Mumbai attack mastermind’s nephew killed in Hajin gunfight

Srinagar, January 19 : A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant commander and the nephew of Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was killed in a gunfight in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Thursday.  The militant commander identified as Abu Musaib, was killed in a wee-hour gunfight in Khosa Mohalla of Hajin, some 30 kms from Srinagar, after […]

SC rejects plea for legalising church divorces

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking legal sanction to divorces granted to Catholic Christians by Church-run canonical courts without subjecting them to go through the procedure under the Christian Marriage Act 1872. A Bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and DY Chandrachud said the petition was devoid of merit […]

Court discharges AAP MLA in assault case

New Delhi, January 19 : AAP MLA Jarnail Singh has been discharged by a Delhi court of charges of preventing an MCD engineer from demolishing an unauthorised building here, causing damage to state property and beating up a government official. The sessions court set aside a magisterial court order taking cognisance on the charge sheet […]

DRT allows banks to recover Rs 6,203 cr from Mallya

Bengaluru : The Debt Recovery Tribunal on Thursday ordered banks led by the State Bank of India to begin recovering Rs 6,203 crore that embattled businessman Vijay Mallya and his companies owe them. “I hereby ask the bankers to start the process of recovery of Rs 6,203 crore at the interest rate of 11.5 per […]