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Natural resources are also for future generations: SC

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The Supreme Court Wednesday said the right to life belongs not only to the present generation but also the future generations when it comes to the exploitation of natural resources. “It is not just right to life of present generation but also of the future generations,” said the apex court green bench of Justice A.K. […]

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South Africa to have anti-hate crime policy

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The South African government is working on a framework policy that will hold the perpetrators of hate crimes accountable, a senior government official has revealed. The proposed Draft Policy Framework on Combating Hate Crimes, Hate Speech and Unfair Discrimination will help balance the right to dignity and the right to freedom of speech in line […]

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Take charge, or forgo promotion: National Insurance tells clerks

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Agree to sell policies and head single-person offices outside the major cities, or get used to missing promotion for two years, the National Insurance Company Ltd. has told its employees, officials in Tamil Nadu said Wednesday. The dream of clambering a step up the organisational ladder turned sour for some women employees of National Insurance, […]

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Court reprieve for Mallya in Kingfisher case

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The Karnataka High Court Tuesday deferred, by a week, its Monday summons for appearance of Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya as he is abroad. When Mallya’s counsel informed the court that his client was not in Bangalore to appear Tuesday, as he was travelling abroad, Justice Ram Mohan Reddy kept his summons order in abeyance […]

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NRI student’s death: Two accused sent to police custody

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A Delhi court Tuesday sent two youth arrested in connection with the death of NRI student Anmol Sarna and drug abuse to police custody till Sep 19. Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Wason sent 21-year-old Sarna’s friends Shivang Gambhir, 20, and Madhav, 20, to police custody. The remaining four arrested accused — Pranil Shah, Rythm Girhotra, Surender […]

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Court raps politicians for blocking roads for Durga Puja

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The Calcutta High Court yesterday said ministers and politicians organising Durga Puja by blocking roads were behaving like goons and directed the city police to give a report on why a sex workers’ organisation was denied permission to hold a community Puja. Hearing a petition by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), which claims to […]

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CBI names senior Andhra minister in Jagan charge sheet

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday named Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister J. Geeta Reddy as an accused in one of the two charge sheets it filed in the disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.. The agency filed the two charge sheets in Indu Techzone and Lepakshi Knowledge Hub (LKH) […]

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Strike called after death rap for Jamaat leader

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Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party has called a 48-hour national strike after the country’s apex court Tuesday morning awarded the death penalty to a high-ranking leader for war crimes, including mass killings. Hours after the appellate division of the supreme court awarded the capital punishment to assistant secretary general of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party Abdul Quader […]

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Mumbai attack: Pakistan commission to visit India

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An eight-member Pakistani judicial commission will leave for India Sep 21 to cross-examine the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack witnesses. The commission was earlier scheduled to leave for India Sep 11 but the visit was postponed due to the 10-day Ganesh festival, Geo News reported on Tuesday. The commission members will proceed to India via Wagah […]

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Court seeks report on communal riots during Akhilesh regime

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The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench Tuesday sought details of all the riots that have taken place since the Akhilesh Yadav regime was sworn-in March 15, 2012. The direction was given to the state government as the court heard a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by social activist Nutan Thakur. The petitioner sought investigation by the Cenral Bureau of […]

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Top Amnesty award for Malala Yousafzai

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Rights group Amnesty International announced on Tuesday it had awarded its highest honour to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot in the head last year by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education. Malala will share the 2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award with American singer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte, the London-based NGO revealed. […]

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Odisha chit fund probe panel extends deadline

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A commission probing the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam in Odisha has extended the deadline for submission of complaints till Sep 30 as more people are coming ahead with grievances, a commission official said Tuesday. The one-man panel led by R.K. Patra, former chief justice of the Sikkim High Court, had earlier fixed Sep 18 as the deadline. […]

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