Vikas Yadav

Ashok Sharma is being touted as the next big thing from India's fast bowling stable. But in his village, Rampura, on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, around 35 km from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, his family speaks about his biggest dream -- the blue jersey. Ashok Sharma has picked up six wickets in five matches this season so far for Gujarat Titans.

Residents of Mango face daily struggles with overflowing drains, especially after rain, impacting daily life and school commutes. Despite promises during civic polls, the drainage issue persists due to clogged and poorly designed systems. The newly elected mayor plans to address this by creating a blueprint for regular cleaning and converting open drains to underground ones.

The Supreme Court has granted Vikas Yadav, convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, furlough until March 7. Having served 23 years of his 25-year sentence, the court permitted his release to spend time during Holi, rejecting objections. This comes after the Delhi High Court had previously denied his furlough plea, citing the gravity of his offenses.

NEW DELHI: A witness in the Jessica Lall murder case told the court on Friday that Vikas Yadav, an accused and friend of prime accused Manu Sharma, had been a director of a Manipur-based company.

Delhi High Court on Friday sought an explanation from Vikas Yadav as to why he was opposed to making Delhi government a party in his appeal against his sentencing

LUCKNOW: The high court here, while quashing the detention of Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav under the National Security Act, directed to release them forthwith unless wanted in any other case.

GHAZIABAD: Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav, prime suspects in the sensational Nitish Katara kidnap case, were on Saturday arrested in Dabra near Gwalior.

The Delhi high court has dismissed the parole plea of Vikas Yadav, who is serving life term for killing business executive Nitish Katara in 2002, by refusing his submission that he has to attend his ailing mother as there is no one to look after her.

Pointing out that he has been in jail without bail for eight years, murder convict Vikas Yadav on Friday pleaded for interim bail from the Delhi high court.

Vikas Yadav was on Thursday granted two hours' custodial parole by the Delhi high court to enable him to attend his brother's engagement on April 14.

Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to Delhi and Uttar Pradesh police on a plea by Vikas Yadav, undergoing life imprisonment for the murder of Nitish Katara in 2002, seeking four days suspension of his sentence for signing some legal papers.

The Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea by Vikas Yadav seeking stay on his conviction and sentence in the Jessica Lall murder case, to contest the Assembly elections.

GHAZIABAD: Vikas Yadav, son of Rajya Sabha MP D P Yadav and an accused in an abduction case, continued to elude arrest on Wednesday even as a search operation was on to nab him and police seized a video cassette of last Saturday's marriage party after which the incident occurred.

GHAZIABAD: Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav, prime suspects in the sensational Nitish Katara kidnap case, were on Saturday arrested in Dabra near Gwalior. The Yadav brothers have been absconding ever since Katara, son of a senior bureaucrat, was reported missing from a marriage party.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed Vikas Yadav's plea for furlough, who is serving a 25-year sentence for the 2002 Nitish Katara murder. The court upheld the jail authorities' decision, citing the gravity of the offense and concerns about the convict potentially fleeing or harming the victim's family. Yadav had sought release to maintain social ties after his recent marriage.

Following the precedent it set earlier, the Delhi high court on Tuesday allowed Vikas Yadav, jailed for life for murdering Nitish Katara, to attend his younger brother's wedding in custody.

Vikas Yadav, a convict in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, on Monday told the Delhi high court that he deserved the benefit of doubt of a statement that it was “less likely” that the recovered hammer caused fatal injuries to the victim.

Vikas Yadav, serving life term for killing MBA graduate Nitish Katara in February 2002, was on Tuesday granted "custodial parole" by the Delhi high court to attend his younger brother's marriage ceremony on April 29.

The Delhi Police on Thursday opposed the bail plea of Vikas Yadav in the Delhi high Court saying he might escape if allowed to get out of jail to attend his sister Bharati's wedding.

Vikas Yadav, serving life term along with cousin Vishal in the Nitish Katara murder case, was granted custodial parole for a day by the Delhi HC today to execute a general power of attorney in favour of his mother.

An RTI reply from Tihar Jail has revealed that Vikas Yadav, serving a life term since his conviction in the Nitish Katara murder case on May 28, 2008, has been in and out of jail no less than 66 times.