21 CPI-M activists get life term for 2006 murder (New Kerala)

Kolkata, Nov 20: A West Bengal district court Thursday sentenced 21 Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists to life imprisonment for murdering a fellow party worker in 2006.

Court notice to government for deporting Pakistani nationals (New Kerala)

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to respond to a plea from over 60 Pakistani nationals illegally staying and seeking refugee status in India.

PSI held while accepting Rupees 1,000 bribe (New Kerala)

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Nov 19 : A police sub-inspector (PSI), attached to Cidco Police Station here, was arrested by the officials of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rupees 1,000 from a criminal.

Bail plea of police officials rejected in Rizwanur case (New Kerala)

Kolkata, Nov 18 : A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today rejected the plea of three police officials seeking extension of bail in the Rizwanur Rahman case.

Outdated law 'major obstacle' in tackling AIDS: UNAIDS official (New Kerala)

By Kavita Bajeli-Datt, New Delhi, Nov 17 : An antiquated Indian law that criminalises sex between men is a 'major obstacle' in efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, according to UNAIDS executive director Peter Piot.

Reproductive Health bill author open to dialogue (Manila Bulletin)

The main proponent of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill in the House of Representatives yesterday said he is willing to hold a serious dialogue with Catholic bishops to explore a compromise on the controversial measure.

Chargesheet filed in Ahmedabad serial blasts case (New Kerala)

Ahmedabad, Nov 12 : The crime branch of the Ahmedabad police Wednesday filed a chargesheet against 26 people in connection with the July 26 serial blasts here that killed 57 people and injured over 100.

Health bills unacceptable, minister should go - Czech opposition (?eské noviny)

Rath "implored" Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) to at last dismiss Julinek and called on the government to stop debating the bills. The government interrupted the debate on the reform bills today over the objections of the junior government Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) and Greens (SZ).

Now, women to man India-Pakistan border (New Kerala)

By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana, Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Nov 11 : With women getting ready for patrol duty, gender barriers are falling on the international border between India and Pakistan.

Punish executives responsible for market crisis: Brazil (New Kerala)

Sao Paulo, Nov 10 : The Brazilian government has proposed to the Group of 20 (G20) industrialised and emerging economies that executives implicated in fraudulent practices endangering the financial integrity of their enterprises be punished.

Sanctuary for Jila, Emad & Aref

JilaA Kalkhoran her sons Emad and Aref Pirouzeh are nationals of Iran and residents of Middlesbrough; they are currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 21st ...

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Fined for suicide attempt

Kota Kinabalu : A 29-year-old unemployed local was fined RM1,000 in default six months' imprisonment by the Magistrate's Court here Thursday for attempting to commit suicide last week.

Jailed for sex with teenage girlfriend

Kota Kinabalu : A 20-year-old security guard, who admitted having sex with consent with his underage girlfriend on two occasions, was sentenced to six months' jail by the Sessions Court here Thursday.

Another war that went very wrong indeed ...

For the last couple of weeks, off and on, I've been reading A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne.

Lahore High Court sets Christian man free from bonded labor.

Being selected by Pakistan Peoples Party PPP, Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minster for Minorities Affairs is member of PPP government Cabinet and PPP member of parliament but he still issues statements as Chairman ...

Mean Green wide receiver arrested on felony charges

Police arrested NT freshman wide receiver Forrest Rucker on Tuesday morning after he turned himself in for an outstanding warrant.

Supreme Court Rules: Husbands to Reimburse Medical Expenses

Close on the heels of the earlier Supreme Court ruling that the husbands would have to give estranged wives a house at par with the house in which the husband lived , the SC in a judgment earlier this month, ...

Embracing our nationa s diversity good for society

A new law enforcement agency is growing quietly in Texas. While it's likely that few people see the motives behind this change as cause for alarm, it seems redundant, and therefore an unnecessary draw on tax ...

EFCC witness denies knowledge of missing PEF money

One of the star witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Mr Abdullahi Bello, yesterday told an Abuja high court sitting in Gudu that he did not see any money missing from the Police Equipment ...