The Delhi Government had to contend with the Supreme Court's rap Tuesday for its failure to fill up over 200 vacant posts of government school teachers and principals for the last two years when free education for students up to 14 years has been ..

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to make its stand clear on a plea that a short-term course on primary health was required to allow non-MBBS persons to practise medicine in rural areas.A division bench of acting Chief Justice Madan ..

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday said her government will, if necessary, amend or repeal laws that are harmful and discriminatory to women. She also pledged effective enforcement of the Women Development Policy formulated during her las ..

Chief Minister Shibu Soren Monday failed to turn up in a district court in Jharkhand in a 36-year-old double murder case. Additional District Judge N.N. Singh deferred the hearing to April 3 and asked Soren to be present in the court. Soren's law ..

The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a plea by 'godman' Shiv Murat Dwivedi, accused of running a prostitution ring here, that the case against him be transferred to the Crime Branch.Filing a petition through counsel Joginder Tuli, Dwivedi sa ..

Three people were arrested and eight teachers suspended after an inspection of an examination centre in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district Thursday exposed mass copying on the first day of Class 10 exams of the state education board, officials said ..

The situation is tense at Tamil Nadu's Annamalai University after the "accidental" deaths of four students from Bihar and Jharkhand. Even as their bodies are being flown out Wednesday, classes have been suspended and hostels too are bei ..

The Delhi High Court Friday allowed a Class 11 student expelled from his school for allegedly molesting a girl to sit for his final term examination.Justice G.S. Sistani stayed the expulsion order served on the student by the Chander Shekhar Azad Sar ..

Fourteen months after the outbreak of the Gaza war, the UN General Assembly was set to again tackle the conflict with a new draft resolution to be debated Friday. Similar to a resolution the Assembly passed last year, Friday's draft would again u ..

Myanmar's Supreme Court Friday turned down an appeal by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her sentence of 18 months of house detention, which would keep her confined during a general election planned this year, her defence lawyers said.  ..

A special court hearing the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case Tuesday posted March 9 as the date to begin the final arguments in the case. Special Judge M.L. Tahilyani Tuesday asked both the prosecution and the defence to be ready for their final argu ..

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a plea for the release of former army commander General Sarath Fonseka in military custody for two weeks on charges of conspiracy against the government, officials said. The high court agreed with the attorney gener ..

The Delhi High Court Friday gave another two-month breather to Blueline bus operators plying in south Delhi. Justice S. Muralidhar asked the government to explain why no-show cause notice was issued for the buses which have valid permits, and directe ..

The Himachal Pradesh High Court Saturday announced the setting up of an exclusive 'green bench' to deal with cases related to environmental issues."The high court receives plenty of petitions on various issues ranging from mining to fore ..

After the Church of England, another British investor has decided to sell its shares worth 2.2 million pounds (Rs.159 million/$3.5 million) in the Indian-owned mining company Vedanta Resources, citing serious concerns about the company's approach ..

The US government has confirmed that one of its top diplomats for Latin America will participate in a new round of talks on immigration issues with Cuba in Havana this week."The discussions will focus on how best to promote safe, legal, and orde ..

A 13-year-old Australian schoolboy was charged with murder Monday for stabbing a 12-year-old fellow pupil to death in a playground fight at a Catholic school in Brisbane. Police found the suspect near the school after the early morning incident. He n ..

The Supreme Court Monday sought the Gujarat government's stand on a joint plea by 64 suspected terrorists, allegedly involved in the 2008 serial bombings in five Indian cities, for shifting their trial outside the state. A bench of Justice Altmas ..

Amid opposition from the counsel of the accused in the cash-for-judge scam, the Punjab and Haryana High Court bar association was Monday not allowed to argue a protest plea filed by it against the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) clo ..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday opposed the anticipatory bail plea of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, accused in two anti-Sikh riot cases, and said he may influence witnesses if granted bail. Arguing on behalf of Sajjan Kumar, senio ..