The Centre on Saturday set up a tribunal to adjudicate matters related to a ban imposed on Manipur insurgent groups collectively known as the 'Meitei Extremist Organisations'.


Tribunal set up to adjudicate ban on Manipur insurgent groups


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Luxury fashion house Prada has withdrawn products after some items displayed at the front of a store here were seen as depicting blackface imagery.


Prada pulls products after accusations of blackface imagery


The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside a Central government order restraining private companies from manufacturing and selling oxytocin drug.


HC quashes Centre's ban on oxytocin drug production, sale


Expressing concern over rising online sexual exploitation of children in India, a panel of experts said here on Friday that to tackle the challenges, a revamped legal framework needs to be created for cyber crime investigation.


'Revamped legal framework needed to take on children's online exploitation'


The Dassault Aviation on Friday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court that dismissed petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the Rs 59,000-crore Rafale fighter jet deal.


Dassault Aviation welcomes SC decision on Rafale


In a huge relief to the government, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed four petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale jet fighters in ready-to-fly condition, holding that the decision-making process is not in doubt and that it cannot go into the question of pricing and choice of Indian offset partner by the French manufacturer Dassault.


SC junks pleas seeking court-monitored probe into Rafale deal


The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday directed the Commissioner of the Shimla Municipal Corporation to constitute a team to visit schools of the city and identify parking spaces for school vehicles.


Himachal HC seeks report on parking spaces in schools


Donald Trump knew he was doing wrong when he directed hush money to be paid to two women during the 2016 presidential election to keep them silent about their alleged affairs with him, the President's former lawyer Michael Cohen said in a television interview.


Trump knew paying hush money was wrong, says ex-lawyer Cohen


Expressing shock and disappointment over the Supreme Court on Friday dismissing their petition seeking a court monitored CBI probe into the Rafale deal, former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and advocate Prashant Bhushan said the verdict "neither addressed the documented facts nor dealt with their main prayer seeking an investigation into the deal to purchase the French fighter jets".


Sinha, Shourie say 'shocking' SC verdict no clean chit for Modi


A Pune court on Friday granted bail to three accused in the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar after the investigating agency, CBI failed to file its charge-sheet within the stipulated 90-day time-frame.


Pune court grants bail to Dabholkar murder accused


Taiwan's government on Friday approved two draft amendment bills banning political ads funded from abroad, including China, amid suspicions that Beijing interfered in the local elections held in November.


Taiwanese cabinet passes bills banning foreign-funded election ads


A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border with her father died hours after being taken into custody, US Customs and Border Protection has said.


Migrant caravan: Guatemalan girl dies in US custody


Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Dam Safety Bill, 2018 introduced in the Lok Sabha as it impinges on the state's rights and termed it as unconstitutional.


Palaniswami urges PM to withdraw Dam Safety Bill, calls it unconstitutional


Karnataka will seek a review of the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) December 6 order asking the state government to deposit Rs 500 crore in an escrow account for the revival of lakes in Bengaluru, a senior official said on Friday.


Karnataka to seek review of NGT order on lake revival


The US Senate has passed a resolution blaming and condemning Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, ratcheting up pressure on President Donald Trump who has aligned himself with the Saudi kingdom in the aftermath of the ghastly killing.


Khashoggi killing: US Senate passes resolution condemning Saudi Crown Prince


The Congress on Friday accused the government of trying to hide its "theft" in the Rafale deal behind a court ruling that did not wish to intervene in a defence deal and persisted with its demand for a JPC inquiry into the purchase of fighter jets from France.


Congress insists on JPC on Rafale deal


Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment in the Rafale deal, saying it has conclusively established "complete falsity of the wild, baseless and politically motivated" allegations levelled against Reliance Group and him personally.


Anil Ambani hails Rafale verdict, says establishes falsity of allegations


The government on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the nation on the Rafale jet deal and tarnishing the country's image internationally, and demanded an apology from its President Rahul Gandhi.


Rahul Gandhi tarnished India's image, must apologise: Rajnath


A 34-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a US flight early this year.


Indian gets 9 years in jail for sex assault on US flight


The Indian government made information requests for 355 Twitter accounts in the January-June 2018 period while law enforcement agencies in the country asked the micro-blogging platform to remove 237 accounts for violating the law of the land.


Account removal, information requests up from India: Twitter


The Supreme Court on Friday junked petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the Rafale jet deal saying that there was "nothing questionable" in the decision-making process and the bench was not competent to go into the question of pricing and the choice of offset partner by Rafale manufacturer Dassault.

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