Amid unprecedented security, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh reached Panchkula on Friday afternoon to hear the court verdict in a rape and sexual exploitation case.


Dera chief reaches Panchkula for court verdict


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A South Korean court on Friday sentenced Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison, finding him guilty of bribery and embezzlement in a massive corruption scandal that led to the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye.


Samsung heir sentenced to five years in prison


The Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for a verdict in her trial over a rice subsidy scheme.


Thai SC issues arrest warrant against ex-PM


Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and non-Executive Chairman of Infosys, who is also the architect of the UIDAI, on Friday expressed confidence that Aadhaar "addresses all design principles laid down by the Supreme Court".


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Florida has executed an inmate for the first time in more than 18 months, administering a lethal injection drug that had not previously been used in the US, the media reported.


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Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in outer Delhi on Friday ahead of a verdict against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case, police said.


Dera chief verdict: Police, paramilitary deployed in Delhi


A court here on Friday adjourned the 2G spectrum allocation cases against former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and others for September 20.


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Chandigarh and its nearby Panchkula town wore a deserted look on Friday with curfew-like restrictions in place ahead of a crucial verdict in a rape case against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.


Dera chief verdict: Chandigarh, Panchkula wear deserted look


Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Friday left his sect headquarters and headed for the CBI court in Haryana's Panchkula town accompanied by scores of cars full of his supporters.


Dera chief takes road to Panchkula court


Tierney Darden, partially paralysed after a bus shelter of the Chicago O'Hare International Airport collapsed on her two years ago, was awarded $148 million by a Cook County jury on Wednesday.


US jury awards $148 million to dancer paralysed in bus collapse


President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday met Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and stressed on the need to expand India's economic and development cooperation and establish social institutions in the neighbouring country.


Nepal Prime Minister meets President, Vice President


After a rap from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the police on Thursday night started a massive exercise to evict over two lakh followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh from Panchkula and Chandigarh, ahead of Friday's court verdict, even as the Army is to be deployed in Panchkula.


Police start evicting Dera followers; Army to be deployed in Panchkula


Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said linking the Aadhaar number with the Permanent Account Number (PAN) was in the national interest as it would prevent money laundering.


Linking Aadhaar to PAN in national interest: Prasad


The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to give a y relief to Congress leader Salman Khurshid on his plea seeking interim stay on his expulsion from the membership of Delhi Public School (DPS) Society in 2015.


No relief from HC for Salman Khurshid in DPS Society expulsion


Eminent lawyers on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment declaring right to privacy a fundamental right, and called it a "progressive" and "landmark" judgment.


Lawyers welcome SC decision on right to privacy


A day after his release from jail, Indian Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad S. Purohit was taken to a Special NIA Court under tight security by the military and Mumbai police.


Lt. Col. Purohit appears before Special NIA Court


Abidjan, Aug 24 (IANS/MAP) The African Initiative Women Foundation (AIWF) is organising a two-day forum on the issue of women's economic empowerment here on August 29 and 30.


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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) President Bimal Gurung has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and requested her to "initiate political dialogue" to resolve the crisis in Darjeeling, a party leader said on Thursday.


GJM writes to Mamata, requests dialogue on Darjeeling crisis


Helmets will be compulsory for pillion riders on two-wheelers in Odisha, a move the state government believes would reduce fatal incidents.


Helmet for pillion riders compulsory in Odisha


Forty duty magistrates were appointed in Gurugram on Thursday to deal with any situation that may follow the CBI court's verdict on the rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.


Dera verdict: 40 duty magistrates appointed in Gurugram


As thousands of followers of Dera chief Ram Rahim descended on Panchkula, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to provide additional forces ahead of the judgment in a rape case against the self-styled godman.

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