The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the forensic auditors to submit by Thursday an interim report on the role of statutory auditors in the beleaguered real estate company Amrapali Group.


SC seeks report on role of Amrapali Group's statutory auditors


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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that from April 1, 2020, only Euro VI fuel compliant vehicles will be permitted to be sold and registered across the country.


BSVI compliant vehicles from April 2020: SC


Former BJP Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and  lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking registration of FIR and investigation by CBI into the Rafale deal.


Sinha, Shourie move SC seeking CBI probe in Rafale


The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday took serious note of collection of solid waste and its dumping in an unscientific manner by the Municipal Council of Baddi and the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Development Authority.


Himachal court concerned over unscientific dumping of industrial waste


The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of an Adjudicating Authority and the setting up of an Appellate Tribunal for speedy disposal of cases related to benami transactions, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said following the Cabinet meeting.


Cabinet nod for Appellate Tribunal for benami transaction cases


Former Greek Defence Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his wife were remanded in preventive prison on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme linked to arms sales during the Socialist government rule from 1996-2010.


Former Greek Defence Minister, wife imprisoned


An Italian anti-trust authority on Wednesday fined tech giants Apple and Samsung in an unprecedented ruling on planned obsolescence, stating the companies had both engaged in dishonest commercial practices.


Apple, Samsung fined millions for slowing phones


Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will face additional charges related to mismanagement of government funds when he was in office, the country's anti-corruption body said on Wednesday.


Former Malaysian PM to face additional corruption charges


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement signed among BRICS nations for cooperation in the social and labour sphere, an official statement said.


Cabinet okays BRICS nations' pact on cooperation in social, labour sphere


The Centre on Wednesday constituted a GoM headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh to examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks for dealing with matters of sexual harassment of women at workplace.


GoM for sexual harassment at workplace



Sell only Euro VI compliant vehicles from April 2020: SC (Lead, correcting spelling)


The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that from April 1, 2020, only Euro VI fuel complaint vehicles will be permitted to be sold and registered across the country.


Sell only Euro VI compliant vehicles from April 2020: SC


Three days after a sanitation worker died due to drowning in a sewer here, the police on Wednesday said they have arrested three men including the supervisor of the site.


3 arrested in Delhi sanitation worker's death


In a post-midnight drama, the Centre on Wednesday virtually sacked CBI Director Alok Verma in the midst of the war at the agency's top, a decision that came under all-round fire from the opposition who termed it "the last nail in the independence" of the organisation. Verma moved the Supreme Court, which will hear his plea on Friday.


CBI director asked to go on leave, moves SC


The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea by CBI Director Alok Verma challenging the Centre's order asking him to proceed on leave.


SC to hear CBI Director's plea on Friday


In a dramatic midnight action, the government on Wednesday divested CBI chief Alok Verma of his charge and Joint Director M. Nageshwar Rao was asked to take over.


Government divests Alok Verma of CBI Director's charge


Paris, Oct 23 (IANS/AKI) The head of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Tuesday deplored the slaying of journalist Sohail Khan in northwest Pakistan last week and urged the country's authorities to bring his killers to justice.


UN calls for probe into Pakistani reporter's murder


While welcoming the Supreme Court's verdict on imposing certain restriction on the timing of bursting firecrackers, environmentalists say there is no definition of green firecrackers, while raising scepticism if this will work this Diwali which is merely two weeks away.


No definition of green-firecrackers, too late to check: Environmentalists


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to maintain status quo in the ongoing probe involving agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana and granted him interim protection from arrest till Monday.


Asthana gets interim protection from arrest till Monday


A A court here on Tuesday sent the arrested Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) DSP Devender Kumar to seven-day agency's custody following bribery allegations against its special Director Rakesh Asthana.


Court sends arrested DSP to 7-day CBI custody


Refusing to impose a blanket ban on bursting of firecrackers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the use of only green firecrackers with reduced emission and decibel levels during all religious festivals.

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