Christian Michel James, a British national and a middleman, has been extradited to India by the United Arab Emirates, a development that comes as a boost to Indian agencies investigating the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel being extradited to India


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Child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday rescued 15 juveniles who were found working as child labour at an NBCC construction site in the national capital.


15 juveniles rescued from NBCC construction site


The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has served a notice to a NGO running an elephant rescue facility in Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh, questioning its legality.


Question mark over elephant hospital, rescue centre


A Delhi court on Tuesday said the trial in the "Two Leaves" symbol bribery case will begin from December 17 after framing charges against sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran.


Delhi court files charges against Dhinakaran


The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir for not furnishing details on the mid-day meal scheme in their states.


5 states fined Rs 1 lakh for not giving details on mid-day meal


The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that criminal cases against present and former members of Parliament and state Assemblies, involving offences punishable with life imprisonment or death should be taken up by the special or designated courts on priority.


Prioritize trial against lawmakers: SC


In the wake of the recent #MeToo India movement, Silicon Valley-based bot and messaging platform Gupshup on Tuesday launched a chatbot called 'Shakti' to help women in India find a voice against sexual harassment.


New chatbot Shakti to help women fight workplace harassment


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre, the Delhi government and Delhi Police to file a reply on a plea seeking directions to allow Sikhs to carry a 'kripan' (small dagger) and wear a 'kara' (bracelet) in public places.


HC seeks Centre's response on plea on kripan, kara


Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday said the fact that there was still no trace of the missing nine girls from a shelter home in Delhi suggests insensitive attitude of the police. She has appealed to the Commissioner to transfer the case to the Crime Branch.


No trace of nine missing girls, DCW chief says police 'insensitive'


The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to institute a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident.


Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women's activists


Internet service provider ACT Fibernet on Tuesday joined hands with Tamil Nadu government to introduce Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) for the visually impaired students of Class 11 and 12, the company said.


ACT Fibernet, Tamil Nadu to empower visually challenged students


Ruling BJP members on Tuesday protested against Bihar Police's action against ABVP activists, and demanded the arrest of JD-U's national Vice President Prashant Kishor for breaking the model code of conduct ahead of the student union poll in the Patna University.


ABVP, BJP demand JD-U's Prashant Kishor's arrest


In a major relief to Akali Dal leader and former SGPC President Jagir Kaur, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday acquitted her in a case involving the mysterious death of her daughter Harpreet Kaur.


Ex-SGPC chief Jagir Kaur acquitted in daughter's murder case


The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave its nod to a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the former Delhi High Court Judge S.N. Dhingra to probe 186 anti-Sikh riot cases that had been declared closed.


Justice Dhingra led 2-member SIT to probe 'closed' anti-Sikh riot cases


US President Donald Trump on Monday called for a "full and complete" sentence for his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen.


Trump calls for former personal lawyer Cohen to be jailed


Officials of the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the Gujarat Crime Branch on Monday joined hands with the CID (Crime) to investigate the answer-key leak of the Lok Rakshak Dal (LDR) examinations that broke out on Sunday and four persons were arrested late last night.


Gujarat ATS, Crime Branch join CID probe in paper leak


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a chargesheet against Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, his wife and others in a disproportionate assets case.


CBI files chargesheet against AAP Minister Jain, others


A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Bombay High Court, challenging Air India's move to migrate its complete reservation system data to Travelport platform.


Bombay HC: Air India's ticketing migration to Travelport challenged


An anti-terrorism tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday began the formal trial in the Holey Artisan cafe attack in Dhaka in 2016 that killed 22 people, including foreign nationals.


Bangladesh begins formal trial in 2016 Dhaka cafe attack


A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on deciding the quantum of sentence for former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta and five others who were held guilty in a coal block allocation case.


Delhi court reserves order on coal case sentencing


The Supreme Court on Monday asked Malayalam actor Dileep if the memory card of a mobile on which an alleged assault on a noted actress was recorded could be treated as a "document".

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