The Supreme Court on Monday asked Malayalam actor Dileep if the memory card of a mobile on which an alleged assault on a noted actress was recorded could be treated as a "document".


Is memory card a document, SC asks actor Dileep


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On International Day for People with Disabilities, or World Disability Day, on Monday, the city's disabled community may have released blue-yellow balloons while "walking to freedom" with glee, but it was not without demanding inclusion and political participation within the larger society.


World Disability Day: People with disabilities seek political partake, inclusion


Renewing calls for scrapping the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that gives immunity to the military from prosecution for actions in disturbed areas, human rights activists have said that upholding the rights and interests of victims is difficult in places where such "archaic" laws are in force.


Upholding victims' rights difficult with AFSPA in force: Activists


Globally one billion people live with disabilities, making them the largest minority in the world, said UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner on Monday, while calling on countries and governments to empower them and work for their betterment.


UNDP calls on countries to empower persons with disabilities


The final arguments in the politically-sensitive case of the twin encounters of Sohrabuddin Anwar Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, and the brutal rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi, started on Monday in a Special CBI Court here.


Sohrabuddin case: Final hearing begins


The US-led coalition fires several missiles on military sites in central Syria on Sunday evening, causing damages only, state-run SANA news agency reported.


US-led coalition attacks Syrian military sites, causing damages


French Interior Minister Christophe on Saturday night said that 288 people have been arrested in the yellow vest protests in Paris and some 100 people injured, one of them a demonstrator who is in extremely serious condition.


288 Arrested, 100 injured in Paris yellow vest protest


US commander of the Fifth Fleet, Scott Stearney, was found dead in Bahrain on Saturday, media has reported.


Commander of US 5th Fleet found dead in Bahrain


A district court here on Saturday directed the police to register an FIR following allegations of a scam in the land registration procedure, misappropriation of government funds and misuse of power, against seven revenue officials and over one dozen builders, said a RTI activist.


Gurugram court orders FIR against revenue officials, builders


The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday filed a chargesheet against former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Senior Congress leader Motilal Vora in a case related to the re-allotment of a plot in Panchkula to Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald newspaper.


CBI files chargesheet against Hooda, Vora in AJL land allotment deal case


Sabarimala protesters on Saturday stopped two women from Andhra Pradesh from advancing towards the Lord Ayyappa temple as they were from the hitherto banned age group, prompting Kerala Police to arrest three men.


3 arrested for refusing women entry to Sabarimala


Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement over the custody of their children, according to a lawyer in the case.


Brad-Angelina agree on kids' custody


The US government has announced plans to change the H1-B visa programme to give preference to workers with advanced American degrees, a move which could potentially have the effect of reducing visas for those educated elsewhere.


Washington to give preference to US-educated workers for H1-B visas


The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has formally requested the Pentagon to extend the deployment of active-duty troops on the southern border, potentially extending their deployment 45 days beyond the original deadline of December 15.


Pentagon asked to extend border troop deployment


Paul Manafort, former campaign chairman of US President Donald Trump, will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday, media has reported.


Trump's ex-campaign chairman to be sentenced in March


Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday said diversity of interpretation is common in art and law but only difference is that photography is still whereas law keeps changing and creating new political pathways for the society.


Law creates new political pathways for society: CJI


The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Yoga Guru Ramdev on a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order restraining the publication and sale of the book 'Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev' until the publisher deleted some defamatory portion written against the guru.


SC notice to Ramdev on sale and publication of book on him


The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by a group of serving Army officers and personnel against the dilution of AFSPA that gives immunity to military personnel from prosecution for actions in disturbed and insurgency-hit areas.


SC junks Army personnel's plea against dilution of AFSPA


A South African court on Friday postponed the corruption case against former President Jacob Zuma till May 2019 after defence lawyers petitioned the court to drop all charges.


Zuma's corruption case postponed till May 2019


The UN Population Fund in Egypt in collaboration with the National Council for Women and the Ministry of Youth and Sports organised on Friday the first all-women's race in support of ending violence against females.


Egyptian women join race against gender-based violence


The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday extended the deadline for registration for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate courses in the field of medicine and dentistry to December 7, 2018.

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