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.


Turbaned Sikh survives bottle hit on head


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The Saudi Arabian employer of an Indian domestic help whose hand was "chopped off" has said the woman had to get her hand amputated in hospital after she damaged it badly while jumping from the third floor of their house in Riyadh.


Saudi employer denies chopping off Indian woman's hand


A tribunal here has ordered Veterinary Medical Association to pay compensation to 13 India-born veterinarians after they won a decade-long human rights case against the association.


13 Indo-Canadian vets win decade-long racism case


Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has urged citizens to keep their wits in the discussion on the influx of refugees.


Dutch PM calls for calm in refugee crisis


A 12-year-old Spanish girl who was at the centre of a debate over a "dignified death" died just four days after doctors stopped feeding her artificially.


Spanish girl dies in 'dignified death' debate


The presidents of the four countries of the Visegrad Group -- Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland -- together with the Croatian head of state, focused on the current migration crisis at a two-day meeting in Balatonfured, Hungary.


Croatia, Visegrad Group leaders discuss migration crisis


Pakistan summoned a senior Indian diplomat on Friday to convey concern over cancellation of a cross-border train service, authorities said.


Pakistan summons Indian envoy over Samjhauta Express disruption


The National Green Tribunal on Friday pulled up the Uttarakhand government for obsolete sewage pipes from Gomukh to Haridwar which were reportedly polluting the river Ganga.


Uttarakhand pulled up for obsolete sewage pipes


BRICS countries have jointly affirmed to exchange views and share experience on migration issues, an official release said here on Friday.


BRICS nations affirm sharing information on migration


The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution aimed at disrupting human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants on the high seas in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya.


UNSC adopts resolution on migrant smuggling in Mediterranean


The Supreme Court on Friday sought the central government's response on a plea by sugarcane farmers association seeking the implementation of the Commission for Agriculture Cost and Prices' (CACP) report for 2015-16 and a price stabilisation fund.


SC seeks government response on sugarcane farmers plea


The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea by Neelam Katara seeking enhancement of sentence to death for Vishal and Vikas Yadav who have been convicted for murdering her son Nitish Katara in February 2002.


Nitish Katara killing: SC declines death sentence plea


The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city government to ensure that grant-in-aid released to civic bodies was utilised properly to control the dengue menace.


HC asks Delhi to ensure proper utilisation of dengue funds


Mexican authorities have confirmed launch of a new probe into the disappearance of 43 students of a teacher training institute in Mexico, who have been missing since September 26, 2014, the media reported on Friday.


Fresh probe into missing Mexican students case


Rail traffic was severely hit and thousands of commuters faced inconvenience as members of different farmer organisations held sit-ins on railway tracks in Punjab, as the agitation by farmers continued for the third day on Friday.


Punjab farmers' stir hits rail traffic, commuters inconvenienced


A British official on Friday ruled that there would be no inquest into the death of British-Indian businessman Shrien Dewani's wife who was murdered while honeymooning in South Africa in 2010, a media report said.


No inquest into murder of British-Indian businessman's wife


The Kerala High Court on Friday relaxed the bail conditions of two CPI-M leaders, enabling them to file nominations for the coming local body elections in Kannur district.


Bail conditions of two CPI-M leaders relaxed


The World Bank, in its 2015/2016 Global Monitoring Report, has said migration is presently a permanent feature of the global economy and could be an engine of growth.


Migration, an engine of economic growth: World Bank


The central government on Thursday said that non-Delhi bound trucks and commercial vehicles have no business to use the capital as a transit route as the Supreme Court sought suggestions on ways and means to levy pollution compensatory charges on them for contributing to already alarming air pollution levels.


Trucks with goods not meant for Delhi should not enter city, SC told


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet in the 2014 bribery case naming then Syndicate Bank chairman-cum-managing director S.K. Jain and Bhushan Steel Ltd. vice-chairman Neeraj Singhal as accused in the case, sources said Thursday.


CBI files charge sheet in Syndicate Bank bribery case


The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the central and Delhi governments on a plea seeking ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers during the festival of Dussehra and Diwali as this further aggravates the already dangerous level of air pollution.

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