A city court on Thursday sentenced, to life imprisonment, a police constable who attempted to kidnap an industrialist by firing from a stolen AK-47 rifle.


Life term for cop who tried to kidnap industrialist with stolen AK-47


IANS Automatic

After the Supreme Court stayed the operation of the Maharashtra Police Act that prohibited dance performances in hotels and restaurants, the opposition on Thursday lashed out at the government for not defending its case properly.


Dance bars: Opposition blasts Maharashtra government


The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday said that regulatory measures will help in protecting the rights of surrogate mothers and children born though surrogacy in India.


Regulatory measures must to protect surrogate mothers: NCW


Leading Rajasthani and Hindi writer Nand Bhardwaj on Thursday returned his Sahitya Akademi award to denounce "rising religious intolerance and attack on freedom of expression", even as the CPI-M hailed the protesting writers for doing the country proud.


One more writer returns Sahitya Akademi award (Roundup)


Maharashtra hoteliers were jubilant on Thursday after the Supreme Court gave a conditional go ahead for dance bars but the state government seemed reluctant to revive what was once the jewel in Mumbai's night life that was abruptly killed 10 years ago.


Maharashtra reluctant to revive dance bars


A court here on Thursday granted interim bail for 15 days to Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of Bollywood film 'Peepli Live', who is facing trial on the charge of raping an American woman.


Court grants interim bail to 'Peepli Live' co-director


A court in New Zealand on Thursday sentenced in his absence an Indian tourist who was convicted of harassing a masseuse, a media report said on Thursday.


Indian tourist sentenced in New Zealand for harassment


The apex consumer court on Thursday for the first time ordered tests on 13 samples of Maggi noodles from nine batches to determine lead and "MSG stock glutamate" content.


Now top consumer court orders tests on Maggi


A special court here on Thursday dropped charges against former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh and three companies in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case, observing that a "fabricated" charge sheet was drafted to create an impression that the demand for additional spectrum began only when BJP's Pramod Mahajan became minister.


Additional spectrum case: Relief for ex-telecom secretary, three firms (Third Lead)


Six murder convicts were on Thursday hanged to death in Pakistan's Punjab province taking the number of such executions to nearly 250 since the moratorium on death penalty was lifted on March 10, media reported.


Six convicts executed in Pakistan's Punjab


The Croatian government on Thursday legalised the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, which may be prescribed to patients suffering from diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cancer, epilepsy or AIDS.


Croatia legalises cannabis for medicinal use


A man accused of strangling an Indian-origin woman to death in London was charged with murder and will stand trial in February, a media report said.


Briton to be tried for killing of Indian-origin woman


A report on a controversy, which erupted after the resignation of an Indo-Canadian from a top post at the University of British Columbia (UBC), will be released on Thursday.


Report on controversy related to Indo-Canadian to release


The apex consumer court on Thursday ordered tests on nine samples of Maggi noodles from nine different batches.


Top consumer court orders tests on nine Maggi samples


Apple faces the prospect of paying out damages to the tune  $862.4 million for using without permission patented technology developed by a Wisconsin university team including two Indian-Americans.


Apple faces $862.4 mn payout for using BITS graduates' technology


Well-known Jaipur-based Rajasthani and Hindi writer Anand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against "rising religious intolerance and attack on freedom of expression".


Jaipur-based writer returns Sahitya Akademi award


Expressing concern over rising communal polarisation and intolerance, West Bengal intellectuals on Wednesday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee, seeking that the Modi government take a tough stand against fundamentalists.


Bengal intellectuals ask Centre to act against intolerance


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed app-based cab service providers to run diesel-run taxis for point-to-point transportation here, provided they shift from diesel to CNG by March 1, 2016.


App-based cabs to shift from diesel to CNG by March 1: HC


The Punjab government on Wednesday ordered a probe by a high court judge into desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, as a clash between Sikh protestors and police over the issue left two people dead and many others injured in Kotkapura area of Faridkot district.


Punjab orders judicial probe into desecration as two killed in clash (Roundup)


The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking that the hearing on a plea challenging the validity of the penal provision that bans slaughtering of cattle and sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir be heard by a three-judge bench of the high court in Jammu.


SC dismisses plea for beef ban case to be heard in Jammu


The CBI and the Income Tax department on Wednesday filed status report in the Delhi High Court on the allegations against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in a disproportionate assets case.

Page 775 -