Pro-Maoist tribal group Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) convener Chhatradhar Mahato and five others were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a West Bengal court.


Pro-Maoist tribal leader, five others get life terms


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A traffic policeman accused of attacking a young mother of three with a brick for refusing to pay Rs.200 as a bribe, was sent to 14 days' judicial custody by a court here on Tuesday.


Delhi policeman accused of hitting woman sent to 14-day custody


A couple was killed on Tuesday in the suburbs of Lahore in Pakistan in what appears to be an incident of honour killing, media reported.


Couple shot dead for 'honour' in Pakistan


A woman in a Bihar village has divorced her husband for not constructing a toilet at their house, officials said Tuesday.


No toilet at home: Bihar woman divorces husband


The family of a Pakistani man languishing in an Indian jail since February 2013 has appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to secure his release, a media report said here on Tuesday.


Kin appeal to free Pakistani man from Indian jail


Customs officials in Bangladesh's second largest airport in Chittagong city on Tuesday seized 325 gold bars weighing 38 kg, a Customs Intelligence Department official said.


Bangladesh customs seize 325 gold bars


A convict who had been on death row for 16 years was executed in Pakistan on Tuesday.


Pakistan executes death row convict


Mexico City, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Some of the suspects arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 education students in Mexico last year are alleging that they were tortured, the group of IACHR experts investigating the case said.


Suspects in Mexico's missing students' case allege torture


New York, May 12 (IANS/AKI) European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has urged the United Nations to support the use of force by the bloc against criminal gangs smuggling migrants into southern Europe.


EU seeks UN backing to deal with  migrant trafficking issue


A city court on Monday granted bail to B. Ramalinga Raju and all other accused in multi-crore-rupee Satyam accounting fraud case.


Ramalinga Raju, others get bail in Satyam case


The Calcutta High Court was on Monday petitioned for an NIA probe into the cracker factory explosion in West Bengal's West Midnapore district that claimed 12 lives.


NIA probe sought in cracker factory blast in Bengal


Experiences of transgender activists and sexual rights groups will now feature in a documentary on healthcare woes of the community in West Bengal.


Documentary on healthcare woes of transgenders


Australian authorities have demanded that the practice of an Indian-origin surgeon facing disciplinary action be cancelled in view of his "unprofessional conduct", a media report said on Monday.


Cancellation of Indian-origin doctor's practice demanded


Around 1,500 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh were rescued from several vessels on Monday off the shores of Malaysia and Indonesia after being abandoned by their traffickers, according to officials.


1,500 migrants rescued off Malaysian, Indonesian coasts


A court here on Monday told the vigilance department to go ahead with a lie detector test for the driver of whistleblower bar owner Biju Ramesh, who has alleged that bribe was paid to state Finance Minister K.M. Mani to reopen closed bars in the state.


Kerala bar scam: Whistleblower's driver to take lie detector test


Two men arrested by the Enforcement Directorate here for running a hawala racket and betting syndicate related to the ongoing Indian Premier League tournament, will be taken by the agency to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, for investigation.


ED to take two accused of IPL betting to Gujarat


An Indian-origin couple accused of arranging sham marriages for Indian men in Australia so that they could secure visas, on Monday faced a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court.


Indian-origin couple faces court over sham marriages


Thousands of people sang with Prince at a concert for peace in the US city of Baltimore, in a response to the riots that followed the death in custody of young black man Freddie Gray, Efe news agency reported.


Thousands sing with Prince for peace in US city


The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the union health and family welfare ministry to set up a committee to monitor the misuse of banned Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug, in animal in India.


Centre asked to check misuse of banned Diclofenac


More Rohingya migrants were rescued on Monday while lost in the woods in a Thai-Malaysian border area, police said.


More Rohingyas rescued from Thai border jungle


Sweden's Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to overturn the arrest warrant against him for allegations of sexual assault in the country.

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