The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday approved Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif's bail petitions in Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme and Ramzan Sugar Mills corruption cases and ordered his release.


Shehbaz Sharif granted bail in corruption cases


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A Delhi court on Thursday sent corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to 14 days judicial custody in a money laundering case.


Deepak Talwar send to judicial custody in PMLA case


Everybody should understand the fundamentals of a republic, and when all of us are allowed to say and do what we want, we should exercise that freedom with responsibility, says revered yogi and mystic Sadhguru.


Need to exercise freedom with responsibility, says Sadhguru in new book


A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena till February 22 in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


AgustaWestland: Saxena gets interim bail till Feb 22


US President Donald Trump's former election campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller by "intentionally" lying to prosecutors in the Russia probe, a federal judge has ruled.


Trump ex-aide Manafort lied to prosecutors: Judge


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval to the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill, 2019 which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.


Cabinet's ex post facto approval for NRI marriage registration bill


The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave no relief to five activists named in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case, as it set aside a Bombay High Court order not allowing another 90 days to the Maharashtra Police to file the charge sheet against the accused.


SC gives no relief to Bhima-Koregaon clash accused, sets aside HC order


Reliance Communication (RCom) Chairman Anil Ambani on Wednesday told the Supreme Court the Rs 550 crore dues could not be paid to Ericsson in pursuance to the undertaking as its Rs. 18,100 crore deal with the Reliance Jio did not fructify.


SC reserves order on Ericsson's contempt plea against RCom Chairman, two others


Former international wrestler and Arjuna awardee Jagdish Bhola was on Wednesday convicted and sentenced by a special CBI court here in a multi-crore drugs racket, termed as Punjab's biggest, busted in 2013.


Wrestler-turned-police officer Bhola gets 12 years jail in drugs case


A Delhi Court on Wednesday allowed police to quiz for two days the General Manger and Manager of Hotel Arpit Palace here where a fire tragedy killed at least 17 people.


Two sent to two-day police custody for fire tragedy


Two lawyers defending former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn in a case of financial misconduct stepped down on Wednesday ahead of preparations for the jailed executive's trial.


Two lawyers for ousted Nissan chief Ghosn resign ahead of trial


Top Maoist leader Buriyar Sathwaji and his wife Vydugula Aruna, also a Maoist, surrendered before the Telangana Police on Wednesday.


Top Maoist leader, wife surrender in Telangana


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told a court it was not opposing the plea of Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena seeking bail on medical grounds as he was cooperating in the AgustaWestland deal probe.


AgustaWestland case: ED favours Saxena's bail plea, may make him approver


A court in Ludhiana on Wednesday sent three accused in the gang-rape of a 21-year-old woman to seven days' police remand.


Ludhiana gang-rape: 3 arrested, sent to police remand


Taking serious note of the Ludhiana gang-rape case, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that he would approach the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to ensure speedy justice in rape cases.


Amarinder to approach HC to fast-track rape cases


The construction of a water storage dam in Himachal Pradesh that will provide water to the national capital and five other states will commence by the year end, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Wednesday.


Construction of Himachal dam will start this year: CM


A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea of British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


AgustaWestland: Christian Michel's bail order reserved


The Centre has decided to set up a national law university in Uttarakhand, an official statement said here on Thursday.


Uttarakhand to get a national law university


Micro-blogging site Twitter is considering ways to restrict mental and physical threats to its users that are triggered during or due to digital conversation on its platform, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in an online interview.


Twitter endeavours to protect users from mental, physical threats: Dorsey


The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave no relief to five activists named in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case and set aside a Bombay High Court order allowing another 90 days to the Maharashtra Police to file charge sheet.


No relief for activists, SC sets aside Bombay HC order


Strasbourg, Feb 13 (IANS/AKI) European Union countries must take shared responsibility for handling the influx of boat migrants to the bloc - as leaders agreed at a summit in June last year, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.

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