Two days after their conviction, a special court here on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chief Ranjan Daimary and nine others for their involvement in the serial blasts of 2008 that left 88 people dead and 540 injured across the state.


Assam court sentences 10 to life imprisonment for 2008 blasts


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Senior Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq wondered on Wednesday why the Pakistan Foreign Minister's telephone call to him had irked India.


Mirwaiz Umer wonders why Pakistan FM's call irks India


The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi can't be allowed to operate as it was involved in a series of violations resulting in an alarming level of groundwater pollution.


Vedanta's Thoothukudi plant can't be allowed to operate, SC told


Former cricketer S. Sreesanth on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he initially confessed to the Special Cell of Delhi Police about his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal to escape continuous police torture.


I confessed to IPL spot-fixing to escape police torture, Sreesanth to SC


Vivek Doval, son of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, on Wednesday recorded his statement saying that Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, The Caravan magazine and an author, through a defamatory article have raised questions over the integrity of his family, especially his father.


Vivek Doval to court: Defamatory article was published to target his father


The Delhi High Court has rejected the Central Government plea seeking an interim stay on the arbitral proceedings commenced by Khaitan Holdings (Mauritius) Ltd against the Union of India in a matter related to the cancellation of 21 Unified Access Services Licences (UASL) in 2012, arising out of the 2G spectrum allocation case.


HC rejects government plea seeking stay on Khaitan Holdings' proceedings


The Supreme Court has dismissed the Special Leave Petitions (SLP) of NSEL Investor Action Group (NIAG) and the Maharashtra government, declining to interfere with the Bombay High Court order of releasing assets of 63 Moons (formerly known as FTIL) attached under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act.


SC dismisses SLP in 63 Moons assets case, asks HC to close it


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file response on the bail plea of senior journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case.


HC seeks ED response in journalist Rai bail plea in money laundering case


The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Karti Chidambaram to travel to the UK and Spain in February and March adding a stern rider directing him to co-operate with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its probe into his alleged role in the INX Media and Aircel Maxis case.


Karti can travel to UK, Spain: SC


New Delhi, Jan 29 (IASN) CBI Superintendent of Police T. Rajah Balaji, who filed a plea in the Supreme Court on Monday against his transfer order, called the agency's interim Director M. Nageswara 'not a man of honour' in a strongly worded letter to him and expressed hope that he would 'redeem humanity'.


CBI SP calls interim Director 'not a man of honour'


Venezuela's Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaido from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts, media reports said.


Travel ban on Venezuela opposition head Guaido


The AAP government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the national capital is facing scarcity of clean water due to Haryana which is obstructing the flow of Yamuna river.


Delhi facing scarcity of clean water due to Haryana, HC told


Given the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the prospect of promoters regaining control of their insolvent assets, the race for bankrupt Essar Steel may be far from over despite the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) rejecting Ruias' plea on Tuesday.


Race for insolvent Essar Steel far from over


The Central Bureau of Investigation has issued notices to two former ministers of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam.


Chit fund scam: CBI summons two former ministers in Odisha


The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Ahmedabad bench, on Tuesday rejected the Essar promoters plea to repay their debt and withdraw Essar Steel from the insolvency proceedings, giving advantage to ArcelorMittal in the race.


NCLT rejects Ruias bid to regain control of Essar Steel


A 32-year-old Indian national has been charged in the Australian city of Perth after he was allegedly caught at an airport with two phones containing child pornography videos and other objectionable material, the media reported.


Indian charged with possessing child porn in Australia


The US Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges, including bank fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology against Chinese tech giant Huawei and its detained Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, a move decried by Beijing as "unjustified repression".


US charges Huawei, top executive; China decries move


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged sexual abuse complaints against Catholic priests.


Plea seeking CBI probe into 'clergy abuse' rejected


China on Tuesday alleged that the US was subjecting Chinese companies to "unjustified repression" in response to Washington's criminal charges against Huawei, accusing the tech giant of banking fraud, stealing trade secrets and evade economic sanctions on Iran.


China calls US charges against Huawei 'unjustified repression'


Pakistan has appointed the country's first ever Hindu female civil judge after she passed an examination for induction of judicial officers, the media reported on Tuesday.


Pakistan appoints first ever female Hindu civil judge


A Chinese court sentenced the founder of a human rights news website to five years in prison on Tuesday for "inciting subversion of state power.

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