Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippines journalist and the Time Magazine Person of the Year, was arrested on Friday at the airport here shortly after stepping off a plane from San Francisco.


Journalist Maria Ressa arrested at Manila airport


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Ship-building companies have petitioned the Supreme Court that the industry can survive only if the February 12 circular of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is quashed and set aside.


Ship-building industry seeks quashing of RBI circular to survive (Part-III)


The US State Department sources have said that they know American residents, either citizens or people with legal status in Washington, were being held in detention camps in Xinjiang, China, the media reported.


American legal residents held in Xinjiang camps: US


Law graduates and professionals can now opt for a year-long LLM programme in Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change, launched recently by Jindal Global Law School and WWF India keeping in view the necessity for such a course.


Jindal varsity-WWF offer course on environmental law


A city court on Thursday sentenced 10 people, including 8 women, to jail in the 2009 Ahmedabad hooch tragedy, which claimed more than 125 lives.


10 sentenced to jail in 2009 Gujarat hooch tragedy


The Centre on Thursday defended incorporating, in the Finance Act 2017, the provision for bringing uniformity in the service conditions, appointments and tenure of  members of 19 tribunals, asserting that the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision certifying a bill as a money bill can't be challenged before the top court.


No role for SC in LS Speaker's money bill ruling: Centre


The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday stayed the release of controversial movie "Lakshmi's NTR" till April 3.


Andhra High Court stays release of 'Lakshmi's NTR'


BJP's Kozhikode Lok Sabha candidate Prakash Babu was on Thursday sent to jail by a court in a case relating to attack on a woman devotee at Sabarimala in November last year.


BJP candidate jailed for attack on Sabarimala devotee


A witness in a case of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Thursday told a court that former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was leading and instigating a mob in one of the incidents in the city.


Sajjan Kumar was leading mob in 1984 riots: Witness


The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions seeking stay on the merger of three public sector banks -- Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda. The merger is set to take effect on April 1.


SC rejects plea to stay merger of three PSU banks


A court ordered businessman Sushil Ansal to remain present in the courtroom for the remaining working hours of Thursday as he was late in attending proceedings in a case of alleged tampering of evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy.


Court 'punishes' Sushil Ansal for reaching late


Brunei will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death by stoning under a new law, which comes into effect next week.


Brunei to punish adultery with death by stoning


A court here on Thursday reserved order on the anticipatory bail plea of Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, in a money laundering case.


Court reserves order on Vadra bail plea


Private Power producers have pleaded with the Supreme Court that the February 12 circular of the RBI will further accentuate the already existing grave problems afflicting the health of the sector while challenging the validity of the central bank's order.


RBI's Feb circular worsens Power sector's woes (Part-II)


The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it will hear on April 4, a CBI plea seeking more time to complete investigations into an FIR filed against its former Special Director Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case.


HC to hear CBI plea in Asthana case on April 4


A former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor accused of the largest security breach in US intelligence history is expected to plead guilty on Thursday, his lawyer told CNN.


Ex-NSA man to plead guilty in historic data-theft case


The Supreme court on Wednesday awarded a Mumbai-based lawyer Mathews Nedumpara three months' suspended jail sentence after it found him guilty of contempt of court and for browbeating the judges of higher judiciary.


SC gives 3-month suspended jail sentence to lawyer for contempt (Lead, with correction)


The Election Commission on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it had expressed its reservations on introduction of electoral bonds and the provision for non-disclosure of contributions as it felt would cast its shadow on transparency and accountability in political funding.


No transparency in electoral bonds, EC tells SC


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi government's decision instructing schools to prescribe only NCERT, SCERT and CBSE books.


HC rejects plea challenging circular on NCERT books


The Supreme court on Wednesday suspended a Mumbai-based lawyer Mathews Nedumpara for three months after it found him guilty of contempt of court and for browbeating the judges of higher judiciary.


SC suspends lawyer for three months for contempt


Reserve Bank of India has submitted to the Supreme Court that its circular of last February removes the old norms for resolutions of stressed assets while allowing flexibility to lenders to choose their loan recovery plan individually or jointly.

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