Italian authorities said the increasing number of people arrested for allegedly smuggling refugees across the Mediterranean in latest months had a role in making traffickers change their routes, the media reported on Wednesday.


Smugglers arrest induce change in migrant routes to Europe


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Political parties should be kept out of campus politics and not holding indirect elections to the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) itself amounts to contempt of court, former chief election commissioner J.M. Lyngdoh has said.


Keep political parties out of campus politics: Lyngdoh (IANS Interview)


About 7,000 asylum seekers passed through this Austrian capital in 24 hours, the police said.


7,000 asylum seekers pass through Vienna within 24 hours


Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that the country will permanently take 12,000 refugees from war-torn Syria and will expand its bombing mission against IS into Syria "within days".


Australia to take 12,000 Syrian refugees, bomb IS


Baltimore in the US state of Maryland reached a settlement with the family of Freddie Gray,  the young black man who died of a fatal spinal injury while in police custody, officials said on Tuesday.


Baltimore to compensate Gray's family for $6.4 million


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi University (DU) to respond to a plea filed by All India Students Association (AISA) challenging the prevalent practice in the DUSU elections by some contesting candidates to add the alphabet "A" before their names to get their names listed on top of the ballot paper.


Why prefix 'A' added by candidates in DUSU polls: HC asks DU


Food safety licence will be mandatory for all restaurants in the national capital and they have been given a month's time to procure the document, the Delhi government said on Tuesday.


Food safety licence mandatory for Delhi restaurants


A court here on Tuesday sent West Bengal media tycoon Ramesh Gandhi, arrested for his alleged complicity in the Saradha scam, to four days CBI custody.


Saradha scam: Media baron sent to CBI custody


The Supreme Court on Tuesday frowned at the snail's pace at which subordinate judiciary functions in north India when it comes to high and mighty, taking exception to non-framing of charges by a subordinate court in Uttar Pradesh against a lawmaker in a murder case even two decades after he was accused of the crime.


SC frowns at delay in charging BSP lawmaker in murder case


Indian software majors Infosys Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) on Tuesday said that the US labour department did not find any violation of visa rules by them.


US finds no visa violations by Infosys, TCS


Global software major Infosys Ltd on Tuesday said that the US labor department did not find violations of visa rules by it.


US finds no visa violations by Infosys


Pilots at German airline Lufthansa said they will continue until Wednesday their strike over a long-running dispute with the management over early retirement provisions, the media reported on Tuesday.


Lufthansa strike to continue till Wednesday


Pre-booked and luxury taxis staged a two-hour protest blockade at Kolkata airport in the early morning hours on Tuesday over alleged imposition of wrong parking norms.


Two-hour taxi protest at Kolkata airport


Two Indian-origin managers of New Zealand's popular Indian restaurant chain, Masala are facing up to seven years in jail or a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to underpaying their workers, a media report said.


Indian-origin hoteliers face jail term for underpaying workers


Taking cognizance of reports of a teenager's alleged gangrape at Charbagh Railway Station here, the NHRC has issued notice to the Superintendent of Police, Government Railway Police, Lucknow, and sought a report within two weeks.


NHRC notice to Lucknow Railway Police over girl's gangrape


Iran is ready to talk with the US, Saudi Arabia and other influential countries over the future of Syria, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.


Iran to talk with US, Saudi Arabia on Syria: Rouhani


An Indian restaurant owner has been charged with manslaughter after a customer died of an allergic reaction to peanuts in the curry at his restaurant in January 2014, the media reported.


Indian restaurant owner to face trial for manslaughter


A New Zealand court has awarded more than $35,000 to an Indian-origin man after he was fired for complaining about sexual harassment by his senior, a media report said.


Indian-origin man compensated for being sexually harassed


A British man and his wife have accused a doctor at a hospital in El Salvador of swapping their newborn son at the behest of child traffickers, the media reported on Tuesday.


Couple accuse El Salvador doctor of child swapping


Sex workers from 60 red-light zones in West Bengal will participate in the Durga puja organised by inhabitants of Sonagachi following the Calcutta High Court's ruling to rent a community hall for the purpose.


Sex workers across Bengal to attend Sonagachi Durga puja


In a major breakthrough, the forensic experts have established that parts of bones and skull recovered from Raigad forests indeed belong to Sheena Bora, after matching them with DNA samples of other family members including her mother and prime accused Indrani Mukerjea, Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria said here late on Monday.

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