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New Delhi, Dec 17: The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court asked Kumar to surrender before December 31 and imposed a fine of Rs 500,000 on him. Today's verdict reversed the 2013 trial court judgment which had acquitted Kumar. While pronouncing the judgment the judge

Riyadh, Dec 17: Saudi Arabia rejects the position of the US Senate, blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. On Thursday, the US Senate passed a resolution that blamed the Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi’s assassination, and also warned the kingdom against purchasing arms from Russia or

New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 17: The ruling BJP is moving the Calcutta High Court again on Monday protesting against the West Bengal government denial of permission for the party's proposed Rath Yatra or 'Save Democracy Rally' across the state eying the 2019 parliamentary elections. According to state BJP president Dilip Ghosh, the West Bengal BJP unit is moving the court again today as the Mamata

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Congress said Saturday the Supreme Court, which gave the government relief in the Rafale jet case, has not gone into the pricing and technical aspects of the aircraft and it is only a joint parliamentary committee that can probe whether there was any irregularity in the deal. At a press conference, Congress leader Kapil Sibal pointed to a part of Friday's judgment in which

Aizawl, Dec 15: Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga was Saturday sworn in as Mizoram's new chief minister, heading a 12-member ministry. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor K Rajasekharan during a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here. The MNF came to power in the state winning 26 of the 40 seats in the state assembly uprooting the Congress from its last bastion in

New York, Dec 15: A 54-year old man has been charged with hate crime for assaulting an Indian-origin woman travelling in a subway and using homophobic slurs against her. Allasheed Allah, 54, was brought before the court on Thursday and charged with assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment against Avneet Kaur, 20, for the attack in New York City's Queens borough last month. According to

New Delhi, Dec 15: A day after the Supreme Court verdict on the Rafale deal, Public Accounts Committee chairman Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday he will request all members of the panel to summon the Attorney General and the CAG to ask them when was the public auditor's report tabled in Parliament. The senior Congress leader accused the government of "misleading" the Supreme Court by presenting

Sydney, Dec 15: Australia now recognises west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Saturday, but a contentious embassy shift from Tel Aviv will not occur until a peace settlement is achieved. Canberra became one of just a few governments around the world to follow US President Donald Trump's lead and recognise the contested city as Israel's capital, but Morrison also

Mumbai, Dec 15: Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and south star Dulquer Salmaan fought with Mumbai police in small twitter row Friday after the cops, wrongly, criticised the actor's co-star Dulquer Salmaan for "trying stunt while driving". Sonam had posted a video clip from a film shoot on Twitter showing Salmaan in the driver's seat of a car. His hands are seen fiddling with a mobile phone as

Noida, Dec 15: A news anchor with a private television channel died allegedly after she fell off the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment here early Friday, with her family suspecting foul play. Radhika Kaushik, who hailed from Rajasthan, was in her house in the Antriksh Forest Apartments in Sector 77 with a colleague when the incident occurred at around 3.30 am, police said. A case has been