The central government on Wednesday questioned the Delhi Police  move to provide safety to churches only and asked Delhi High Court that efforts should be made to protect other religious places also.


Ensure safety of all religious places: Centre to HC


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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city government and police on a petition seeking direction to ensure adequate safety of doctors in hospitals in the national capital.


HC notice to Delhi government, police on security to doctors


Rome, July 1 (IANS/AKI) Italian police on Wednesday arrested two North Africans on suspicion of planning Al Qaeda-inspired terrorist attacks in Italy and the Maghreb. A third suspect is already in custody for alleged terrorism in Morocco.


2 North Africans arrested in Italy for plotting terror attacks


A special court on Wednesday fixed July 6 for considering a chargesheet filed in a coal block allocation case involving Chhattisgarh-based company Pushp Steels and Mining Pvt. Ltd.


Coal case: Pushp Steels chargesheet to be considered on July 6


The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday stayed an inquiry being conducted by the state Lokayukta's police into the bribe charge against some of its unidentified officials.


Karnataka HC stays Lokayukta probe into bribe charge


The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told a special court hearing the 2G case that funding of the Loop Telecom group was done by Essar.


Essar funded Loop telecom: CBI


A Danish woman, allegedly gangraped by six vagabonds last year, appeared before a court here on Wednesday and identified all the accused in the case.


Danish woman's rape: Victim identifies all accused


The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a rape accused would not be let off the hook even if he agrees to enter into wedlock with the rape victim, saying that for a woman, her body is her own temple and could not be defiled.


No compromise in rape case with wedlock offer: SC


The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Delhi government and police over the death of a vegetable vendor due to alleged electrocution in a public toilet, a statement said on Wednesday.


Electrocution death: NHRC notice to Delhi government, police


Charlotte (North Carolina), July 1 (IANS/EFE) The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) will protest in Columbia city, capital of the US state of South Carolina, against the removal of the Confederate flag from public buildings.


Ku Klux Klan calls for protest in US to defend Confederate flag


Japanese police launched an investigation on Wednesday to probe Tuesday's Shinkansen (bullet train) incident  when a man set himself on fire, killing himself and another passenger and injuring 26 others, Efe news agency reported.


Japanese bullet train suicide by fire being probed


Companies supplying gas are now free to fix their own tariff with the Supreme Court on Wednesday turning down a plea by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) seeking power to regulate prices of intra-city supplies.


SC turns down gas tariff regulation plea


Sunil Jaglan, a Haryana village headman whose online drive for the girl child went viral on Twitter after Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsed it, is now determined to take it to the nomadic tribes so that they can spread the message to other parts of the state and beyond.


Inspired village headman now focuses on nomadic tribes


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Sudhir Kumar Gupta on a plea filed by AIIMS for the appointment of D.N. Bhardwaj as the new head of its forensic medicine and toxicology department.


HC notice on AIIMS plea to replace forensic department head


The Bombay High Court on Wednesday postponed till July 13 the hearing of an appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in a 2002 hit-and-run case.


Hearing of Salman's plea adjourned till July 13


An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday awarded the death sentence to three Taliban militants for killing four policemen during an attack on oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.


Three TTP terrorists sentenced to death in Pakistan


In a partial relief for Swiss fastfood giant Nestle, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed the company to export all varieties of its popular two-minute Maggi noodles from India, though restrictions on domestic marketing would continue.


Bombay HC allows Maggi exports, keeps domestic curbs


A court here on Tuesday restrained the release of Sunny Deol-starrer "Mohalla Assi" countrywide saying a prima facie case was made out that the movie contained "filthy language".


Court stays release of Sunny Deol's 'Mohalla Assi'


An Austrian couple who got divorced but did not want to part with their house have reached a bizarre compromise by splitting the house into two with a concrete wall separating the two sections, media reported on Tuesday.


Divorced Austrian couple splits house into two


Egypt is determined to amend laws with the aim of achieving justice as soon as possible, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Tuesday.


Egyptian president pledges stronger anti-terror laws


A Malaysian father and his son were sentenced here on Tuesday to 18 years and 12 years, respectively, in jail by the high court for conspiring to incite terrorism in Malaysia.

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