Norway's Coast Guard have seized a Greenpeace vessel and arrested 35 activists after they violated the safety zone around a drilling rig in the Barents Sea, a media report said on Friday.


Norway arrests 35 Greenpeace activists


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The Supreme Court on Friday directed Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, to appear before the CBI here on August 23 in a matter relating to alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to INX Media in 2007.


SC directs Karti Chidambaram to appear before CBI on Aug 23


Days ahead of a Panchkula court verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said nobody would be allowed to disturb law and order in the state.


Nobody will be allowed to disturb peace: Punjab CM


With 2,500 cine workers threatening to go on an indefinite strike from Tuesday and 18 members of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) currently staging hunger strike, FWICE President Birendra Nath Tiwari says they will wait for "two more days" and if their demands are not taken up for consideration, they will resort to violent measures.


We might take violent steps for our demands: FWICE President


Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Friday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the deaths of more than 70 children in Gorakhpur and demanded a probe by a Supreme Court judge into the tragedy.


Akhilesh demands probe by SC judge into Gorakhpur deaths


The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on the deaths of over 70 children, including infants, at a hospital in Gorakhpur.


HC seeks response from UP on Gorakhpur deaths


Anxiety is writ large on the faces of over 3,800 Rohingya Muslims living in this city amid reports that the Indian government is planning to deport them. They say they prefer to die here rather than return to Myanmar, where they face persecution.


Kill us here but don't send us back: Rohingya refugees


The bail plea of superstar Dileep, that was supposed to come up on Friday at the Kerala High Court here, has been postponed for Tuesday.


Superstar Dileep's bail plea posted for Tuesday


A city court on Thursday discharged GJM chief Bimal Gurung in the Madan Tamang murder case while directing that charges be framed against 47 other accused.


GJM chief discharged in Madan Tamang murder case


Manila, Aug 17 (IANS/MAP) At least 60 drug suspects have been killed here in the last three days as President Rodrigo Duterte's fierce war on drugs and crime intensifies.


60 killed in Philippines war on drugs


Pulling up the CBI over the slow pace of investigation in the gang-rape and murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Shimla district, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday granted it two weeks more to complete the probe.


Himachal HC asks CBI to complete probe into gang-rape case in two weeks


The Supreme Court on Thursday said that there could be no "compromise on intellect" as it ordered status quo on admissions to undergraduate medical courses in Tamil Nadu.


SC orders status quo on admission to medical courses in TN


A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain's first interfaith lesbian wedding.


Lesbian Hindu, Jewish women wed in Britain


White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has attacked white nationalists as "clowns" as the fallout from violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, continues.


Trump adviser calls white nationalists 'clowns'


Police searched the Delhi High Court complex on Thursday after an anonymous caller warned a bomb will explode in the premises. It turned out to be a hoax, police said.


Bomb hoax at Delhi High Court


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shut down an anonymous online chat platform in late 2016 after it was increasingly used to talk about the US presidential candidates and 'harass' the company's employees, media reported on Thursday.


Facebook shuts down chat platform used to 'harass' employees


Gujarat Police officers N.K. Amin and Tarun Barot - both facing criminal cases involving alleged fake encounters - on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that they will quit the state police on Thursday itself.


Gujarat Police officers Amin and Barot to quit


The website of Spanish daily El Pais, which was blocked in China for three and a half years, is again accessible, authorities said on Thursday.


Spanish daily's website unblocked in China


With a CBI court likely to pronounce soon the verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, police in Punjab and Haryana were on Wednesday put on alert as both states sought central paramilitary forces to maintain law and order.


Dera chief case: Punjab, Haryana seek central forces


Kerala legislator P.C. George on Wednesday said he had done or said nothing wrong in the case of a kidnapped popular Malayalam actress and accused Kerala Women's Commission (KWC) chief of playing politics in the matter.


Done no wrong in actress kidnapping case, says Kerala MLA


The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the Airports Authority of India over its decision to allow a public meeting of BJP president Amit Shah on the premises of Dabolim International Airport in Goa.

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