Bihar to bring speech recognition technology to jails
byPatna: The Bihar government plans to record voices of all prisoners through an advanced speech recognition technology besides holding prisoner ‘darbars’ to redress their grievances,…
Crime
No probe yet on Italian bribery allegations
byNew Delhi” The government said Wednesday that it had not started a formal probe into bribery allegations over the sale of VVIP helicopters to India…
Apex court sets Pakistani virologist free
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday set free octogenarian Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty, who had challenged the life imprisonment given to him for a…
Wal-Mart probe by retired judge: Kamal Nath
byNew Delhi: A retired judge would hold the inquiry into reports on lobbying by Wal-Mart to open the way for foreign equity in retail trade…
54 Indian soldiers may be in Pakistan jails: India
byNew Delhi: Fifty-four Indian military personnel missing since the 1965 and 1971 wars are believed to be in Pakistani custody, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said…
Sangay blames China for self-immolations in Tibet
byDharamsala: Blaming China for self-immolations in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today said “if Beijing ends repression, the self-immolations will abate”. The CTA clarified…
Tibetan student kills herself in China
byBeijing: A Tibetan student died yesterday after she set herself on fire in northwest China’s Qinghai province, authorities said Monday. The 16-year old girl who…
Evidence on 26/11 in Pakistan court is welcome, says India
byNew Delhi: India today welcomed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) handing evidence on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to a court in Rawalpindi and hoped “there…
Guidelines soon to stem child abuse in conflict zones
byNew Delhi: Children are the worst sufferers in Maoist-hit conflict zones with many landing behind bars for being accomplices in civil strife or armed conflict….
When terrorists fought terrorists in Pakistan
byIslamabad: Faction and sub-factions within militant forces are battling each other and opening up “new threats and new risks of even greater violence”, said a…