The MP/MLA court here has sentenced gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to five and a half years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 in the case related to threatening a witness in the coal businessman Nand Kishore Rungta murder case.
The Hong Kong police on Thursday accused five activists based overseas of breaching China-imposed national security law and issued bounties worth USD 128,000 for information leading to each of their arrests, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of IAS Saumya Chaurasia in a money laundering case, and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on her for misrepresenting the facts to get a favourable order.
The order was passed by a bench led by Justice Surya Kant. The court, however, allowed Afzal Ansari to attend the proceedings but imposed various conditions. Ansari's conviction will remain suspended till the final disposal of his plea, the court clarified. A detailed order is awaited.
The US State Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on eight Hamas officials and facilitators aiming to dismantle the networks that support the funding of the terror outfit.
The Taliban condemned the sanctions imposed by the US State Department of the Treasury on two of its officials, stressing that imposing sanctions is not the solution, as reported by TOLO News.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday instructed the officials concerned with construction works in the state to complete the work on the given timeline and warned them that accountability will be fixed if it is not done.
Former New Zealand battler Lou Vincent can continue to play domestic cricket or any level below with immediate effect after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) revised the life ban imposed on him for corruption in 2014.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has emphasised the limitations of "how the Taliban have really clamped down and imposed a system of widespread discrimination against women and girls," TOLOnews reported.
The central government has imposed stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors in all states and Union Territories, a release from the food and consumer affairs department stated Friday.
The Punjab and Haryana high court has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the Punjab government for not following the orders of the court regarding Gram Panchayat elections.