British tourist Lucy Hemmings received numerous apologies among 600 replies to her viral blog post describing sexual harassment she faced during a trip to India.


Indian men apologise to British tourist for harassment


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A court here on Wednesday allowed Delhi Police to conduct lie-detector tests in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case on three suspects, closely associated with her husband and former union minister Shashi Tharoor.


Sunanda murder case: Tharoor's aides to undergo polygraph test


Milan, 20 May (IANS/AKI) Italian police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of taking part in the March attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia's capital Tunis which killed 22 people, most of them tourists.


Italian police arrest suspect in Tunis museum attack


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea against the rising number of road rage incidents in the capital, and for direction to the government to amend the Motor Vehicles Act and make "deterrent provisions" on road rage.


Delhi HC to hear plea on rising road rage incidents


Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday said that he will not allow international investigators into the country to probe allegations over the war against the Tamil Tiger rebels.


No international investigators to probe war allegations: Sri Lanka


It was an innocuous matrimonial advertisement in a newspaper like millions others – a boy wanting to get married and settle down.


Woman places matrimonial ad, seeks groom for gay son! 


A senior Palestinian diplomat announced on Wednesday that the Palestinians will file two suits against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on June 25.


Palestinians to prosecute Israel at ICC


Malaysia and Indonesia offered on Wednesday to receive and assist thousands of refugees stranded in ships in the Bay of Bengal if the international community commits to their resettlement or repatriation within an year.


Malaysia, Indonesia offer help to stranded refugees


Myanmar is making serious efforts to prevent human trafficking and illegal migration and implementing preventive measures throughout  the nation, said a statement by the country's ministry of foreign affairs on Wednesday.


Myanmar pledges efforts to prevent human trafficking


The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the attorney generals of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the US have filed a joint lawsuit against four anti-cancer charities for defrauding donors of $187 million, Efe news agency reported.


US anti-cancer charities defraud donors of $187 mn


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked TERI director general R.K. Pachauri to file his response on a plea by a woman research analyst who has accused him of sexual harassment to cancel the bail granted to him.


HC seeks Pachauri's response on bail cancellation


A close aide of ponzi scam tainted Saradha group chief Sudipta Sen, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation from the bustling Sealdah station here on Tuesday, an agency official said.


Ponzi scam: Sudipta Sen's close aide arrested


The Delhi High Court has issued notice to AAP legislator Surender Singh on a petition filed by BJP leader Karan Singh Tanwar for allegedly giving false information on his educational qualification in the election affidavit.


HC notice to AAP MLA over 'false' educational qualification


Claiming that a song of upcoming Bollywood movie "Welcome 2 Karachi" promotes liquor consumption and maligns a nursery rhyme, a plea was filed in the Delhiu High Court on Tuesday seeking ban on it.


Plea in HC to ban song of film 'Welcome 2 Karachi'


The Supreme Court has said that the increased compensation of 64.7 percent coupled with allotment of developed land to the extent of 10 percent of the land acquired from each land owner in NOIDA and Greater NIOIDA would not be treated as a precedent for the award of such compensation for future acquisitions.


Enhanced NOIDA land compensation not precedent for future, says SC


New York May 19 (IANS/AKI) A 20-year-old woman was burnt alive after refusing to perform an "extreme sex act" on a militant of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict was quoted as saying on Tuesday.


IS set woman ablaze for refusing 'extreme sex'


International red sanders smuggler Mukesh Badani, who was arrested in Haryana on Saturday, was brought to Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and produced in a court, which sent him to judicial custody.


Red sanders smuggler sent to jail in Andhra


One of the most famous terrorists in Greece who could continue serving life imprisonment conviction under house arrest wearing a security ankle monitor under a new law turned down the option with an open letter to the media on Tuesday citing health to religious reasons.


Greek terrorist refuses security ankle monitor, house arrest option


Iran on Tuesday expressed "concern and regret" over an Egyptian court sentencing to death former president Mohammed Morsi and his supporters.


Iran 'concerned' over Egypt death sentences


Eleven Afghan policemen were on Tuesday sentenced to a year in prison for recklessness in protecting a woman who was lynched by a mob after being accused of blasphemy.


11 Afghan policemen jailed over lynching of woman


A special court here on Tuesday framed charges in the coal block allocation case against Delhi-based Rathi Steel and Power Ltd. (RSPL) and others.

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