Manipur court releases Irom Sharmila
Imphal, Feb 29 (IANS) A court here on Monday released Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, from custody. “Sharmila…
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JNU students Umar, Anirban’s police custody extended
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The police custody of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans, was extended for one more day, sources said Monday. The two…
Ex-CJI Dattu takes over NHRC chief
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former chief justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday took over as the National Human Rights Commission’s seventh chairperson, an official release said. Having an illustrious judicial career which included…
Malala lauds Pakistan’s Sharmeen on getting Oscar
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for winning second Oscar. Speaking by phone, Malala said the entire nation was…
Withdraw FIR against Yechury, scrap sedition clause in IPC: CPI-M
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday demanded the withdrawal of sedition cases registered against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders in the Jawaharlal University row and pressed for scapping…
HC order on Kanhaiya’s bail on Wednesday, slams police
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court said it will pass an order on Wednesday on the bail plea of JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges. Justice Pratibha Rani…
Pakistan hangs Punjab governor Taseer’s killer
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A self-confessed killer of the then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was hanged on Monday in Rawalpindi, the twin city of capital Islamabad. Mumtaj Qadri was executed at the Adiala jail in…
Two to die in Pakistan for honour killing
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A Pakistani court sentenced two brothers to death on Monday for killing their sister and her husband to protect the family’s “honour”, the media reported. The court also fined them Rs.1…
Greece needs EU help to avoid chaos over migrant crisis: Merkel
Berlin, Feb 29 (IANS) Europe cannot allow Greece to fall into “chaos”, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, amid sharp divisions among members over the migrant crisis. Austria and several Balkan countries have introduced restrictions…
Withdraw sedition case against Yechury, others: CPI-M
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday condemned the registration of a sedition case against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and others in Hyderabad. “The FIR has been lodged by the police ostensibly…
US student detained in North Korea confesses to theft
Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) An American student detained in North Korea confessed at a press conference in Pyongyang on Monday that he tried to steal a political banner from the hotel he was staying in….
One more scheme for holders of black money
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced a new amnesty scheme for those having unaccounted money to come clean by paying 45 percent of their undisclosed asset. Presenting his…
Australian man jailed for ‘attempted murder’ of corpse
Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead man, in a case lawyers believe may be the world’s first. Daniel James Darrington, 39,…
Former executives charged over Fukushima accident
Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) — that operates the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant — in the first criminal trial linked to the…
HC upholds TRAI’s call drop compensation order
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) making it mandatory for cellular operators to compensate subscribers for call drops. A division…
Stop using term ‘Asian’ to describe Rotherham gang: Sikh group
London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault…
Indo-Canadian policeman charged with drunken driving
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been charged with two counts of impaired driving, a media report said. Burnaby RCMP detachment said…
Odisha to have legal assistance cells at panchayat level
Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said legal assistance cells would be set up at gram panchayat level to improve access to the justice delivery system to the poor and…
House of RJD legislator accused of minor’s rape attached
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) The house of Rajballabh Yadav, a Rashtriya Janta Dal legislator absconding after he was booked for allegedly raping a minor, was attached on Sunday, police said. The police move to attach…
Bassi’s tenure saw more controversies, than achievements
Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) By Ashish Mishra and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Known as “App commissioner” in…