A Delhi court Saturday awarded four years' rigorous imprisonment to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) former president Bangaru Laxman for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in 2001. The court also slapped him with a fine of Rs.1 lakh. Following are the key points of the verdict: 1. Character ...

A court here on Saturday sentenced former BJP president Bangaru Laxman to four years in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him for taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in a fictitious arms deal case 11 years ago. 72-year-old Laxman, also a former Union minister, ...

The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition by the farmers of Noida's Visrak and Patwari villages seeking restoration of their lands acquired by the Noida authority. The notice has also been issued to Noida authority. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale ...

Industrialist Madhu Koneru, an accused in the Emaar APIIC township case, appeared Friday before the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, which granted him bail. The Dubai-based industrialist was given bail on furnishing a bond for Rs.25,000 with two sureties for the like amount. The court asked him to appear ...

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court and taken into custody for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in a 10-year-old graft case. He was convicted by Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora. Laxman was taken into juidicial custody and arguments on sentencing ...

In a setback for Congress veteran N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court ruled Friday that the leader will have to provide his blood sample for DNA test in a paternity suit. One Rohit Shekhar has taken Tiwari to court, claiming the octogenarian is his biological father. Tiwari, who has been extremely ...

A court here will Friday pronounce its verdict in a 10-year-old graft case against former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman for allegedly accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer. Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora had April 2 reserved his order in the case. The corruption charges were framed against Laxman ...

A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed a private complaint against Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh after the complainant failed to appear before the court twice. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja dismissed the plea of Sushil Kumar Sharma seeking to register case against Digvijay Singh for assaulting him, saying he has not appeared ...

A Delhi court Thursday will deliver on May 5 its order on a plea by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh seeking summoning of army chief Gen. V.K. Singh and initiation of defamation proceedings against him for allegedly accusing him of bribery. After seeking some clarification from Tejinder Singh, Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh ...

Tata Group chairman-designate Cyrus Mistry is being falsely implicated in a case related to a real estate firm in which the Bombay High Court issued notice to his father Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, a statement issued Wednesday said. "Cyrus Mistry is in no way concerned in the said petition... and his name ...