Bengal rights panel orders probe into rape, murder
byKolkata, June 10 (IANS) The West Bengal Human Rights Commission Monday directed the state police to probe the alleged rape and murder of a…
Law & Policy
SC fumes over NHAI’s flip-flop
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today fumed over the National Highways Authority of India going back on its earlier position favoring the shifting of a…
Mubarak’s retrial put off till July 6
byCairo, June 10 (IANS) The retrial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak over responsibility for killing protesters was adjourned to July 6, the presiding…
HC asks AIIMS to reserve seat for OBC candidate
byNew Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Delhi High Court Monday asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to keep a seat till the…
SC relief for deputy election commissioner in land case
byNew Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday stayed a non-bailable warrant against Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi issued by a magistrate’s court…
Salman Khan rash driving case verdict put off to June 24
byMumbai, June 10 (IANS) A Mumbai sessions court Monday deferred till June 24 the verdict in the appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan…
Sri Lanka told reveal fate of ‘disappeared’ cartoonist
byNew York, June 10 (IANS) Sri Lankan authorities should challenge a parliamentarian’s claim as to the whereabouts of a political cartoonist who was forcibly…
80 percent migrant kids have little or no education: Survey
byMumbai, June 9 (IANS) As many as 80 percent children of migrant labourers in the state either drop out of schools or have no…
‘Raped’ Irish national hospitalised for drug overdose
byKolkata, June 9 (IANS) An Irish national who was allegedly raped here has been admitted to a nursing home following an overdose of prescription…
1,100 women in Pakistani jails
byIslamabad, June 9 (IANS) Of nearly 75,000 prisoners lodged in various jails in Pakistan, around 1,100 are women, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan…