Joining the league of Sahitya Akademi awardees returning their awards in protest against growing intolerance in the country, Assam's litterateur and journalist Homen Borgohain has also decided to return the honour.


Assam's Homen Borgohain to return Sahitya Akademi award


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Prison authorities in Goa have started a probe into a series of alleged assaults on undertrials, some of them foreign nationals booked in narcotics possession cases, by jail guards, a top official said on Tuesday.


Goa prison authorities probe assaults on undertrials


A Thai transgender lecturer has sued a university for not hiring her based on her sexual orientation, the media reported on Tuesday.


Thai transgender lecturer sues university


A new Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) regulation has banned troops from joining any overseas NGOs, a media report said on Tuesday.


Chinese troops banned from joining foreign NGOs


A British pensioner caught with homemade wine in Saudi Arabia could receive 360 lashes - a punishment his family said would kill him, a media report said on Tuesday.


Briton could face lashes over Saudi wine


Germany will continue to control its borders til November to deal with the refugee crisis sweeping Europe, a media report said on Tuesday.


'Germany to continue border control till November'


As the world is grappling with rising violent extremism, women's role in achieving peace and security should be enhanced, the leader of UN Women has said.


Women's role in peace, recovery should be strengthened: UN


Public lynching over a slab of meat, cold blooded murders of writers, rationalists and a wave of crimes of intolerance has led well-known Indian writers and winners of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award, to innovatively script their dissent.


Led by Sahgal, Indian writers renounce awards; script dissent against intolerance (News Analysis)


A court here on Monday fixed October 16 for considering charge sheet filed in the 2014 bribery case naming Syndicate Bank's then chairman-cum-managing director S.K. Jain and Bhushan Steel Ltd. vice chairman Neeraj Singhal as accused.


Syndicate Bank bribery case: Court to consider charge sheet October 16


The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed a committee appointed by it to submit a report within a week on resuming flights from Shimla's Jubbarhatti airport that has remained shut since 2012.


Himachal HC seeks report on shut Shimla airport


In a move aimed at reducing air pollution in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to issue a notification to levy 'Environment Compensation Charge' (ECC) for four months on experimental basis on commercial vehicles passing through Delhi.


Levy ECC on commercial vehicles for four months: SC


A court here has allowed managing director and chief executive officer of IDS Infotech Ltd. (India) Pratap Krishan Aggarwal, an accused in the AgustaWestland chopper deal case, to travel abroad, sources said on Monday.


Court allows chopper deal accused to travel abroad


A Chinese court on Monday sentenced Jiang Jiemin, former chief of the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, to 16 years in prison for accepting bribes.


China's ex-state assets chief jailed for 16 years


Former Goa chief minister Churchill Alemao and former project director of the compromised JICA funded project Anand Wachasundar were granted bail by a special court here on Monday in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case.


Goa ex-CM, top official get bail in Louis Berger case


The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea of Delhi Transport Department (DTC) for retaining the Millennium Bus Depot, built at the Yamuna riverside.


HC reserves order on shifting of Millennium bus depot


Kuwaiti authorities are set to hold a meeting to discuss the mechanism of bringing in Indian workers to the country after New Delhi imposed new rules for people seeking to work abroad.


Kuwait to discuss new structure for Indian workers' emigration


A Hong Kong photographer-journalist detained for carrying a bullet proof jacket and helmet in Thailand will face trial after pleading not guilty to a weapons possession charge on Monday, the media reported.


Thailand to try journalist for carrying flak jacket, helmet


A Thai court has set December 24 to deliver its judgement on two Myanmar nationals accused of murdering a British couple in Koh Tao island on September 15, 2014, the media reported on Monday.


British tourists' murder: Verdict due on December 24


Europe will continue to face a migration crisis in 2016 due to its engagement in the affairs of north African and Middle East countries, Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak has said.


Europe to face migration crisis in 2016 also: Slovak minister


A Thai court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to show up for the first hearing of a defamation case filed against him by the army.


Arrest warrant issued against ex-Thai PM


A British man was awarded 16-week jail term for hitting a bottle of whiskey on a Sikh shopkeeper's head who survived the attack with minor injuries due to the turban.

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