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Former coal secretary HC Gupta, 2 others awarded 2-year jail and granted bail immediately
23 May 2017
Sweden drops charges against WikiLeaks’ Assange
20 May 2017
The dropping of charges by Sweden does not exactly make Assange a free man, as he still faces immediate arrest if he steps out of the Ecuadorean embassy premises
Iran re-elects reformist President Rouhani by big margin
20 May 2017
Rouhani’s victory underlines the Iranian people’s desire for more freedom at home and less isolation abroad – but his powers remain limited as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei holds ultimate sway
ICJ stays Pak decision to execute Kulbhushan Jadhav
18 May 2017
Asserting its jurisdiction in the Jhadav case, ICJ president Ronny Abraham said Jadhav's arrest remained disputed and that Pakistan should have given India consular access to its national
Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave is no more
18 May 2017
Polite, soft spoken and a man of few words, Dave was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) man and an environmentalist at heart and in mind
Will Trump be impeached? Ladbroke’s goes odds-on at 4-5
18 May 2017
With the Trump administration staggering from controversy to controversy, punters on both sides of the Atlantic are ramping up wagers over whether Donald Trump will serve out a full term as US president
I-T dept raids Lalu Prasad's shell cos in Rs1,000-cr benami trail
16 May 2017
Lalu Prasad, his MP-daughter Misa Bharti and his two sons, both Bihar government ministers, are accused of being involved in corrupt land deals worth over Rs1,000 crore
Trump claims 'absolute right' to share 'facts' with Russia
16 May 2017
President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Russian officials came a day after he fired FBI chief James Comey, who was investigating his alleged Russian ties
Colonise new planet or perish: Stephen Hawking gives us only 100 years on earth
16 May 2017
The dire warning is a revised deadline by the Cambridge professor, who only in November gave humanity a more achievable deadline of 1,000 years to find a new home
Justice Karnan moves SC seeking recall of conviction order
11 May 2017
Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan today moved the Supreme Court for a recall of its order holding him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to six months in jail
Justice CS Karnan on the run after arrest order
11 May 2017
International Court stays Pak's order to execute Kulbhushan Jadhav
10 May 2017
India has rarely approached the ICJ in disputes with Pakistan, as any such move could recoil on it, and also because Islamabad insists on the primacy of its laws over international laws and conventions
SC sentences Justice Karnan to 6 months’ jail for contempt
09 May 2017
The Supreme Court created history today by holding a sitting judge – Justice C S Karnan of the Calcutta High Court — guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to six months in jail
Emmanuel Macron beats Le Pen to win French presidential poll
08 May 2017
Emmanuel Macron’s win brought comfort to investors and European allies who had been nervous about another populist upheaval after Britain's vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump's election as US president
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