The death toll in the mining dam collapse in Brazil's Minas Gerais state has reached 65, authorities have said.


Brazil dam toll hits 65


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The US Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.


US charges China's Huawei, top executive with fraud


The CBI is planning to issues summons to former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and industrialist V.N. Dhoot in connection with Rs 3,250-crore loan case involving the Videocon Group and the ICICI Bank.


ICICI-Videocon case: CBI planning to issue summons


The CBI on Monday said it was questioning persons concerned in connection with its investigation into Uttar Pradesh's illegal sand mining case.


CBI questions persons in illegal sand mining


Declining an early hearing of the Centre's 2011 curative petition seeking enhancing the compensation by Rs 7,844.22 crore for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear the plea to reopen the 1989 settlement in April.


No early hearing of plea to hike compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy: SC


In a major robbery, burglars broke open the walls of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Samayapuram in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district and emptied some lockers of its contents, police said.


Burglars stun PNB branch in Tamil Nadu


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has attached properties worth Rs 239 crore of the Alchemist Group, a firm related to Trinamool Congress MP Kanwar Deep Singh, in connection with a probe into a money laundering to the tune of Rs 1,900 crore.


ED attaches properties of Alchemist Group


A day after the CBI booked former ICICI Mandnging Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and industrialist V.N. Dhoot in the Rs 3,250-crore loan case on January 22, the agency transferred its investigating officer Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra to its economic offecnes wing in Ranchi.


CBI transfers ICICI-Videocon case investigating officer


Facebook engaged in practices that "tricked" children and their parents into spending money in free-to-play games, the media has reported.


Facebook 'tricked' kids, parents to spend money on 'free' games: Report


A mural painted by the British anonymous street artist Banksy on a fire door at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, has been stolen, the media reported.


Banksy mural stolen from Paris theatre


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday.


Gautam Khaitan remanded in two-day ED custody (Third Lead)


The operation to bring back "high-value" economic offenders from the West Indies is likely to be concluded by Tuesday (January 29), sources have confirmed.


Operation targeting 'high-value' economic offenders may conclude by Jan 29


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the case relating to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, on charges of money laundering, agency officials said on Saturday.


ED arrests Gautam Khaitan in AgustaWestland case


The Canadian archive has acquired a rare book owned by Adolf Hitler, which is believed to detail the blueprint for a North American Holocaust, the media reported.


Hitler-owned book details North American Holocaust plans


A dam collapse at an iron-ore mine in southeast Brazil has left at least seven people dead and some 150 others missing, officials say.


Brazil dam collapse: 7 dead, many missing


The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Saturday for the 6th consecutive day stranding scores of valley-bound passengers here.


Jammu-Srinagar highway remains shut


Questioning the Central Bureau of Investigation in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday blasted the CBI for naming the "who's who of the banking industry" without concentrating on the "bull's eye".


CBI casting the net too wide in ICICI-Videocon case: Jaitley


Bengal film producer Shrikant Mohta, who was arrested by CBI in the Rose Valley chit fund scam, was sent to jail on Friday.


Rose Valley chit fund scam: Bengal film producer Shrikant Mohta sent to jail


A day after he was arrested by CBI in the Rose Valley ponzi scam, the BJP on Friday hinted at Bengali film producer Shrikant Mohta's proximity with the state's ruling Trinamool Congress, saying he used his "political contacts" to establish a stranglehold on the Bengali film industry to run his business.


BJP alleges link between arrested Bengali producer and ruling party


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that custodial interrogation of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is required in the INX Media cases.


Chidambaram's custody necessary in INX case: CBI, ED tell HC


National award winning director Priyanandan, whose social media post on Sabarimala evoked angry reactions from the Sangh Parivar, was on Friday attacked near here in Kerala, leading to the arrest of the attacker.

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