UK court bans family to bring daughter to India fearing 'utterly unacceptable' genital mutilation ritual
Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision, involves ritual intimate cutting, sometimes without anaesthetic, and has been banned in the UK.
Mar 07, 2018, 09:32 AM IST
UK court allows three-fold increase in Mallya’s weekly allowance
Vijay Mallya, the embattled liquor baron wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering, will get over 18,000 pounds weekly - a three-fold increase - as "ordinary living expenses allowance" following a recent UK High Court order.
Feb 15, 2018, 16:54 PM IST
Vijay Mallya returns to UK court for day three of extradition trial
Vijay Mallya today returned to a UK court here for the third day of his extradition trial, which will determine whether the embattled liquor tycoon can be forced to return to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering allegedly amounting to around Rs 9,000 crores.
Dec 07, 2017, 18:08 PM IST
Vijay Mallya has case of fraud to answer, UK court told
The CPS detailed "three chapters of dishonesty" by the former Kingfisher Airlines boss the first being misrepresentations to various banks to acquire the loans, then how he misused the money and finally his conduct after the banks recalled the loans.
Dec 05, 2017, 07:05 AM IST
Mallya arrives at UK court for extradition trial, says charges against him false, baseless
The 61-year-old businessman, who has been in self-imposed exile in the UK since March 2016 when he left India, is wanted in India on charges relating to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines defaulting on loans from various Indian banks amounting to Rs 9,000 crore.
Dec 04, 2017, 09:30 AM IST
Vijay Mallya appears in UK court for pre-trial extradition hearing, says 'done nothing wrong'
Vijay Mallya is out on bail on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard.
Nov 20, 2017, 16:42 PM IST
Vijay Mallya's extradition: No threat to liquor baron's life in jail, India to tell UK court
With a detailed assessment of security cover given to prisoners in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail and Delhi's Tihar jail, the Indian government will tell the UK court that when extradited, Mallya may be lodged in Arthur Road jail where he will get full security cover as an undertrial prisoner, the official said.
Nov 14, 2017, 19:03 PM IST
UK court hearing Vijay Mallya case rejects 2 Indian extradition requests
Besides Mallya, there are now five Indian extradition requests pending in UK courts.
Nov 05, 2017, 15:34 PM IST
'Detained Indian ship in UK to be sold over unpaid wages'
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) believes that the crew, still aboard the vessel 'Malaviya Seven', are now owed more than 600,000 pounds (USD 803,760).
Sep 15, 2017, 00:09 AM IST
India submits Vijay Mallya's extradition paperwork to his legal team
The Indian government has submitted the requisite "opening note" and paperwork related to Vijay Mallya's extradition case to the liquor baron's legal team within the UK court deadline.
Aug 01, 2017, 16:17 PM IST
London: Indian Muslim woman raped, murdered in suspected honour killing
A 19-year-old Indian Muslim woman was kidnapped, raped and murdered in the UK in a suspected honour killing after she began a relationship with an Arab Muslim, a media report said today. The deceased was allegedly kidnapped with the other woman, bound and gagged and taken to an address in Kingston- upon-Thames in south west London where they were raped and she was killed on Wednesday, a UK court has heard.
Jul 25, 2017, 13:20 PM IST
Vijay Mallya lambasts Indian media, says intense hate campaign against him has no bounds
Business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Wednesday said that the "intense hate campaign by the Indian media against him knows no bounds," a day after he categorically denied all allegations of being a defaulter of banks in India and the Westminster Magistrates Court in London granted him bail till December 4.
Jun 14, 2017, 09:43 AM IST
British spies created fake courier firm to trap terrorists
Britain's security services and police officers set up a fake courier company last year to gather evidence on terrorist suspects believed to be of Pakistani origin as part of a counter-terrorism operation.
Apr 07, 2017, 18:53 PM IST
UK court says Brexit needs parliament's approval, complicates govt plans
The government said it would appeal against the High Court ruling and Britain's Supreme Court is expected to consider the case early next month.
Nov 04, 2016, 00:09 AM IST
Pakistani-origin undercover reporter in prison for misleading UK court
A Pakistani-origin undercover reporter, who became infamous as the 'Fake?Sheikh' after posing as a Saudi millionaire for a series of sting operations over the years, on Friday was sentenced to 15 months in prison for tampering with court evidence.
Oct 21, 2016, 18:48 PM IST
Hyderabad Fund case: UK court rejects India's plea to dismiss Pak's claim
A UK court on Tuesday rejected India's plea to dismiss Pakistan's claim to the nearly Rs 350 crore under the Hyderabad Fund case, pushing the matter for a full trial.
Jun 21, 2016, 21:00 PM IST
Indian-origin rapist jailed for 23 years in UK
The sentencing ends an over two-year police investigation into a case which Scotland Yard detectives described as "completely unique".
Jan 29, 2016, 22:30 PM IST
UK court says politicians don't have protection from snooping
A British court has ruled that lawmakers do not have special protection from communications-monitoring, saying a 50-year-old rule against phone tapping has no legal force.
Oct 14, 2015, 17:11 PM IST
