Category: Law

BBC reporter detained in North Korea

London, May 9 (IANS) BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and is to be expelled from…

9 years ago

Pakistan to hang two convicts on Tuesday

Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan authorities are set to hang two murder convicts on Tuesday, whose execution was deferred last…

9 years ago

Uber driver arrested for raping, robbing passenger in Mexico

Mexico City, May 9 (IANS) A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female…

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Egypt refers dozens to trial over top prosecutor’s murder

Cairo, May 9 (IANS) The Egyptian prosecution referred 67 Muslim Brotherhood loyalists to a criminal court over charges of involvement…

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Panama to transfer stranded Cuban migrants to Mexico

Panama City, May 9 (IANS) Panama authorities on Monday will begin transferring 3,400 US-bound Cuban migrants to Mexico who were…

9 years ago

New ‘bribery’ video stings Congress ahead of Uttarakhand floor test

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Two days ahead of the floor test in the Uttarakhand assembly, a video of a…

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Government can’t afford to deny fundamental rights: Apex court CJ

Cuttack, May 8 (IANS) Supreme Court Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on Sunday once again raised the issue of shortage of…

9 years ago

Women activists try to storm BJP, Congress offices

Imphal, May 8 (IANS) Women activists on Sunday tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP…

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Rights activist killed in Karachi

Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Unidentified assailants gunned down social media campaigner and civil society activist Khurram Zaki on Saturday night…

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Gender neutrality much needed in India: Kiran Bedi

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Gender neutrality is required in corporate India to reduce the attrition of female staff, social…

9 years ago

Court issues summons to Kejriwal for ‘thulla’ remark

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A court here on Saturday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly…

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Egypt sentences six to death in espionage case

Cairo, May 7 (IANS) An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to death six people, including two Al Jazeera journalists, who…

9 years ago

Court issues summons to Kejriwal for ‘thulla’ remark

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A court here on Saturday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly…

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Uttarakhand HC reserves order on rebel Congress legislators

Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday reserved pronouncement of its verdict on the nine rebel Congress…

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Kenya to close refugee camps, displacing over 600,000

Nairobi, May 7 (IANS) Kenya will close all refugee camps, a move that would displace more than 600,000 people living…

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Facebook to face lawsuit over its face-recognition system

New York, May 7 (IANS) A San Francisco federal judge on Friday ruled against a request by Facebook to dismiss…

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Obama calls on Congress to pass legislation to curb tax evasion

Washington, May 7 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Friday called on Congress to pass legislation that would help law…

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Turkish court sentences two journalists to jail

Istanbul, May 7 (IANS) Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, journalists from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper, have been convicted on charges of…

9 years ago

Migration a battle to be won, says Italian PM

Florence (Italy), May 6 (IANS/AKI) Migration is a "battle to be won" that is "full of challenges", Italian Prime Minister…

9 years ago

CEC urged for separate queues for elderly in Kerala polls

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission member Justice Cyriac Joseph (retd) has urged the Election Commission for…

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