Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday skipped the CBI investigation into the INX Media corruption case after the Delhi High court granted him interim protection from arrest, the probe agency said.


Chidambaram skips investigation in INX Media case


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Assamese singer Zubeen Garg will be honoured by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for raising his voice against animal sacrifice.


Assam's Zubeen Garg to receive PETA award


An Indian-American former CEO of a Detroit-based IT company in the US has pleaded guilty to bribing a city official, officials said.


Indian-American former CEO pleads guilty to bribery


Seven of the eight accused in the Kathua rape and murder case were shifted to Pathankot on Thursday before the beginning of their trail.


Kathua rape-murder accused shifted to Pathankot ahead of trial


The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's son Syed Shahid Yousuf, arrested in a seven-year-old terror funding case.


Delhi HC rejects bail plea of Hizbul chief Salahuddin's son


Geneva, May 31 (IANS/WAM) The UAE and Afghanistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of labour on the sidelines of the 107th International Labour Conference here.


UAE, Afghanistan sign MoU in area of labour


An Indian-American doctor has pleaded guilty to stealing from insurance companies and faces a fine of $100,000, authorities said.


Indian-American doctor pleads guilty to theft from insurance firms


After the European Union's new data privacy regulations came into effect on May 25, Twitter started suspending users who, it believes, joined the platform before turning 13, the media reported.


Twitter users who joined before age 13 facing ban: Report


Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on sex-crime charges, hours after he said he would not testify before a grand jury.


Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape charges


The Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed that the man who killed two police officers and a civilian in the Belgian city of Liege was a "soldier of the caliphate".


IS claims Belgium attacker 'soldier of caliphate'


American reality TV star Kim Kardashian West met President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform, the media reported.


Kim Kardashian meets Trump to discuss prison reform


Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi was honoured with 'Santokba Humanitarian Award' here on Wednesday by President Ram Nath Kovind for his services aimed at the betterment of society.


Satyarthi given 'Santokba Humanitarian Award'


The National Commission for Women (NCW), which visited the Goa Central Jail in Colvale on Wednesday, said it had found that the female inmates do not have sufficient access to legal aid.


Female inmates in Goa jail deprived of legal aid: NCW


The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday allowed Reliance Communications (RCOM) to proceed with asset sales to Reliance Jio and Brookfield, for an aggregate value of Rs 18,100 crore.


NCLAT allows RCOM to sell assets to Jio, Brookfield


The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined interim bail to then Principal Rajeev Kumar Mishra of Gorakhpur-based Baba Raghav Das Medical College, where more than 60 children - mostly infants - died last year due to alleged shortage of oxygen supply through cylinders.


Gorakhpur infants' deaths: SC declines interim bail to ex-Principal


A prominent financial manager and vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin was arrested in Spain on a Russian arrest warrant on Wednesday but was released shortly after it was found that there were technical difficulties with the paperwork.


Putin critic arrested in Spain, then released


Continuing its tough stand against the civic authorities over its failure to provide adequate portable water to residents of Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed water connections of erring hoteliers be cut.


Cut water connection of Shimlas' erring hoteliers: HC


The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave its nod for the declaration of CLAT-2018 results on Thursday while giving more time to the Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) to probe complaints received by it on glitches in the conduct of online exam.


SC gives go-ahead for declaration of CLAT-2018 results on Thursday


A court here on Wednesday rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea for copies of his visuals and statements recorded by the probe agency in connection with an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on February 19.


Court rejects Kejriwal's plea in CS assault case


Batting for equal rights to male child victims of sexual abuse as of girls, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has urged the states and union territories to provide interim compensation on time, an official statement said on Wednesday.


Maneka bats for timely interim relief to male child victim


A former BSF DIG and four others were held guilty by a Special Court here on Wednesday in the 2006 sex scandal in Jammu and Kashmir in which several minor girls were sexually exploited.

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