A court here has sentenced to life imprisonment an accused in the case of Godhra train carnage in 2002 in which 59 ‘karsevaks’ were killed, which had triggered worst riots in the history of Gujarat. A court of an additional sessions judge at Godhra in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district on … Read more
BJP leaders in Rajasthan on Saturday refuted the allegation levelled by the Congress that the main accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case in Udaipur was a BJP member. After a few photos showing accused Riyaz Akhtari with some local BJP leaders of Udaipur emerged, Mohammad Sadiq Khan, state … Read more
Rajasthan Police on Wednesday said that the main accused involved in the killing of the tailor in Udaipur were in touch with Pakistan-based organisation Dawat-e-Islami and one of them also went to Karachi in Pakistan in 2014 to meet the organisation. Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) ML Lather … Read more
Several cartels involving ten construction suppliers conspired to rig bids for contracts worth £150mn and cheat clients including Selfridges and Oxford university, the UK competition regulator has found. On Friday, the Competition and Markets Authority said it had provisionally found that the businesses colluded over contract tenders for demolition and asbestos removal projects. The three-year … Read more
Five additional lawsuits have been filed accusing a southwestern Missouri boarding school of abusing students. The lawsuits alleging physical and emotional abuse at Agape Boarding School were filed last week in Vernon County. All told, 19 lawsuits have been filed against the boarding school since early 2021. Agape’s doctor, David Smock, was charged in December … Read more
The Bank of England has been accused of going soft on its core mandate after adopting a less aggressive stance on monetary policy than the US Federal Reserve — despite expecting inflation to hit 11 per cent this year. The UK central bank on Thursday dropped guidance that more interest rate rises were likely in … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the conspiracy against Satyendar Jain stands exposed as he claimed the Centre had admitted in court that the AAP leader was not an ‘accused’. The remarks came after some news reports claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi Hight … Read more
New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! Amazon.com Inc. is obstructing a congressional investigation of a deadly December tornado by failing to provide documents about emergency preparedness and communications with workers during the storm, according to a letter from US lawmakers. The House Oversight Committee in March asked Amazon to share details about … Read more
In a relief to PNB bank scam accused diamantaire Mehul Choksi, the Dominica government has dropped “all charges” related to his mysterious unlawful entry from Antigua and Barbuda in May last year, according to his spokesperson from London. Choksi was taken into custody in Dominica, the Caribbean island country, in … Read more
SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Elon Musk after a flight attendant on the company’s corporate jet accused the CEO of exposing himself to her mid-flight, Insider reports. According to Insider, the incident happened in 2016 and the company settled with the unnamed flight attendant in 2018, according to a friend … Read more