DMK to move SC against Jayalalithaa
byChennai, April 27 (IANS) The DMK Saturday said it would move the Supreme Court against AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa for allegedly providing false…
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Assam panel orders probe into Tinsukia shootout
byGuwahati, April 27 (IANS) The Assam Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the state police on the April 19 shootout between ULFA cadres…
Minor’s rape: Accused sent to judicial custody till May 9
byNew Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A court here Saturday sent one of the accused in the brutal gang-rape of a five-year-old girl to judicial…
Injuries on Dec 16 gang-rape victim could be caused by rods, court told
byNew Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A doctor Saturday told the court trying the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape case that the injuries suffered by…
Activists demand SC, ST sub plans as legislation
byNew Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Activists and former bureaucrats working on Dalit issues Saturday demanded that two sub-plans for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes…
Minor’s rape: SC moved for contempt proceedings against Delhi Police
byNew Delhi, April 27 (IANS) NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan has moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the Delhi Police for…
CBI court dismisses Jagan’s plea for one joint trial
byHyderabad, April 27 (IANS) In a setback to YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case, the CBI special court…
We want to go to Pakistan immediately: Sarabjit’s family
byAmritsar, April 27 (IANS) With Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in coma at a Lahore hospital after being fatally assaulted by fellow prisoners,…
Italian legal expert slams India’s Supreme Court ruling on marines
byRome, April 27 (IANS/AKI) An Italian legal expert has criticised India’s top court for ruling that a national anti-terror body will continue to probe…
WWF partners in Russia targeted as ‘foreign agents’
byMoscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Several environmental groups in Russia have been classified as “foreign agents” by prosecutors for alleged political activity, the World…