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TORONTO — CI Financial Corp. has signed a deal to be taken private by Mubadala Capital in an agreement valued at $4.7 billion.

A commercial affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association reached a licensing agreement with FanDuel after agreeing to dismiss a lawsuit against the company

Zee Entertainment and its subsidiary Margo Networks have lost their claims in the arbitration against Navratna PSU RailTel Corporation of India. An arbitration tribunal — formed over the dispute over the termination of the contract for content-on-demand (COD) by the PSU — rejected the claim of Margo Networks. «This is to inform you that the Arbitral Tribunal vide its Arbitral Award has rejected the said claims filed by the Company and Margo against Railtel,» according to a regulatory filing from Zee Entertainment. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) and its subsidiary had initiated arbitration proceedings, opposing «wrongful termination of the Content on Demand Agreement» by Railtel, and claimed the amounts wrongfully forfeited by the public sector undertaking.

According to PTI, the investigation, initiated by a complaint filed by Ramalingam from Maddipadu in Prakasam district, has led to a manhunt across multiple states. Police teams have been dispatched to various locations, including Hyderabad, Chennai, and Coimbatore, as they try to locate the filmmaker. Despite repeated notices, Varma has not appeared for questioning, leaving authorities to believe he may be deliberately evading arrest.

Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong gathered in the court premises on Tuesday, demanding the release of Hindu priest Chinmoy Brahmachari. The protesters blocked the prison car after a court rejected his bail plea and ordered his arrest. «Thousands of followers lied down to block the prison car,» a local reporter told over the phone.

CBI on Tuesday filed before a Delhi court requisite sanctions obtained from authorities concerned to prosecute 30 accused persons in a case related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam involving former railway minister Lalu Prasad. The CBI, which had on September 20 informed Special Judge Vishal Gogne that it had obtained sanctions to prosecute Prasad in the case, submitted before the court that sanctions regarding the prosecution of one public servant was still awaited. The central probe agency made the submissions while seeking more time to obtain the remaining document. The judge took the documents on record and directed the CBI to submit the sanction by December 23, when the court would hear the matter.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has won a suit against the Malaysian government after a court ordered the return of 172 Swatch watches seized last year due to designs that authorities said bore LGBT elements

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The International Criminal Court, of which neither Israel nor the U.S. is a member, has issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister as well as a Hamas terrorist commander who is probably dead.

A Connecticut couple has been charged in Minnesota with being part of a shoplifting ring suspected of stealing around $1 million in goods across the country from upscale athletic wear retailer Lululemon

US State Department refused to comment on the disruptions in Indian Parliament over the indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani in a US court on charges of bribery. «That is a law enforcement matter,» State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference on Monday. He was responding to a question about Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi demanding the immediate arrest of Adani. «Is this something you support, such as the arrest and investigations, charges against Adani» he was asked. «I would defer to my colleagues at the Department of Justice to speak to it,» Miller said.

«Clause 11 of GRAP Stage-III, Clause 5 of GRAP Stage-IV and Clause 8 of GRAP Stage-IV (to the extent it relates to colleges, educational institutions) are relaxed to the extent that State Govts in the NCR and GNCTD shall ensure that all classes upto 12th Standard in schools and those in colleges/educational institutions are conducted in a 'hybrid' mode, i.e, both in 'physical' and also in an 'online' mode, wherever online mode is feasible, in the territorial jurisdiction of the NCT of Delhi and in the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar in the NCR. The option to exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians,» a notification issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), Government of Delhi, said. The Supreme Court Monday asked the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the Delhi region and adjoining areas to consider restarting physical classes in schools and colleges stating that many students lacked mid-day meals and infrastructure to attend online classes.

Diddy would reside on Manhattan's Upper East Side; a decision is anticipated next week. On Friday, November 21, Sean Diddy Combs made his third bail application in court. At a hearing on Friday, Nov. 21, the judge stated that he expects to decide by next week, but no decision was made today regarding Sean Diddy's' bail request. Combs, 55, wore a khaki outfit provided by the jail and entered the Manhattan federal courtroom through a side door. He waved to his family, which included his twin 17-year-old daughters, in the second row while grinning. After a contentious two-hour hearing, Judge Arun Subramanian directed the defence team and the U.S. Attorney's office to elaborate on Combs's communication from behind bars during the two months since his arrest on trafficking charges, as quoted in a report by People.

The brothers were found guilty of murdering Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. While their defense attorneys argued at trial that they had been sexually abused by their father, prosecutors denied that and accused them of killing their parents for money. In the years that followed, they repeatedly appealed their convictions without success, AP reported. Now, at 53 and 56, Erik and Lyle Menendez are making a new bid for freedom. Their lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition — a request for a court to examine whether someone is being lawfully detained — in May 2023, asking a judge to consider new evidence of their father's sexual abuse. «Newly discovered evidence directly supports the defense presented at trial,» the petition said.

Uber Technologies from passengers who allege they were sexually assaulted by the ridesharing service's drivers, plaintiffs' lawyers are pushing for what they see as a quick and easy way to help gather evidence in the sprawling multidistrict litigation. What if they just open their file cabinets? Three plaintiffs' lawyers have sought the court's blessing to use documents, deposition and hearing testimony already in their possession — material that they acquired in past lawsuits against Uber involving claims ranging from pay violations to wrongful death that's designated as confidential --in the sexual assault MDL now pending in San Francisco federal court.

The Justice Department and Google are set to make closing arguments in a trial alleging Google’s online advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Leading China hawks in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for a rethink on whether Hong Kong should continue to enjoy the cozy banking relationship it has with the U.S., saying the city is becoming a hub for money-laundering and sanctions evasion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: When comedian Kunal Kamra began posting videos of old, dusty piled up scooters lying before Ola Electric service centres, he seemingly triggered a tidal wave of rants by Ola customers who had long given up on any redressal. Kamra’s X (formerly Twitter) post blew up with photos and videos of non-functional scooters.

«This trial is shaking up our society in our relationship with each other, in the most intimate relationships between human beings,» Jean-Francois Mayet told the court in the southern city of Avignon. The trial is making French society work «to understand our needs, our emotions, our desires and above all to take into account those of others,» he said.

TotalEnergies SE on Monday said it will make no new financial contribution as part of its investments in Adani group companies till the Indian firm's founder is cleared of bribery charges. The energy giant said it was not aware of the investigation into the alleged corruption. TotalEnergies is one of the biggest foreign investors in billionaire Gautam Adani's business empire and had previously taken stakes in the group's renewable energy venture Adani Green Energy Ltd (AEGL) and city gas unit Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL). In a statement, the French firm said it learnt of US authorities indicting Gautam Adani and two other executives for allegedly paying USD 265 million bribes to Indian officials to secure solar power supply contracts for AEGL.

The X account for internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom says he has suffered a “serious stroke.”