The Australian businessman, Di Sanh Duong, 68, a prominent figure in the Chinese community in Melbourne, was convicted by a jury of preparing for or planning an act of foreign interference. The crime carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
A case has been registered under a section of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged to release dues of nearly Rs. 1.16 lakh crore from the Government of India on account of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and pending claims for natural disasters over past years.
Additional Sessions Judge Arun Bhardwaj while passing the Judgement in this regard stated that sections 420/120B IPC were not made out against the accused persons and therefore, was pleased to acquit both the accused persons.
Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up the three bills to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973 and Indian Evidence Act, of 1872 for consideration and passing
After weeks of seismic activity forced the evacuation of a nearby village, a volcano in Iceland erupted suddenly on Monday, dazzling the night sky with stunning spurts of lava and smoke, CNN reported.
Shan Massod's Pakistan have been penalised for maintaining a slow over-rate during the 1st Test match against Australia on December 14 in Perth. They have been fined 10% of their match fee and two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points were subtracted from their total.
"Pakistan were penalised for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the first Test in Perth. The visitors were fined 10 per cent of their match fee and two ICC World Test Championship points were deducted from their total," ICC announced in an official statement.
It attributed two factors including the central government's focus on decarbonising public transportation and the relatively favourable total cost of ownership.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 19 locations in South India by busting a "highly radicalised jihadi terror group," sources said.