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Electoral bond: In a landmark judgment delivered on February 15, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down the electoral bonds scheme, holding these bonds «unconstitutional». The State Bank of India, the authorised seller of these poll bonds, was directed by the apex court to provide details of donations made through these bonds, as well as all relevant info on whoever the money went to. Holding political donations by companies as purely for «quid pro quo purposes», the top court ordered that the information of all corporate contributors be made public.

Nevada teenager Mashenka Reid has been accused of fatally shooting her father and younger brother, reportedly telling a 911 operator that she “couldn’t control the urge to kill” them.The slayings allegedly happened in the family’s Reno, Nev., home last Friday, according to a probable cause statement filed in the case and obtained by NBC affiliate KRNV.NBC reports that a neighbour called police shortly after 4 p.m. to report arguing and gunshots from a nearby residence.

Genesis Global obtained bankruptcy court approval on Wednesday to sell its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares.

Supreme Court is set to announce its verdict regarding petitions challenging the validity of the electoral bonds scheme on February 15. The Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, had reserved its decision on November 2 last year. In April 2019, the Supreme Court declined to stay the electoral bonds scheme, emphasising the need to reduce the cash component in the electoral process.

In what is being seen as a major diplomatic win fo... moreIn what is being seen as a major diplomatic win for India, eight Indian Navy veterans, who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by a court in Doha.

(Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that his administration has filed a lawsuit against social media companies including Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)' Facebook and Instagram for fueling mental health crisis among the youth.

A suspected scam coin operator was arrested in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea – in a case that appears to be linked to the controversy surrounding the blockchain firm Winnerz.

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The Bayer Corporation has spent more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits that claim the popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules the groups say are critically important to save a vanishing species of whale

Real estate developers have topped the list of businesses facing consumer complaints for suspected goods and services tax (GST)-related profiteering, data from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) showed. CCI decides on the merit of customer complaints based on an investigation by the Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering (DGAP), which comes under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Terraform Labs, the company behind the stablecoins TerraUSD and Luna, which collapsed the cryptocurrency industry in 2022, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States.

₹1,300 crore through electoral bonds in 2022-23. The party's total contributions stood at ₹2,120 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, of which 61 per cent came from electoral bonds.

Vedanta's Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. This comes in response to Vedanta's appeal against the closure of the plant by the Tamil Nadu government. The three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice D.Y.

Supreme Court questioning the validity of the criminal proceedings against him and others in a special court in Bengaluru for participating in a protest march on February 14, 2022, against a BJP minister. The CM also challenged the February 6 order of the Karnataka High Court, declining to quash the criminal proceedings and imposing a fine of Rs 10,000. He moved the apex court on the grounds that the special court proceedings would lead to harassment and they did not commit the kind of offence to warrant the criminal case booked by the Bengaluru Police. He also said the high court did not take note of the fact that the protest did not lead to any violence.

Arvind Bellad, Karnataka BJP MLA from Hubli-Dharwad West constituency, Wednesday criticized IT major Infosys for not creating a single job at its Hubballi campus despite acquiring 58 acres of land in his home constituency. The BJP leader even demanded the government to reclaim the land from the software giant.

Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday issued a sixth summon to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking him to appear on February 19 in the liquor policy case. Earlier on February 7, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday took cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate's complaint and summoned Kejriwal on February 17, 2024. ED had approached the court against Kejriwal for not complying with the summons issued by the central probe agency in the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case.

Gujarat police have seized Rs 5,956 crore drugs and arrested 48 foreign nationals involved in drug trafficking during the last two years, the state government informed in the assembly on Wednesday. During a heated debate in the assembly over the issue of drugs, Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi asked the opposition Congress to stop doing politics on the matter. The minister also questioned Congress' intention to only mention the Adani Group-run Mundra port in Kutch where central agencies in 2021 seized 3,000 kilograms of heroin valued at Rs 20,000 crore from two containers imported from Afghanistan. During the question hour, Congress MLA Geniben Thakor sought to know if the state government wants to arrest those handling operations at the Mundra port in view of the seizure of large quantities of drugs in 2021.

Ganpat Gaikwad and four accomplices, arrested for an assassination attempt on a Shiv Sena leader within a police station, have been remanded to a 14-day judicial custody by a local court. Besides Gaikwad, Harshal Kene, Sandeep Sarvankar, Divyesh alias Vicky Ganatra, and driver Ranjit Yadav, were presented before the court on Wednesday at the conclusion of their police custody amidst tight security measures surrounding the court premises. The MLA is accused of firing upon Mahesh Gaikwad, the Kalyan unit head of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, inside the room of the senior inspector's office at Hill Line police station in Ulhasnagar earlier this month. The accused face charges of attempted murder and other related offences.