Law

National Herald laundering case: ED files charges in court against Sonia, Rahul

IANS | April 15, 2025 6:18 PM

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Taking a big step against political heavyweights, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint in a Special Delhi court against Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the alleged National Herald or Associated Journals Limited (AJL) money laundering case, a lawyer said on Tuesday

Forensic science key to timely justice, conviction: HM Amit Shah

IANS | April 14, 2025 8:13 PM

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that modern crimes now transcend city, state and even national boundaries, increasing the importance of forensic science in delivering timely justice and convicting criminals.

26/11: Rana’s Parkinson’s could be a ploy for feigning memory loss

IANS | April 13, 2025 4:59 PM

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Given that Tahawwur Rana, a key conspirator of 26/11, was reluctant to stand trial in India, his interrogators in NIA suspect that the mention of Parkinson’s and 32 other diseases in his medical history could be a deliberate attempt to justify his fading memory to block direct answers related to the 17-year-old deadly terror attack.

Attorney General R. Venkataramani inaugurates the National Convention on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at O.P. Jindal Global University

IANS | April 13, 2025 3:01 PM

Sonipat (Haryana), April 13 (IANS) “Dr B.R. Ambedkar was not merely a person who drafted the Constitution with certain ideas borrowed from elsewhere, but who wanted to bring into the Constitution certain visions and understanding which today permeate the Constitution and make its working different from ideologies and are premised on equality, justice, fraternity and governance, Attorney General R. Venkataramani said.

Bengal govt's measures to control unrest in Murshidabad not adequate: Calcutta HC

IANS | April 13, 2025 12:14 AM

Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) The measures, taken by the West Bengal government to control communal unrest in Murshidabad district during the last few days over protests against the newly promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act turning violent, were not adequate, observed a special division bench of Calcutta High Court while ordering Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) deployment in the district till April 17.

Violence over Waqf Act in Bengal: Calcutta HC orders immediate CAPF deployment

IANS | April 12, 2025 9:23 PM

Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Saturday directed the immediate deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal where several pockets are on the boil as protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent. At least three persons were killed in the violence.