Law

BSP leader in UP gets life term for murder after 27 yrs

IANS | December 8, 2023 8:53 AM

Kanpur, Dec 8 (IANS) Gangster-turned-politician Anupam Dubey has been sentenced to life imprisonment by additional district judge (8) Ram Avtar Prasad for the murder of Ram Nivas Yadav, an inspector in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), 27 years ago.

Breather for former Kerala FM Thomas Isaac as Kerala HC stays interim order

IANS | December 7, 2023 4:55 PM

Kochi, Dec 7 (IANS) Two-time former state Finance Minister and top CPI(M) leader, Thomas Isaac, on Thursday got a breather when a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court stayed a November 24 interim order of a single-judge which allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to issue fresh summons to him and Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) officials in connection with a probe into KIFFB’s financial transactions.

Excise policy case: Sanjay Singh urges court for bail, says deep roots in society

IANS | December 6, 2023 8:56 PM

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) While a Delhi court on Wednesday heard AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh's bail application in connection with a money laundering case connected to the now-scrapped excise policy, he claimed that he was not a flight risk and there was no allegation against him of influencing the witnesses.

Imran had 'illicit relationship' with Bushra, claims her ex-husband's servant

Hamza Ameer | December 6, 2023 3:04 PM

Islamabad, Dec 6 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's marriage with Bushra Bibi has been challenged and contested in the Pakistani courts by her ex-husband Khawar Farid Maneka, whose servant has alleged that Bushra Bibi had "illicit relationship" with Khan and that both would meet in closed room at Maneka's residence under the sneer of spiritual healing.