Australia toughens penalties for cyclists
Sydney, March 1 (IANS) Australia has imposed some of the world’s toughest laws on cyclists to protect them from accidents, the media reported on Tuesday. According to the new laws in New South Wales (NSW)…
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Apple can’t be forced by FBI to unlock iPhone
Washington, March 1 (IANS) A federal magistrate judge in New York city has ruled that the government can’t force Apple to hack an iPhone to investigate a drug dealer. It’s a win for Apple, which…
Calais ‘Jungle’ evictions to resume
London, March 1 (IANS) Demolition teams are due to return to the French port of Calais to dismantle more makeshift shelters in the migrant camp known as the “Jungle”, the media reported on Tuesday. On…
NGT to hold day-to-day hearing on Art of Living event
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing on a plea against an event being organised by the Art of Living foundation, headed by Sri Sri…
SC to hear plea against Chidambaram on Ishrat Jahan
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking suo motu contempt action against former home minister P. Chidambaram for perjury and misleading the apex court and the…
New legislation in China outlaws domestic abuse
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) China’s first law targeting violence within the home came into force on Tuesday, outlining a new approach to spousal and partner abuse and challenging traditional notions about family values. As China’s…
Pakistan, India ties susceptible to mood swings: Daily
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan and India must work to reduce human misery, said a leading Pakistani daily which observed that the ties between the two countries are “susceptible to the mood swings of both…
Facebook fined $109,330 in Germany over user content
New York, March 1 (IANS) A German court has fined social networking giant Facebook $109,330 for failing to comply with a court order to make amendments to its terms regarding user content, Wall Street Journal…
Food Security Act to be implemented in UP from Tuesday
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) The Food Security Act is set to be implemented across Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday, an official said. Once the act comes into effect, poor families will get wheat at Rs. 2…
Paltry increase in budget for judiciary and its infrastructure
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The union budget for 2016-17 has earmarked Rs.900 crore for the development of judicial infrastructure in the states, merely Rs.93.35 crore higher from Rs. 806.65 crores allocated in 2015-16. The…
SC asks Swamy to go to HC with plea against hate speech penal provision
Ahmedabad: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy addresses a press conference in Ahmedabad, on Nov 19, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it could not decriminalise a penal…
Former minister Thungon gets over three year jail term for corruption
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) A court on Monday sentenced, to a three and a half year imprisonment, former union minister P.K. Thungon was convicted in a corruption case relating to the allotment of government…
India to give visa on arrival to Japanese visitors from March 1
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese nationals visiting India will start getting visa on arrival from March 1, it was announced on Monday. “As announced by Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), the visa on arrival for…
SC asks trial court for daily hearings in Saibaba’s case
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked a Maharashtra court to hold daily hearings into the trial of Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba from March 4 so as to…
No gang rapes in Murthal during Jat stir, Haryana tells HC
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Submitting a status report on the alleged Murthal gang rapes, the Haryana government on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that no such rapes or incidents of molestation were…
No video of Kanhaiya shouting anti-national slogans: Delhi Police to HC
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Monday admitted on Monday before the Delhi High Court that “it has no video footage” which could show that JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested…
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…
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…