Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to around Rs 9,000 crore, can be regarded as a fugitive from justice, the UK High Court has concluded. Judge Andrew Henshaw, who upheld a worldwide freeze order and ruled in favour of 13 Indian state-owned banks to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds in a judgment on Tuesday, took note of the fact that the 62-year-old businessman is contesting his extradition to India relating to alleged financial misconduct. ... Read More

RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who is serving prison sentence following his conviction in the fodder scam cases, was on Thursday granted three days parole to attend his son’s wedding in Patna, Inspector General of Prison Harsh Mangla said on Thursday. His parole has been granted for three days, the IG (Prison) told PTI here. However, the IG Prison was not categorical about the effective date of parole and said it depended upon when the jail authorities would release him. ... Read More

Sixteen people were killed as a thunderstorm hit several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, officials said in Lucknow on Thursday. Twenty-seven people were reported injured, while 37 animals, 16 in Aligarh and 13 in Mathura, perished in the storm. Four deaths were recorded in Etawah, while three each were reported from Aligarh and Mathura districts in the Braj region. Two died each in Agra and Firozabad, while one each was reported in Kanpur Dehat and Hathras. ... Read More

NEW DELHI: Justice J Chelameswar, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India asking him to convene a meeting of the collegium to urgently forward to the Centre the name of Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph as the judge of the apex court. The government had on April 26 returned the collegium's recommendation + to elevate Justice Joseph seeking its reconsideration, saying the proposal was not in accordance with the top court's parameters and there was adequate representation of Kerala in the higher judiciary from where he hails. It had also q ... Read More

HYDERABAD: Hitting out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the BJP has said that he appears to be day-dreaming about becoming the prime minister of the country – a post which will apparently remain occupied till 2024. The latest attack on Rahul Gandhi's Prime Ministerial aspirations came from senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain who stated that there was no vacancy for the top post till 2024 as Narendra Modi would again assume it after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. ... Read More

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Calcutta high court order asking the West Bengal State Election Commission to accept nomination papers filed through e-mail for contesting the panchayat elections in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra took note of the fact that almost 17,000 candidates have won the panchayat polls unopposed and directed the state poll panel not to declare them as winners. The bench, also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, asked the state poll panel to ensure “free and fair” panchayat elections on May 14 in the state. ... Read More