India

New Delhi, Apr 21: The Union cabinet on Saturday approved a proposal to promulgate Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018 that provides for confiscating properties and assets of economic offenders like loan defaulters who flee the country, sources said. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on 12 March but could not be passed due to logjam in Parliament over various

New Delhi, Apr 21: The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved a proposal to promulgate Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018 that provides for confiscating properties and assets of economic offenders like loan defaulters who flee the country, sources said. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 12 but could not be passed due to the logjam in Parliament over

New Delhi, Apr 21: The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an ordinance to allow courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children of up to 12 years of age. Official sources said here that the criminal law amendment ordinance seeks to amend the Indian Penal Code, the Evidence Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act to

Patna, Apr 21: Veteran BJP leader and former union minister Yashwant Sinha, who was sidelined after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, today announced that he was quitting the saffron party. The veteran leader blamed the condition of the party to be the reason behind his decision, and said, "I am quitting the BJP because of the party's condition. As you have already seen the recent Parliament

Mumbai, Apr 21: 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Abu Salem's parole application to get married for a second time was rejected by Navi Mumbai Commissioner on Saturday. The 48-year-old gangster had sought parole for 45 days to get married to Sayed Bahar Kausar alias Heena. He is currently serving life term in Mumbai's Taloja jail for his role in the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai that had killed 257

New Delhi, Apr 21: The notice for the impeachment of the CJI given by the Congress is an "attack on the judiciary" and is "politically motivated", Union Minister Vijay Goel said today. Seven opposition parties led by the Congress had yesterday initiated an unprecedented step to impeach Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, moving a notice accusing him of "misbehaviour" and "misuse" of

Ahmedabad, Apr 21: A 24-year-old chartered accountant belonging to an affluent Jain family has embraced monkhood today. In the process, he has given up on his career and a family business worth over Rs. 100 crores. Mokshesh Sheth managed his family business for two years after becoming a chartered accountant (CA). In a ceremony held in Gandhinagar today, he gave it all up and became a Jain monk

Ahmedabad, Apr 20: A week after hardline Hindutva leader Swami Aseemanand was acquitted by an NIA court in the Makkah Masjid terror attack case, the Gujarat High Court today acquitted former state BJP minister Mayaben Kodnani in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case. The Naroda Patiya massacre was one of the worst incidents during the Gujarat genocide of 2002. At least 97 innocent Muslims were

New Delhi, Apr 20: Opposition parties led by the Congress on Friday met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and handed over a notice for the impeachment of Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra. According to sources, over 60 Rajya Sabha MPs from seven political parties submitted the notice for the impeachment against the CJI. The MPs who signed the notice belong to the

Kafeel Khan, who is an accused in the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College/Hospital tragedy case, said on Thursday that he is being wrongly framed by the administration in the case. Khan, who was a doctor at the BRD hospital, when over 30 children died in August allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply, was brought to a district hospital for medical checkup earlier today after his wife