On the eve of a Balasore court taking up bail petition of former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife for consideration, their daughter-in-law on Monday demanded the arrest of the two other accused in the dowry torture case slapped by her. Mohanty and his wife Pritilata, arrested from Howrah district of West Bengal on Saturday and produced in the court at Balasore, were sent to jail till Tuesday....
02:45 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The bail plea of one of the accused in the Delhi gangrape case Vinay Sharma is expected to be heard on Monday. The accused has sought his bail to prepare for entrance exams for the Indian Air Force. ...
09:20 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Egyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt's most popular television satirist on Sunday over allegations that he insulted President Mohamed Mursi, a case regarded by his critics as new proof of a crackdown on dissent. ...
06:55 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he felt a little "insulted and humiliated" standing before a judge in a Karachi court, where he appeared to seek extension of his pre-arrest bail in a series of cases. Musharraf, 69, who ruled Pakistan for about a decade, following a military coup in which he overthrew Nawaz Sharif, appeared in a court in Karachi for the first time in his life. ...
10:58 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Pistorius' lawyers said he might eventually need to run at track meets again to earn money. ...
05:10 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests and would end anxiety, but he also announced "very temporary" capital controls to stem a run on the island's banks. ...
07:35 AM, Mar 26, 2013
After being clouted by some legislators a day after he fined one of them for speeding, a Maharashtra police officer was on Monday suspended for being 'rude' even as two arrested MLAs allegedly involved in the incident in the Assembly premises walked out of jail on bail. ...
11:25 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Relenting to political pressure, Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, who was allegedly thrashed by five MLAs of the Maharashtra Assembly, has been suspended till the departmental inquiry in the incident is completed. Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil made the announcement of the suspension in the Assembly on Monday. ...
04:59 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Two MLAs of the Maharashtra Assembly, who were arrested for thrashing a policeman inside the Assembly building, were granted bail on Monday. MLAs Ram Kadam and Kshitik Thakur were amog the five MLAs who had been suspended till the year end for assaulting Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi last week. ...
01:04 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Cyprus has agreed to shrink its bloated financial industry and tap big depositors at its two leading banks for billions of euros. The last-minute deal has cleared the way for a 10 billion euro bailout from the European Union. ...
11:40 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Cyprus's bid to avert financial collapse will go down to the wire after the island said it would hold a crucial sitting of parliament only after finance ministers of the 17-nation euro zone meet on Sunday. Cyprus faces a Monday deadline to clinch a 10 billion euro bailout from the European Union or the European Central Bank sauys it will cut off emergency funding to the country's stricken banks, spelling...
06:50 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Saturday said he was opposed to granting any remission to actor Sanjay Dutt, whose conviction in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts was recently upheld by the Supreme Court. "Granting any remission to Sanjay Dutt would set a bad precedent. Sanjay Dutt should not be pardoned simply because he is a celebrity", Munde said addressing a function in Jalna. Dutt would have to...
01:23 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Cyprus is expected to make a dramatic U-turn on Saturday to avert the imminent threat of financial meltdown, having signalled it is willing to tax big savers in its stricken banks to clinch a bailout from the European Union. The island's partners in the 17-nation euro zone scheduled a meeting for Sunday in Brussels, in a strong sign they believe a solution is near. ...
06:40 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Two of the main accused in the December 16 gangrape, Mukesh Singh and Vinay Sharma have sought bail from a fast-track court. The two of the five adult accused who had allegedly gangraped the girl, have moved their bail applications in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna who is conducting the proceedings behind closed doors, their counsel told the media persons outside the court room. ...
07:52 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Two of the accused involved in the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi sought bail from a fast-track court. Accused Mukesh and Vinay Sharma, two of the five adult accused who had allegedly gangraped the girl, have moved their bail applications in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna who is conducting the proceedings behind closed doors, their counsel told the...
07:39 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Stocks around the world and the euro fell sharply Monday as investors fretted over a plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as a way to partly fund a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation. Although Cyprus accounts for only around 0.2 per cent of the economic output of the 17 European Union countries that use the common euro, the tax on depositors was a significant policy shift that has...
05:45 PM, Mar 18, 2013
A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of constable Arvind Dabas, an accused in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case. While rejecting his bail plea, the court said it did not have jurisdiction to hear it. ...
05:19 PM, Mar 02, 2013
The Kerala High Court on Monday posted till March 4 the bail hearing of 14 of the 36 accused in the Suryanelli gangrape case. The bail pleas had come up for hearing on Monday following an order from the Supreme Court. The list of the accused, however, does not include Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien. ...
02:20 PM, Feb 25, 2013
A detective, testifying at Pistorius' bail hearing Wednesday, said that police have not found anything inconsistent with how the star athlete described his shooting of his girlfriend. ...
06:59 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday he will not seek bail in Coalgate scam protests case and will respect court order. He, however, said the police had "no reason" to impose section 144 on him and others, as they were holding "peaceful protests". ...
10:10 AM, Feb 05, 2013
