Un Court

The decision is a preliminary stage of a case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice alleging that Israel's military action in its war with Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide. Israel strongly rejects the accusation and has asked the court to throw out the case.

Rate cut to drive growth, banks must follow suit: India Inc

"Today's action by the RBI has removed considerable uncertainty with regard to the direction of borrowing costs faced by industry. The corporate sector will now be in a better position to drive a recovery in investment and growth."

India delays implementation of bigger tobacco pack warnings

India last year said 85 percent of a cigarette packet's surface should be covered in health warnings, up from about 20 percent now. But the rules, originally to be enforced from April this year, were deferred after a parliamentary panel said it was reviewing how the industry will be impacted.

Internet banned in J&K for two days from tomorrow

The measure has been taken because of the fear of communal tension in the backdrop of the High Court directive for implementation of an old law that bans slaughter and selling of beef.

Coal scam: CBI asked to supply translated copies of docs

One of the defence counsel also sought some documents from the agency, saying the material supplied to him along with the final report were not legible.

PMO didn't ask to hasten labour reforms: Dattatreya

Soon, a meeting of the ministerial panel on labour issues, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, will be called where the unions' remaining "noteworthy" demands will be discussed, he informed.

US court rejects plea for attachment of Sahara hotels

Hong Kong-based JTS Trading had approached the court seeking the attachment as part of its USD 350-million lawsuit against UAE-based Trinity White City Ventures, Sahara group and Swiss banking giant UBS over a deal that went sour.

2006 Train blasts: Court to pronounce quantum of punishment

Delivering the verdict, MCOCA Judge Yatin D Shinde held 12 of the 13 accused guilty while acquitting one of them. The convicts were allegedly linked to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

Essar-Loop case: Special court dismisses Ravi Ruia's plea

The court rejected Ruia's application in which he had sought modification of the bail condition regarding surrender of his passport.

Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from Sept 14

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar posted the matter for September 14 and 15 after the advocates appearing for Gupta, accused firm Pushp Steels and Mining Pvt Ltd (PSMPL) and its Director Atul Jain said the case be fixed for arguments on framing of charges.

Microsoft files suit against InterDigital in patent suit

The complaint against InterDigital, filed in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, deepens a long-standing fight over patent licensing between the two companies.

NGT tells CIL to deposit Rs 10cr bk guarantee in green norm

While hearing the case filed by NGO Prayatna, the NGT on Friday directed the CIL to submit bank guarantee of Rs 10 crore before the Member Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board, here, within ten days.

Coalgate: Bail granted to ex-Coal Secy HC Gupta, 4 others

Besides Gupta, the court granted bail to two senior public servants, K S Kropha and K C Samria, Brahmani Thermal Power Pvt Ltd (BTPPL) chairman, P Trivikrama Prasad and its vice chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad

FSSAI reviewing court's order, to decide on future course

The Bombay High Court had on August 13 quashed the orders of FSSAI and Maharashtra FDA banning nine variants of Maggi noodles in the country.

Coalscam: Madhu Koda seeks to summon Former PM as accused

The application said that during investigation, the chargesheet says that the allocation has been "made wrongly and not in public interest, (so) the ultimate final authority who made the allotment cannot be allowed to go scot-free without even facing the trial."

Adani's mine project: India conveys disappointment to Aus

Indian High Commissioner Navdeep Suri today said the matter was discussed with Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb during a trade and investment meeting held recently.

Max India gets shareholders nod for corporate restructuring

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana has issued an order, taking on record the shareholders' approval of Max India's Composite Scheme of Arrangement for the demerger of the company and granted liberty to file a second motion petition, Max India said in a statement.

Essar, Ruias violated 2G auction norms:CBI to Special Court

Advancing the ongoing final arguments in the case, Special public prosecutor Anand Grover said that people may have nominal role in a firm but the question is who exercises the direct control or who have "significant influence" in the policy-making of a company.

Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, other accused face court's ire

"It is too late now. By when you will complete scrutiny of documents," Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said after the counsel appearing for Jindal and other accused sought time to complete scrutiny of documents saying the case records were voluminous and some of them were not legible.

Loop Telecom was 'front company' for Essar: CBI to court

Advancing the ongoing final arguments in the case, Special public prosecutor Anand Grover said that violation of clause 8 of UASL guidelines by the accused firms was a crucial factor.

Coal scam: Madhu Koda, eight others put on trial

All these accused did not plead guilty to the charge framed against them and claimed trial after which the fixed the matter for August 17 for admission/denial of documents by them.

IPL Spot-fixing: Court cleared all accused of charges

In a major verdict in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing case on Saturday, the MCOCA court at Delhi's Patiala House cleared all accused, including three Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandil and Ankeet Chavan, of charges.

Supreme Court says NGO can petition govt on essential drugs

The Supreme Court has said a group seeking to lower drug prices should be allowed to petition the country's government to review its pricing policy for medicines deemed essential, according to a court order published this week.

Coal scam: Court to pass order on CBI's final report on Fri

A special court will on Friday pronounce its order on CBI's final probe report filed in a coal scam case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others.

No talks with India unless Kashmir is not on agenda: Aziz

Briefing reporters here on the last week's meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his counterpart Narendra Modi, Aziz said that it was a "good beginning that was focused on reducing tension."