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I-T dept raids Lalu Prasad's shell cos in Rs1,000-cr benami trail
16 May 2017
Lalu Prasad, his MP-daughter Misa Bharti and his two sons, both Bihar government ministers, are accused of being involved in corrupt land deals worth over Rs1,000 crore
Trump claims 'absolute right' to share 'facts' with Russia
16 May 2017
President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Russian officials came a day after he fired FBI chief James Comey, who was investigating his alleged Russian ties
Colonise new planet or perish: Stephen Hawking gives us only 100 years on earth
16 May 2017
The dire warning is a revised deadline by the Cambridge professor, who only in November gave humanity a more achievable deadline of 1,000 years to find a new home
Justice Karnan moves SC seeking recall of conviction order
11 May 2017
Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan today moved the Supreme Court for a recall of its order holding him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to six months in jail
Justice CS Karnan on the run after arrest order
11 May 2017
International Court stays Pak's order to execute Kulbhushan Jadhav
10 May 2017
India has rarely approached the ICJ in disputes with Pakistan, as any such move could recoil on it, and also because Islamabad insists on the primacy of its laws over international laws and conventions
SC sentences Justice Karnan to 6 months’ jail for contempt
09 May 2017
The Supreme Court created history today by holding a sitting judge – Justice C S Karnan of the Calcutta High Court — guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to six months in jail
Emmanuel Macron beats Le Pen to win French presidential poll
08 May 2017
Emmanuel Macron’s win brought comfort to investors and European allies who had been nervous about another populist upheaval after Britain's vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump's election as US president
Google pays CEO Sundar Pichai $200 mn for 2016
29 Apr 2017
Google's 44-year-old India-born chief executive Sundar Pichai received nearly $200 million in compensation, double the amount he got in 2015
President confers Jnanpith Award on Sankha Ghosh
28 Apr 2017
CEO Mayer to earn $186 mn from sale to Verizon
26 Apr 2017
CBI files FIR against its former director Ranjit Sinha in coal scam case
26 Apr 2017
The former CBI chief is accused of "scuttling" and "influencing" the probe into the coal block allocation cases
Trump has ‘dangerous mental illness’, agree psychiatrists
24 Apr 2017
Mental health experts claimed the President was “paranoid and delusional”, and said it was their “ethical responsibility” to warn the American public about the “dangers” Trump’s psychological state poses to the country
Pak SC orders JIT probe into PM Nawaz Sharif’s `Panamagate’
20 Apr 2017
While the court has ordered extensive probe into the money trail in the Panama Papers scandal, the split verdict comes as a temporary reprieve for Sharif as the court did not order his stepping down
USAFacts: Steve Ballmer digs into where the tax dollars go
19 Apr 2017
Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has launched a new project to help Americans find out where their tax dollars actually go, as it is very difficult for people to find specific information on government spending
Trump sees approval ratings falling on all parameters
18 Apr 2017
A new poll from Gallup finds that a majority of Americans no longer view Trump as keeping his promises, with poll numbers on that question tumbling by 17 percentage points, while the numbers on his other leadership qualities are also down
Vijay Mallya arrested in London, likely to be deported to India
18 Apr 2017
Vijay Mallya had fled the country and sought refuge in the United Kingdom, after a lookout notice was issued against him over financial irregularities in his dealings with banks and within his business empire