'How can someone who has never been associated with the movement and never had darshan of Ram Lalla mediate on the matter of temple construction? We have gone to jail for it, faced house arrest and have been fighting court cases. Sri Sri does not qualify to mediate on the matter.'

How to shield brand McDonald's? While consumers may have ignored the legal battles plaguing the franchise in north and east India, closure of restaurants is not something they are likely to ignore.

Chadha got 120 votes, the highest in the Asia Pacific group

News of that transpired on and off the football field

However, survey by Japanese firm shows India as most preferred Asian market for Japanese investors.

The parties have jointly applied to the Delhi high court, requesting that it accept their agreed terms of settlement, subject to such further orders as the court sees fit, it said.

RIL has denied knowingly producing any gas from the ONGC block

Surprised at the World Bank's decision to appoint a neutral expert, as sought by the Indian government, and at the same time establish a Court of Arbitration as wanted by Pakistan, India said proceeding with both the steps simultaneously "legally untenable".

As Tata and DoCoMo look for out-of-court settlement, here's a blow-by-blow account of the long legal tussle

'Much can be done by India under the provisions of the treaty to make full use of its rights it has.' 'The impact of that will be felt downstream.'

The Pakistani delegation, in its meetings with World Bank officials, insisted on early appointment of the judges and setting up the court.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asked the United States to "play a constructive role" in maintaining peace and stability in the disputed South China Sea, asserting that Beijing will "unswervingly" safeguard its sovereignty over the area.

'The worst case scenario is for China to behave like a bull in China shop, and brazenly and wantonly indulge in further encroachments, create obstacles to free navigation and convert SCS into an Air Defence Identification Zone.'

The expulsion is likely to cloud India-China ties as Narendra Modi visits China for the G-20 Leaders Summit on September 4-5 and Xi Jinping is scheduled to be in Goa for the BRICS meeting on October 15-16.

An international tribunal in the Hague has ruled in favour of the Philippines.

China has taken a position of non-acceptance and non-participation on the jurisdiction by the International Court of Arbitration in a case the Philippines has brought against China's claims to nearly all of the South China Sea, Abraham Denmark, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for East Asia, told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing.

The 0.5 per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) on all services increases the total tax chargeable on services to 15 per cent, making it expensive to dine out or travel.

In 2014, Sun Pharma agreed to buy Ranbaxy -- which was then controlled by Daiichi.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his Budget speech on Monday, announced a new dispute resolution mechanism for such companies who are in confrontation with the taxman's action.

Vodafone is facing tax liability over its $11 billion acquisition of a 67 per cent stake in the mobile-phone business owned by Hutchison Whampoa in 2007.

K N Balagopal (Communist Party of India -Marxist) said the Congress and the BJP were acting as A-Team and B-Team and not allowing the House to discuss the bills.

The government has signed Bippas with 72 nations.

One may now not have to wait to get their insurance claims redressed.

TDSAT had stated no amount was payable till resolution of the disputes.

How G20 can make a real difference.

With tempers rising on intolerance, it will be hard to run House proceedings.

The Supreme Court had ruled in Vodafone's favour in 2012.

In a setback for China, an international arbitration court ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against it over disputed areas in the South China Sea, a ruling rejected by China as null and void.

The government on Wednesday cleared two ordinances for speedy settlement of commercial disputes in the country, giving a fresh impetus to ease of doing business.

Unhappy over India's handling of the marine's issue, Italy took the matter to the International Tribunal on Law of the Sea challenging Indian jurisdiction in the case.

Infra sector is neglected by the Modi govt.

The mediation between the warring co-managing partners of India's largest law firm Amarchand Mangaldas, brothers Cyril and Shardul Shroff, was accepted by the Bombay high court on Wednesday. According to the terms of the arbitral award, the brothers have agreed to 'split and bifurcate into separate entities independently carrying on the profession of law'.

The size of bilateral trade is only $6 billion a year.

The government has provided a long-term vision.

The service conditions and judges' remuneration are not alluring .

Finance firms in these SEZs likely to get tax breaks.

The 2015 World Bank group's Doing Business index ranked India at 142, down from 140, which it was the year before.

While government/PSU procedures focus on piece meal & individual tenders taken on standalone basis, avoiding delays and cost of not doing things becomes a primary consideration in PSC procurement

Officials say telco still keen on process.

Vittorio Colao, who is currently on an India visit, said he would be open to listing his company in the country