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U.S. to driblet graft charges against Gautam Adani: NY Times
U.S. prosecutors are set to driblet charges against billionaire Gautam Adani, who was accused of paying hundreds of millions of dollars of bribes and hiding the payments, The New York Times reported Thursday (May 14, 2026). With a concern empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, the president of Adani Group has been rocked successful caller years by firm fraud allegations and a banal crash.
‘I garbage to beryllium intimidated’, says Delhi High Court judge, initiates contempt proceedings against Kejriwal, AAP leaders
The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) initiated transgression contempt proceedings against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh, Saurabh Bharadwaj and others implicit alleged defamatory and “vilifying” societal media posts targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma successful transportation with the excise argumentation case.
NEET-UG 2026 insubstantial leak: CBI arrests 2 much accused
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested 2 much accused persons successful transportation with the NEET-UG 2026 insubstantial leak lawsuit and conducted searches astatine 14 locations to way down the suspects. The bureau has not yet ruled retired the relation of immoderate nationalist servant. The arrested accused person been identified arsenic ayurveda practitioner Dhananjay Lokhande from Ahilyanagar and quality salon proprietor Manisha Waghmare from Pune successful Maharashtra. The State constabulary had detained the 2 accused and handed them implicit to the CBI.
NTA casually ignored Supreme Court bid to overhaul strategy aft 2024 leak: FAIMA petition
The Federation of Indian Medical Associations (FAIMA) has flagged the “recurring, systemic, and catastrophic” nonaccomplishment of the National Testing Agency (NTA) successful conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) and has urged the Supreme Court to instrumentality a “stricter approach”. The NTA “casually” ignored recommendations of the Radhakrishnan Committee and the apical court’s directions aft the 2024 leak. “Mechanism should beryllium successful spot to guarantee that immoderate non-compliances volition pb to exemplary penalties,” FAIMA said successful a petition.
Free and just elections tin hap lone if determination are autarkic Election Commissioners, SC says
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) nudged the Union Government to code concerns implicit its ascendant relation successful the assignment of Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners, observing that escaped and just elections beryllium connected a genuinely autarkic Election Commission of India. The tribunal highlighted the lack of adjacent “one perfectly neutral person” connected the Prime Minister-chaired enactment committee. It questioned the beingness of a Cabinet Minister connected the panel, observing that specified a Minister could not beryllium expected to defy the Prime Minister. The apical tribunal besides asked whether the beingness of the Leader of the Opposition connected the committee was simply “ornamental” arsenic appointments could beryllium made without a unanimous vote.
Talks proceed to escaped 44 hostages successful Manipur; religion person killings ‘unprecedented’: Deputy CM
Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Losii Dikho said connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) that negotiations are connected to unafraid the merchandise of astatine slightest 44 civilians who person been held hostage by Kuki and Naga groups successful the Kangpokpi and Senapati districts. Those abducted see an babe and 2 Naga Catholic trainee priests, said Mr. Dikho, who is starring the negotiations connected behalf of the State government. The civilians were abducted pursuing the sidesplitting of 3 Thadou religion leaders successful the Kangpokpi territory connected May 13. Speaking with The Hindu, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the sidesplitting of religion leaders who were returning from a spiritual normal successful Churachandpur was “unprecedented” arsenic specified attacks did not hap adjacent astatine the tallness of erstwhile conflicts. A conception of the Thadous accidental they are chiseled from the Kuki radical of tribes.
Destroying Sanatana does not mean radical should not spell to temples, says Udhayanidhi Stalin
DMK younker helping person and Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), said “destroying Sanatana” did not mean radical should halt going to temples. Reacting to disapproval of his code successful the Tamil Nadu Assembly, wherever helium had said, “Sanatana that divides radical should beryllium destroyed”, Mr. Udhayanidhi insisted helium would not beryllium cowed down by specified criticism. He said adjacent rights should beryllium fixed to everyone, not lone successful temples but successful nine arsenic a whole.
Unseasonal storms permission 111 dormant successful Uttar Pradesh
At slightest 111 radical were killed aft a almighty tempest and dense rain pounded respective districts of Uttar Pradesh, uprooting trees and electrical poles and damaging houses connected Wednesday and Thursday. The U.P. Relief Commissioner’s bureau has been tracking the damage.
EAM Jaishankar hits retired astatine ‘unilateral’ sanctions days earlier expiry of U.S.’ Russian lipid waiver
As India awaits the United States’ determination connected extending its waiver connected sanctions against the import of Russian oil, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) hit retired astatine unilateral non-United Nations sanctions, calling them “unjustified”. Delivering the nationalist connection astatine the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ gathering chaired by India, Mr. Jaishankar called connected the grouping of emerging economies to code the occupation of specified sanctions. Significantly, the gathering was attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, representing 2 of the U.S.’s astir heavy sanctioned countries.
P. Kumaran takes complaint arsenic India’s High Commissioner successful London
India’s caller High Commissioner to the U.K., Periasamy Kumaran, formally stepped into his role connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), presenting his credentials to Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Scott Furssedonn-Wood. The caller High Commissioner paid tributes to the statues of Mahatma Gandhi successful Tavistock Square and Parliament Square and to Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar astatine Ambedkar House successful London upon assuming charge.
Sinner reaches Italian Open semis, breaks Masters 1000 winning streak record
Jannik Sinner reached the semifinals of the Italian Open connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) aft seeing disconnected Andrey Rublev and establishing a caller grounds of consecutive wins successful Masters 1000 tournaments. Another straight-sets victory, this clip 6-2, 6-4 implicit Rublev, moved Sinner up to 32 consecutive wins successful the ATP’s top-ranked events, 1 much than the erstwhile grounds established by Novak Djokovic successful 2011.
