India-Pakistan panel lays down guidelines for prisoners
byNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Consular access should be granted within three months and prisoners repatriated within a month of their sentences being completed,…
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Ensure adequate security for Indian prisoners: Judicial panel
byNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) An India-Pakistan judicial panel that visited Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital where Sarabjit Singh was under treatment, has recommended that jail…
Bangladesh urged to end violence against protesters
byNew York, May 3 (IANS) With new protests planned in the coming days, the Bangladesh government should ensure that security forces stop using excessive…
Gang-rape victim’s friend’s interview CD not evidence: Supreme Court
byNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court said Friday the CD of the interview of the Dec 16, 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim’s friend…
Sri Lankan Muslim politician arrested
byLondon, May 3 (IANS) A Muslim politician and government critic arrested in Sri Lanka must be immediately released or charged with an internationally recognizable…
Former senior Chinese official jailed for graft
byBeijing, May 3 (IANS) Huang Sheng, a former deputy governor of east China’s Shandong province, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for taking…
AAP joins Sikh protest against Sajjan’s acquittal
byNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In support of the Sikh community’s protests over the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh…
PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss arrested
byChennai, May 3 (IANS) Former union minister and PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss was arrested by Tamil Nadu police at his residence here…
‘Naive to believe attack on Sarabjit without connivance of jail authorities’
byLahore, May 3 (IANS) In strong criticism of the April 26 brutal attack on Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat jail here, Pakistan’s Human Rights…
Aarushi case: Defence wants former CBI official to depose
byGhaziabad, May 2 (IANS) In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, defence counsel pleaded before a special court here Thursday to summon former CBI joint…