre.
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Lawyers and activists Monday slammed the government for agreeing to retain the age of consent at 18 years in the anti-rape bill that it plans to introduce in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said that Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini will not leave India till further orders, and directed authorities to ensure compliance with its order of March 14.
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Hassled by increasing central and state taxes and staring at a mining ban-propelled recession in the near future, Goa's trade and industry captains have urged a status quo on the tax regimen for 2013-14 when the budget is presented on Monday.
Brussels, March 16 (IANS/AKI) The European Union (EU) said it hoped Italy and India would find a "mutually acceptable" solution to the escalating dispute over Rome's decision not to return to India two marines for trial on murder charges.
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) In an unprecedented move, India Friday put airports across the country on alert to prevent Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini from leaving the country as per the apex court's orders. The government said there were no restrictions on his movements in the country and it had not violated any protocols of diplomacy.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) India said Thursday that it was reviewing "all aspects of our relationship" with Italy following a diplomatic row.
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained Italian ambassador to India Daniele Mancini from leaving the country, and asked him to appear before the court on Monday.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Relations between India and Italy remained tense after New Delhi Wednesday warned Rome of "consequences" in bilateral ties over its refusal to send back two marines facing trial for killing two Indian fishermen, an action which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as "unacceptable".
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Stung by the strong Indian reaction to its decision not to send the two accused marines back to India for trial, Italy Wednesday said it was ready to negotiate the case on the basis of international law as the two were facing trial in the case in a court in Rome.
New Delhi, Mar. 13 (ANI): Against the backdrop of mounting pressure from the Indian Government to send back the two marines to face trial for shooting a pair of fishermen off the Kochi coast, Italian Ambassador to India Daniele Mancini on Wednesday said Rome is not an enemy of New Delhi, and added that this case should be solved by consensual means.
New Delhi, Mar. 13 (ANI): Against the backdrop of mounting pressure from the Indian Government to send back the two marines to face trial for shooting a pair of fishermen off the Kochi coast, Italian Ambassador to India Daniele Mancini on Wednesday said Rome is not an enemy of New Delhi, and added that this case should be solved by consensual means.
In response to the sudden u-turn by the Italian government by refusal to return of the naval guards, charged with killing of two Indian fishermen last year, India's Ministry of External Affairs summoned the Italian Ambassador, Daniele Mancini, to convey India's position in the "strongest of terms", which is diplomatic parlance for a stiff lecture.
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 12 (IANS) India will do "whatever needs to be done" after Italy refused to send back its two marines facing trial in India for murder, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday.
Porvorim, March 9 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Saturday announced a financial bonanza for those affected by the mining ban in the state on the anniversary of his government's first year in power.
Washington, March 9(ANI): Ashton Kutcher seems to be doing just fine romancing girlfriend Mila Kunis, while his estranged wife Demi Moore officially filed for divorce against him on Thursday.
New York, Mar 9 (ANI): Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law, an Al-Qaeda spokesman, who was charged in the US for conspiring to kill Americans on 9/11, has pleaded not guilty to his charges.
Mexico, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The health condition of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is currently in a military hospital in Caracas, has deteriorated, the authorities said Tuesday.
London, Mar 1 (IANS) Two men have been jailed for life in Britain for murdering a 70-year-old man whom they tortured by pouring boiling water over him, BBC reported Friday.
London, Feb 27 (ANI): Spanish authorities have taken Google to the European Court of Justice in an attempt to force the Internet search giant to delete information that breaches a users' privacy.
London, Feb. 22 (ANI): An aristocrat from Perthshire, was arrested by the police after he came to them to complain about the inferior quality of the cannabis that his friend gifted to him.
London, Feb 20 (ANI): An Indian domestic worker in the UK was repeatedly raped and beaten by her employers who threatened to murder her if she complained, it has emerged.
Panaji, Feb 19 (IANS) Goa's 96 iron ore mining leases should be auctioned instead of being merely renewed, in the spirit of an apex court judgment in the 2G spectrum scam trial which makes a case for auctioning of national resources, the Congress demanded Tuesday.
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Actor Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife Hilaria Thomas is facing a lawsuit from a man, who alleges he was injured during her yoga class.
London, Feb 16 (ANI): A gang of cons that killed an Indian-origin woman, Baljinder Kaur Gill in a deliberate car accident was jailed on Friday in England.
Washington, Feb. 16 (ANI): Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' divorce trial should begin in early May, a Superior Court Judge has announced.
Washington, Feb. 16 (ANI): Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' divorce trial should begin in early May, a Superior Court Judge has announced.
Panaji, Feb 14 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will discuss "ways and means" to "resolve" the issue of Goa mining ban with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Feb 18, a party official said here Thursday.
London, Feb 14 (IANS) A man in Britain has been jailed for selling his elderly mother's house to fund his obsession for a prostitute.
Lahore, Feb. 13 (ANI): Pakistani barrister, Aitzaz Ahsan, has asked the Supreme Court to review its decision to disqualify former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani for five years for not writing a letter to the Swiss authorities, saying it was "unjust".
Islamabad, Feb. 11 (ANI): Former Pakistan premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the decision of Swiss authorities not to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari has confirmed his position that the president has immunity within and outside the country.
Beijing, Feb 9 (IANS) A court in China's Qinghai province sentenced a Tibetan man to four years in prison for inciting secession.
Chennai, Feb. 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Thursday reiterated that the party is committed to construct Ram temple at the Ram Janamboomi in Ayodhya, but will wait till the Supreme Court decision, as the matter is sub-judice before the court.
London, Feb 5 (IANS) A woman in Britain opened a loaf of bread to make a sandwich for her 10-year-old child, but discovered inside it a blood-covered needle used by a heroin-taking man.
London, Feb 5(ANI): Liverpool's Champions League match with the Hungarian champions Debrecen in 2009 has surfaced as the English game recognized by police as being caught up in a betting scandal that has shocked the football world.
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Former British cabinet minister Chris Huhne has admitted perverting the course of justice over claims that his ex-wife took speeding points for him a decade ago, BBC reported Monday.
London, Feb 2 (IANS/CMC) Jamaican-born footballer Raheem Sterling, who plays for England, is expected to make a court appearance later this month after he was charged with assaulting a woman.
London, Jan. 25 (ANI): A couple, a 28-year-old Indian man and a 25-year-old Filipino woman, has been jailed for a year for kissing in public on a Dubai beach.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Expressing doubts about the allocation of coal blocks by the central government being in accordance with statutory provisions, the Supreme Court Thursday questioned its powers to do so.
London, Jan 23 (ANI): A jeweller from Ipswich, who whipped his lover with a length of rope during a Fifty Shades Of Grey-inspired sex session, has been cleared of assault.
Dubai, Jan. 23 (ANI): The lawyer of a British woman, who was sentenced to jail for having drunken sex in a taxi in Dubai, has accused the driver of fabricating the story.
Lausanne (Switzerland), Jan 23 (IANS/CMC) Former president of the Dominica Football Association (DFA) Patrick John has dropped his appeal against a two-year FIFA ban in the bribery case involving Mohamed Bin Hammam.
Sydney, Jan.19 (ANI): A new anti-discrimination law in Australia will now prosecute sports spectators who harass sportsmen with homophobic insults.
Washington, Jan 19(ANI): Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has claimed 15-times Grand Slam champion Serena Williams can break all the records in the game to become the greatest female player ever.
Kiev, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Adam Osmayev, a suspect in an alleged plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thursday claimed torture and retracted his earlier testimony as having been made under duress.
Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) Four people in China have been sentenced to jail for rounding up 10 kidney sellers and housing them in a rented house to wait for transplant surgeries.
Islamabad, Jan. 16 (ANI): Minhajul Quran International (MQI) leader, Dr. Tahirul Qadri, has denounced all allegations of a conspiracy in Tuesday's unexpected turn of events and criticised those who were suspecting the Supreme Court's intentions.
New Delhi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay were taken into custody on Wednesday after a Delhi Court convicted them in connection with the illegal recruitment of Junior Basic Trained (JBT) teachers.
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Only the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) can issue an arrest order in an anti-corruption case, Pakistan's Law Minister Farooq H. Naek has said.
