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Singapore’s first ministerial corruption case has expanded with more charges being filed against a former transport minister

Now, many legal luminaries and water experts have also been suggesting the Karnataka government to encourage WFH measures till the city tides over the water crisis. Speaking at a recent event, Justice K Sreedhar Rao, former acting chief justice of the high courts of Karnataka and Assam, proposed a short-term solution of implementing work-from-home policies, particularly for the approximately 15 lakh IT workers in Bengaluru. Justice Rao reasoned that allowing work-from-home arrangements for a year could result in around 10 lakh people could result in around 10 lakh people returning to their hometowns, thereby alleviating some pressure on Bengaluru's resources. Justice Rao remarked that in the 1980s, the city's population was between 25 to 30 lakh, whereas now it has surged to over 1.5 crore. Even as the state of Karnataka faces three years of drought 2003-04, the impact wasn't felt as severely due to the lower population density at that time. He also suggested measures like desilting of lakes.

Suspects in the Russia concert hall attack, which left more than 130 dead, arrived at a Moscow district court on Sunday night.

Noted archaeologist KK Muhammed on Sunday claimed the contentious Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district was a Saraswati temple and later converted into an Islamic place of worship. He stressed that Hindus and Muslims should abide by the court's decision and honour the Places of Worship Act, 1991, apart from sitting together to iron out differences over such places. Muslims should also respect the sentiments of Hindus over Mathura and Kashi, he said. Following directives from the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is carrying out the survey of the disputed Bhojshala complex in MP's tribal-dominated district.

PTI. However, the agency will investigate to ascertain if these directions were in line with the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court's order during Kejriwal's custody period. Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.

Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the electoral bonds scam is the biggest corruption ever witnessed in India and added the BJP government at the Centre arrested his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to divert attention from the same. Addressing the third consecutive rally organised here by the CPI(M) against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Vijayan alleged the BJP-led Central government and the Sangh Parivar give scant regard to the rule of the law in the country. He alleged that the Sangh Parivar was trying to take control of the Constitutional institutions and even threatening the country's judiciary. «The Union government, BJP, Sangh Parivar, they all very well know that the Supreme Court order on the electoral bond scam was harmful to them. They wanted to divert the attention from this topic and for that they have arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal,» Vijayan said.

Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people were remanded in custody Sunday, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by the Islamic State. All four suspects have been charged with terrorism, according to Moscow's Basmanny district court, and face life imprisonment. Their detention is set until May 22 but may be extended depending on the date of their trial.

Andrew Tate have cast a long shadow over his reputation, with accusations of sexual assault stretching back over a decade. However, it's the controversial move of filing civil lawsuits against his accusers, where he publicly names them, that has stirred intense debate and condemnation. Advocates for the accusers argue that this legal tactic not only exacerbates the trauma experienced by the victims but also exposes them and their families to threats and harassment, as per a report in USA Today. 37-year-old Andrew Tate's staunch denial of the allegations against him, echoed by many of his supporters, underscores the divisive nature of the Romanian case. With both Tate and his fan-base vehemently asserting the innocence of the Tate brothers, tensions continue to escalate as the legal proceedings unfold. The fervent belief in Tate's exoneration reflects the polarization surrounding the case, with each side firmly entrenched in their respective convictions, the report stated.

There might be some people who think like this: India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) is an independent investigative body that has gone after some key people in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) purely to rid the nation of corruption. But I personally do not know a single person who thinks this.

Allahabad HC declared the UP Madrasa Education Act «unconstitutional», the Madrasa teachers associations have decided to challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court following CM Yogi Adityanath's statement that the state government will comply with the court's order. The teacher associations have also urged an amendment in the act to suit it to the HC's observations regarding the quality of education, etc, instead of doing away with it completely. It has also suggested transfer of madrasas from the minority welfare department to the education department, as was the norm before 1996. The HC's order has cast a shadow of uncertainty over about 26 lakh students enrolled across various recognised and unrecognised madrasas in the state. The court's order also adds to another recommendation made by a Special Investigation Team to shut down over 8,400 unrecognised madrasas in the state. The UP board recognises 16,513 madrasas out of which 560 receive grants used to give salaries to teachers.

By Uditha Jayasinghe

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 24 released its fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024. The list comprising 111 names featured sitting members of parliament, former union ministers, industrialist and former Congress member of parliament Naveen Jindal, former judge of Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay and actor Kangana Ranaut, among others. Ranaut will contest her first election from Mandi Himachal Pradesh, her home state.

Courts across the country have been alluding to the word ‘trust’ a lot these days. Occasionally, they use the term directly. But even when they don’t, it’s presence can still be felt front and centre, especially when courts point to its deficit in public life or refer to its diminution in the social contract between citizens and various organs of the state.

By Fabio Teixeira and Ricardo Brito

Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday asserted every penny that was due to Karnataka from the Union Government had been paid on time, a day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced moving the Supreme Court over the “five-month delay” in the release of drought relief. The FM, who represents Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha, rejected Karnataka’s charge of fiscal bias against the Centre, speaking at an interaction organized by Thinkers Forum in Bengaluru. “The claim that Rs 5,495 crore as a special grant was not released for Karnataka is totally false. The Finance Commission, in its final report, did not recommend any such special grants.”

Congress candidate for Sontipur Lok Sabha seat in Assam, Premlal Ganju, has just Rs 1 lakh cash in hand along with Rs 50,000 of his wife, according to the affidavit submitted to the Election Commission of India. Apart from the cash in hand, Ganju has Rs 5,06,995 and his wife Rs 1,77,453 in their respective bank accounts. The Congress nominee, who will contest in the general elections for the first time, in his affidavit submitted along with the nomination papers said that he has Rs 1,00,000 in cash with him and Rs 50,000 with his wife. The total movable assets including automobile and jewellery under his name are valued at Rs 21,00,310, while the same under his wife is Rs 5,62,453, making it Rs 26,62,763 worth of movable assets in the family.

stores across Sri Lanka shut Sunday after the US fast-food giant launched a legal battle with its local franchise holder over allegations of poor hygiene, court officials said. The Commercial High Court of Colombo ordered the closures until April 4, after the parent company accused the local franchise holder of failing to meet international hygiene standards.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at the BJP over the electoral bond scheme, saying never in the history of the country did any government gave legal validity to corruption. In a post on X, Priyanka alleged that 38 corporate groups donated Rs 2,004 crore to BJP through electoral bonds. «In return, they got contracts/projects worth Rs 3.8 lakh crore from BJP's central and state governments. ED, CBI, and IT raided 41 corporate groups. To avoid this, these groups donated Rs 2,592 crore to BJP. 16 shell companies donated Rs 419 crore to BJP. These also include companies which donated several times their total capital,» Priyanka said.

BJP on Sunday criticised the Left government in Kerala for its move to approach the Supreme Court against President Droupadi Murmu saying that it reflected the Marxist party's discrimination towards women and tribal communities. The CPI(M) has always adopted an «anti-woman» stand and they had even opposed when Murmu had been nominated to the supreme post of the country, senior party leader and Union Minister V Muraleedharan alleged.

Arvind Kejriwal, suggesting that he has «lost all morality» and should «learn» from ex Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who had resigned from his post before being arrested by the Enorcement Directorate. «Morality is also a thing. Kejriwal has lost all morality. Under the garb of morality, he had agitated with Anna Hazare. And he is saying that the law does not prohibit him from running a government behind bars,» the BJP leader told on Sunday. «What had our Baba Saheb Ambedkar thought that such immoral people would become the Chief Minister? Those who will be behind bars,» the BJP leader said while expressing concern at Arvind Kejriwal, who is still running the government after being arrested on charges of corruption in a Delhi excise policy case.

farmer from Prakasam district, Keshanapalli Brahmaiah, found himself in dire financial straits and decided to grow ganja on his land to clear his mounting debts. According to SEB officials, the farmer, identified as Keshanapalli Brahmaiah from Gangupalle village in Yerragondapalem mandal of Prakasam district, has about five acres of land where he cultivates various crops throughout the year. Brahmaiah had resorted to this illegal activity after facing heavy losses due to untimely rains and other factors.