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  • Showdown time for Murdochs

    Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch, his son James and former aide Rebekah Brooks will face British lawmakers on Tuesday about the phone-hacking scandal which has engulfed their media empire and rocked police and politicians to the core. The Murdochs will face the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee to answer questions over their involvement in the […]

    John Yates resigns from Met police over phone-hacking scandal

    Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates has resigned in the phone-hacking scandal in the United Kingdom.He checked the credentials of Neil Wallis before the Met employed the ex-News of the World executive, arrested last week over hacking allegations. Yates’s decision to quit comes after Commissioner Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday. The resignation of Paul, the […]

    Hasan Ali stashed $800 mn in foreign banks: ED

    The Enforcement Directorate on Monday told the Bombay High Court that Hasan Ali Khan, arrested for alleged money laundering, has stashed 800 million dollars in banks in countries like the US, Switzerland and Singapore and has links with officials of these banks, . Justice A M Thipsay was hearing a bail application filed by Khan […]

    1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court records Sajjan Kumar’s statement

    A Delhi court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Monday recorded the statement of prime accused and former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta recorded the statement of Sajjan Kumar, one of the six accused, who said that he was being portrayed as an accused in the case though he was […]

    Historic tripartite agreement for GTA signed

    A tripartite agreement, conferring wide ranging autonomy to the people of Darjeeling region in West Bengal was on Monday signed between Central govt, the West Bengal govt and the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha at Sukna near Siliguri. The agreement for Gorkhaland Territorial Administration was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Chief […]

    Singapore, Japan launch anti corruption training for Afghans

    Singapore and Japan are jointly organizing the first anti corruption training for senior Afghan government officials in Singapore this week, turning into reality a plan that was announced by the Japanese government last year. A group of 18 Afghan officials are taking part in the five-day seminar that begins today -marking the first collaboration between […]

    ASEAN to resume direct talks with nuclear weapon states in Aug

    The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will resume direct consultations with five nuclear-weapon states in the first week of August in Geneva, ending a nearly decade-long suspension of the talks. The decision was made at the conclusion of an ASEAN Working Group meeting on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, part of […]

    Brooks released on bail after half a day of questioning

    Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British business, was released on bail after being questioned for 12 hours by the London police probing a widening phone hacking and bribery scandal. Brooks was bailed out in the early hours of the day after being arrested on Sunday in connection with allegations of phone […]

    Samjhauta case: Hearing on charge sheet on 17th Aug

    A special court hearing the Samjhauta blast case fixed 17th August as the next date for hearing on the charge sheet filed in the matter by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). During the in-camera proceedings in the case, the NIA submitted the “deficient documents” related to the case and also told the court that it […]

    HC dismisses petitions seeking CBI probe into J Dey’s murder

    The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking a CBI probe into the murder of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey. However, Justices Ranjana Desai and R V More did not pronounce the reasons in the operative part of their judgement for dismissing the petitions. A detailed order is likely to be […]