West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict in a CBI plea against Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar and described the order to the CBI not to arrest him a "moral victory".


Mamta calls SC verdict moral victory


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Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday described the Supreme Court order asking Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the CBI, as a moral victory for the probe agency and said that his questioning was not influenced by political considerations.


SC order moral victory for CBI: Minister


The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) agency in connection with the Saradha cheat fund case.


Kolkata Police chief to appear before CBI: SC


Hawaii is considering a new Bill that will ban cigarette sales to anyone under the age of 100 in the US state by 2024, the media reported.


Hawaii considering Bill on cigarette sales ban to anyone under 100


At least 13 people were arrested in Lahore for defying the Pakistan government's ban on kite flying, police said.


13 arrested in Lahore for violating kite flying ban


Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that his government is following measures taken by the Chinese government to bring their people out of poverty.


Pakistan following China to eradicate poverty: PM


Foiling an alleged opposition BJP's bid to topple it recently, the ruling JD-S-Congress government in Karnataka is bracing up for a 10-day stormy budget session of the state legislature here from Wednesday.


Karnataka set for stormy budget session in Bengaluru


US President Donald Trump said that he will nominate David Bernhardt, acting secretary of the Department of Interior, to lead the agency.


Trump to nominate David Bernhardt as US secretary of interior


Over 200 parents of students studying in Noble High school, here, protested on Monday after they got a message on their phone that the school will be relocated to sector 40 from sector 57.


Parents, teachers protest over shifting of school


The chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah has said that the new government is not controlled by Hezbollah but the party's representation in the cabinet will be stronger than ever before, local TV Channel Al-Manar reported.


Lebanon's new govt not controlled by Hezbollah: Chief


An Egyptian military court has issued preliminary death sentences against eight people convicted of attempting to assassinate President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabia's former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in 2014.


Egypt court sentences 8 to death for attempting to kill al-Sisi


In all, 38 Rohingya Muslims, mostly children, detained from different parts of Tripura by the security forces, were on Monday sent to judicial custody and juvenile homes, police said.


38 Rohingyas, mostly minors, sent to judicial custody in Tripura


The National Company Law Appellate tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday directed the NCLT's Ahmedabad bench to decide on the insolvency resolution of Essar Steel by February 11, failing which it would take a call on February 12.


NCLT must decide on Essar Steel by Feb 11: NCLAT


The National Company Law Apellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday turned down Tata Steel's plea to consider its bid as the "most legitimate", while upholding two competitive bids for taking over insolvent Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd.


NCLAT turns down Tata Steel's 'most legitimate' bid plea for Bhushan


Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday moved the Delhi High Court, seeking to file some additional documents on record to support his pending plea for anticipatory bail in the INX Media case.


Chidambaram seeks to file additional documents in INX media case


The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) left more than 2,500 seats vacant from its all-India quota in the last four years, a reply to an RTI query has revealed, despite there being thousands of eligible candidates.


ICAR leaves 2,500-plus agri seats vacant, millions in fees not refunded


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told a Delhi court that custodial interrogation of Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena will help in identifying other co-accused and he is to be confronted with voluminous material of approximately 20 GB in AgustaWestland deal case.


Saxena's custody needed to identify other accused in AgustaWestland case, ED tells court


In a fresh trouble for the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Lucknow on Monday quashed the police final report that had exonerated SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav in a case related to an alleged threat to an IPS officer on phone in 2015.


Police report letting off Mulayam in phone threat case quashed


A Delhi Court on Monday rejected the application of BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seeking to conduct the prosecution in a case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, accused of abetment to suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.


Court rejects Swamy's plea in Tharoor case


With an eye on the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led Maharashtra government on Monday decided to implement 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the general category, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said here.


Maharashtra to implement 10% EWS quota


The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a CBI plea against Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar who is accused of allegedly destroying evidence related to the Saradha chit fund scam.

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