An Indian court sends a top opposition leader to jail until shortly before election Modi's party denies using law enforcement agencies to target the opposition and says the agencies act independently. World 01 Apr, 2024
India sets 2012 gang rape convicts' executions for Jan 22 NEW DELHI: A death warrant was issued Tuesday for the four men convicted in the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a New Delhi bus that galvanized protests across India and brought global attention to the country's sexual violence... Women 08 Jan, 2020
Begging is not a crime, a New Delhi court rules BANGKOK: A court in New Delhi has struck down a law that made begging in the Indian capital a crime, a major victory for campaigners who have long argued that the legislation was being used to harass and intimidate the homeless and the poor. In... Women 09 Aug, 2018
Indian court paves way for takeover of tycoon's businesses NEW DELHI: A New Delhi court on Thursday declared India's flamboyant tycoon Vijay Mallya a "proclaimed offender" for failing to appear to answer allegations of money laundering by flouting foreign currency laws. The order paves the way for the... 05 Jan, 2018
UK actor Ian McKellen: 'India needs to grow up' about gays MUMBAI, INDIA: British actor Ian McKellen has criticised India's use of a British colonial law to crack down on homosexuals, saying in an interview with a Mumbai newspaper published Tuesday that "India needs to grow up." The 76-year-old actor... Travel Abroad 24 May, 2016
Protests against India student leader's arrest spread NEW DELHI: A protest that rocked a New Delhi university this week spread across India on Thursday, with students and teachers in at least 10 cities demanding the release of a student leader arrested on sedition charges and accused of being... Women 18 Feb, 2016
Students protest in thousands as government cracks down on dissent NEW DELHI: India's biggest nationwide student protests in a quarter of a century spread across campuses on Monday after the arrest of a student accused of sedition, in the latest battle with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over freedom of... Women 15 Feb, 2016
Student leader's arrest leads to protest at India university NEW DELHI: Massive protests paralysed one of India's top universities Monday after the president of the student union was arrested on charges of sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested Friday over a demonstration days earlier at Jawaharlal Nehru... Women 15 Feb, 2016
Court clears Sreesanth, two other players New Delhi, July 25 A New Delhi court on Saturday cleared Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other players of spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League, a lawyer and media reports said. Indian prosecutors had filed charges of... 26 Jul, 2015
India court clears Sreesanth, others over IPL fixing NEW DELHI: A New Delhi court on Saturday cleared Test fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other players of spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League, a lawyer and media reports said. Indian prosecutors had filed charges of cheating... 25 Jul, 2015
Presidential bodyguards convicted of rape NEWDELHI: An Indian court today convicted two members of the country’s presidential bodyguard of raping a teenage university student in the heart of the national capital six years ago. The attack on the 17-year-old student sparked outrage across... Women 18 Aug, 2009
Hari Puttar in the clear NEW DELHI:A New Delhi court on September 22 dismissed a petition by Hollywood studio Warner Bros against the makers of Bollywood film Hari Puttar over its title, a lawyer for the Indian producers said.Warner Bros, which owns the rights to the Harry... Travel Abroad 22 Sep, 2008
