A victim of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Wednesday sought time from a Delhi court to file an application opposing a closure report filed in a case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in connection with the riots.


1984 riots victim seeks time for plea against closure report


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The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the commissioner and secretary of the state home department over allegations of police atrocities on some college students.


Notice to Assam government for baton charge on students


A court here on Wednesday fixed April 24 for hearing the bail application of five corporate executives accused in connection with the petroleum ministry's documents leak case.


Documents leak: Bail plea of five corporate executives April 24


A Goa trial court on Wednesday issued a search warrant for Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's official residence in Delhi for former archives and archaeology minister Francisco Pacheco, who has been reported missing for a fortnight.


Search warrant for defence minister's house in Delhi


A day after 17 condemned prisoners were hanged in various jails in Pakistan, marking the highest number of executions in the country since the lifting of the moratorium on capital punishment in December last, four more convicts were sent to the gallows on Wednesday.


Pakistan executes 21 convicts in two days


The US Justice Department on Tuesday launched a civil rights investigation into the death of an African-American man earlier this week.


US launches probe into black man's custodial death


Four men have been arrested in South Africa in relation to the murder of a Mozambican man in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra, according to media reports on Tuesday.


South Africa arrests four men linked to xenophobic killing


South Africa on Tuesday deployed troops to anti-immigrant hotspots to quell the xenophobic violence that has rocked the country as hundreds of immigrants were repatriated.


South African troops to curb xenophobic riots, many repatriated


The penalty phase in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev began on Tuesday, less than two weeks after he was convicted on all 30 counts related to the blasts in 2013.


Penalty phase of Boston Marathon bombing trial starts


The captain of the boat that capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa last week killing hundreds of migrants has been charged along with a member of the crew, media reported on Tuesday citing Italian officials.


Mediterranean boat capsize: Captain, crew member charged


The West Bengal government on Tuesday contested a Calcutta High Court single-judge bench's earlier order to shell out compensation to Jadavpur university professor Ambikesh Mahapatra, who was arrested in 2012 for circulating emails mocking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.


Bengal government moves high court in toongate case


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted 10 days' interim bail to Balwan Khokhar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots who is serving life imprisonment.


1984 anti-Sikh riots convict gets interim bail


Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda on Tuesday told a special court hearing the coal block allocation case that evidence produced by the CBI against him was "hearsay" and cannot be relied upon to prosecute him.


No evidence against me in coal block allocation: Koda


Condemning the government's recent crackdown on Greenpeace India, civil society activists on Tuesday sent a protest letter to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, saying that in a country that has a history of standing up for social justice, ecological sustainability and the rights of the poor, such an act was "shameful".


Greenpeace India gets civil society support


A Malaysian court on Tuesday set May 15 as the date for hearing of a case filed by two children of a passenger on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which has been missing for over a year.


MH370 kins' case to be heard on May 15


A Muslim couple from Brisbane who were racially abused on a Sydney train last week, on Tuesday said that they intend to press charges against the abuser.


Muslim couple abused on Sydney train to press charges


The Pakistan government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to withdraw its order putting on hold the execution of six men convicted by the country's military courts.


Pakistan SC urged to revoke orders on military courts


A Malaysian court on Tuesday set May 15 for hearing of a case filed by two children of a passenger on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which has been missing for over a year.


MH370-related case to be heard in May


An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted as president in 2013, to 20 years in prison for inciting the killings of protestors outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in December 2012.


Ousted Egyptian president Morsi jailed for 20 years


An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison for inciting the killings of protestors outside the Ittihadiya presidential palace in December 2012.


Egypt's ex-president Morsi jailed for 20 years


Mumbai Sessions Court Additional Sessions Judge D. W. Deshpande will pronounce the verdict on May 6 in the 13-year-old case of an accident involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan, in which one person was killed and four were injured.

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