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.


Chinese human rights website founder jailed


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The US Justice Department has unveiled criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei and its detained Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, outlining a decade-long attempt by the company to steal trade secrets, obstruct an investigation and evade economic sanctions on Iran.


US unveils criminal charges against Huawei, company executive


Internal clash continued in the CBI as a Superintendent of Police (SP) of the agency has now filed a plea in the Supreme Court against interim Director M. Nageswara Rao for transferring him to an active unit to a low profile unit, accusing "targeted" posting.


CBI officer challenges his transfer in SC


The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a batch of applications from different industries seeking relaxation of its earlier order limiting the import of pet coke for the use of certain industries, including cement and aluminium, as feed stock.


No relaxation of order limiting import of pet coke: SC


The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a plea questioning the compulsory recitation of Sanskrit and Hindi hymns, including "asatomaa satgamaya, tamosomaa jyotirgamya", during the morning assembly of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV) across the country.


Appropriateness of reciting 'asatomaa satgamaya, tamosomaa jyotirgamya' in KVs goes to Constitution Bench


The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday said it will move the High Court over discharge of industrial waste and high level of pollutants in the Yamuna in Haryana which affects the water quality in the national capital.


DJB to move court over pollutants' discharge in Yamuna


A court here on Monday extended by five days the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, in a fresh money laundering case.


Gautam Khaitan's ED custody extended by 5 days


A special CBI judge here on Monday convicted 14 people, including NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary, in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts in Assam that killed 88 people, saying the quantum of punishment will be pronounced on Wednesday.


Daimary among 14 convicted in Assam serial blasts


Bahrain's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the life sentence of Shia opposition leader Ali Salman over charges of espionage for neighbouring Qatar.


Bahrain upholds life sentence of Shia cleric


Declining an early hearing of the Centre's 2011 curative petition seeking enhancing the compensation by Rs 7,844.22 crore for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear the plea to reopen the 1989 settlement in April.


No early hearing of plea to hike compensation for Bhopal gas tragedy: SC


The Supreme Court on Monday directed the transfer of Rs 53,852 crore lying with the ad-hoc Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) to the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (NCAFMPA) for its utilisation.


SC directs transfer of Rs 53,852 cr to National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Authority


Former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has proposed a quasi-universal basic rural income (QUBRI) of Rs 18,000 per year to each rural household, except those which are "demonstrably well-off", at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.64 lakh crore to tackle agrarian distress.


Arvind Subramanian, colleagues propose Rs 18,000 basic income for rural households


A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to former Railway Minister and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife and son in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract.


Delhi court grants bail to Lalu in IRCTC case


A Special CBI judge here on Monday convicted 15 people, including National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chairman Ranjan Daimary, in the October 30, 2008 serial blasts across Assam, saying the quantum of punishment would be pronounced on Wednesday.


Ranjan Daimary among 15 convicted in Assam serial blast case


A US university professor has been removed as director of a graduate programme, amid a furore over an email she sent urging students not to speak Chinese, a media report said.


Professor removed over 'Speak English' email


Hundreds of people cheered on Sunday as rainbow-coloured boats carrying LGBT revellers sailed in the waters of Myanmar's Yangon city in a sign of growing acceptance for the community in a socially conservative country where gay sex remains illegal.


Myanmar holds first LGBT boat pride parade


If ever the film industry's existence has been acknowledged in India and its governments, it is now. The film industry made a representation to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while he was in Mumbai, to inaugurate the film museum at the Films Division property in South Mumbai, in December. Some concessions were sought on GST on cinema tickets and the response was instant; the request was granted. The GST slabs were reduced to 12 per cent from 18 per cent on tickets costing Rs 100 and 18 per cent from 28 per cent on other ticket rates. Such a response from Delhi to a film industry request was a never before event! The media and some critics in filmmaking did try to raise a controversy out of the occasion by complaining that only men met the Prime Minister and no woman was asked to accompany. Well, as far as one got the result, it was for both to enjoy, right?


Delhi finally recognises film industry (Column: IANS Insight: B-Town)


A former Punjab Police officer was arrested on Sunday in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing in Faridkot which claimed the lives of two people.


Ex-Punjab Police officer arrested over 2015 firing case


A manhunt is underway in the southeastern US state of Louisiana for a 21-year-old man suspected of gunning down five people, local authorities said.


Louisiana shootings: Five killed, suspect absconding


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday.


Gautam Khaitan remanded in two-day ED custody (Third Lead)


The operation to bring back "high-value" economic offenders from the West Indies is likely to be concluded by Tuesday (January 29), sources have confirmed.

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