AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan, arrested on charges of threatening a woman, and directed him not to create any law…
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Indian embassy to appeal to Qatar SC for two on death row
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Indian embassy in Qatar is making preparations for an appeal to the country’s Supreme Court on behalf of two Indians on death row and a third serving a life…
Punjab court rejects bail plea of Delhi AAP MLA
Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) A court in Punjab on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Naresh Yadav, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Delhi. Yadav was arrested by Punjab Police on Sunday in connection…
India striving for clemency for Indian on death row in Indonesia
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) India is in touch with the Indonesian leadership to get clemency for an Indian who is set to be executed for drug trafficking. Indian embassy officials in Jakarta are trying…
HC refuses to put on hold Daya Shankar’s arrest
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to quash the FIR lodged against former BJP state Vice-President Daya Shankar Singh and asked the state government to respond…
Army doctors move SC for raising retirement age
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea by some doctors of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) who want their retirement age to be raised to 65 years from…
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan gets bail
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan, arrested on charges of threatening a woman. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi granted bail…
Eminent writer Mahasweta Devi dead
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, a crusader for the rights of tribals and the oppressed, died at a city nursing home on Thursday following prolonged old-age complications. She was…
Defamation law can’t be used by government to stifle criticism: SC
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said defamation laws cannot be used by the government to stifle criticism. In an obvious reference to several defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu…
12 guilty, 8 acquitted in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Thursday found 12 accused, including LeT operative and 26/11 plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, guilty and acquitted eight others in the sensational 2006 Aurangabad…
Delhi court grants bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan. Khan was arrested on charges of “threatening” a woman.
Mahasweta Devi wielded the pen to complement her activism
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) “All through my life, I’ve done whatever I felt like doing” — this quote aptly describes the fiercely independent-minded Mahasweta Devi, the doyen of activist-writers in India, who…
CPI-M condemns targeting of AAP MLAs
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The CPI-M has condemned the recurring arrests of AAP legislators in Delhi and accused the central government of trying to undermine Delhi’s elected government. The Delhi State Committee of the…
Shanghai proposes strict smoking ban
Beijing, July 28 (IANS) Shanghai, China’s first municipality to pass legislation on tobacco controls, on Thursday proposed a stricter smoking bans at hotels, restaurants, airports and other public venues. Under a draft revision to the…
Gujarati writer returns award against beating of Dalits
Ahmedabad, July 28 (IANS) Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got in protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the state by cow vigilantes. A Dalit writer, Makwana, 44,…
12 found guilty in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Thursday found 12 accused guilty, including Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal in the sensational 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. Special…
Death penalty upheld for six Bangladeshi militants
Dhaka, July 28 (IANS) Death sentences awarded to six militants were upheld on Thursday over the deadly bombings in 2005 at a Bangladeshi court that killed eight people including four lawyers. The High Court Division…
SC stays warrants against Vijayakant, wife
DMDK chief Vijaykanth. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the non-bailable warrants against DMDK leader Vijaykant and his wife Premalatha issued by a trial court in Tiruppur…
2006 Aurangabad arms haul case verdict on Thursday
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) A special MCOCA Court is expected to pronounce its verdict later Thursday in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case in which one of the 22 accused is Lashkar-Taiba operative Sayed Zabiuddin…
Pakistani drug convict in Indonesia seeks government’s help
Islamabad/Jakarta, July 28 (IANS) Pakistan national Zulfiqar Ali, who is facing imminent execution in Indonesia after being convicted of drug-related charges in a controversial trial, has seeked help from the government to delay his sentence,…