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.


Coal block case: Court frames charges against RSPL


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With the issuance of six warrants by Thailand police on Tuesday, the number of suspects arrested for migrant trafficking in the southern provinces of the country has increased to 71.


71 human trafficking suspects identified in Thailand


A 19-year-old woman was shot in the head by an unidentified assailant in Turkey, allegedly over her decision to join a singing contest broadcast on national television, a media report said.


Woman shot for joining singing contest


The woman research analyst who filed a sexual harassment complaint against TERI director general R.K. Pachauri on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that he was "influencing" the witnesses in the case and sought the cancellation of his bail.


Pachauri influencing witnesses: Complainant


A Cambodian court has convicted two foreign nationals of counterfeiting at least $5,000 worth of Indian currency in 2013, media reported on Tuesday.


Two convicted in Cambodia over counterfeit Indian currency scam


Pleas for euthanasia were made not only on  behalf of nurse Aruna Shanbaug, but kin of many others in similar vegetative state also had sought end of their lives in a dignified manner. Most of these pleas were, however, rejected.


Pleas for euthanasia


The death on Monday of Aruna Shanbaug, the nurse who lived in a vegetative state in a Mumbai hospital for 42 long years, has renewed the debate on euthanasia, with some demanding that the judiciary and the government should engage on the issue proactively.


Passive euthanasia not enough, say activists


The Patna High Court on Monday directed the director of Bihar vigilance department to probe the recruitment of nearly 40,000 government teachers who allegedly used fake degree certificates to get the jobs, a lawyer said.


Patna HC orders probe over teachers with fake degrees


The Supreme Court will hear, on May 21, a petition seeking re-conduct of the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) as the key to the answers was leaked in several states and was made available to some candidates using sophisticated technology.


SC to hear plea for re-conduct of AIPMT


A court in Odisha on Monday directed the state government to sell the attached properties of chit fund firm Safex Infra India through public auction and distribute the sale proceeds among the depositors equitably.


Odisha court directs auction of chit fund firm properties


A court hearing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case was informed on Monday that one of the accused in the case has died.


One accused in 1984 riots is dead, court told


The Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, has refused to open a parliamentary investigation into the assassination of former deputy prime minister and Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered on February 27, parliamentarian Dmitry Gudkov said on Monday.


Russian parliament refuses to probe opposition leader's murder


In a relief to Aam Aadmi Party legislator Jarnail Singh, the Delhi High Court on Monday extended him protection from arrest till July 9 for allegedly assaulting an engineer and preventing him from carrying out his duty.


Interim bail of AAP legislator Jarnail Singh extended


Jerusalem, May 18 (IANS/EFE) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has decided that women soldiers cannot drive tanks in light of an investigation that concluded that the task is "beyond their physiological limitation", Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Monday.


Israeli army rules women incapable of driving tanks


A court here on Monday said it will hear on July 28 a private complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for asking voters to take bribes from other parties but vote for his AAP during the assembly elections.


Kejriwal bribery remark complaint to be heard on July 28


The north African nation of Morocco, with a predominant Muslim population, is set to legalise abortion on certain conditions, a media report said on Monday.


Morocco mulls conditional legalisation of abortions


A court here on Monday directed Delhi Police to supply documents to the accused in the case relating to the leak of documents from the  petroleum ministry.


Document leak: Court tells police to give papers to accused


Indonesia plans to destroy 30 foreign  vessels caught fishing illegally in its waters, President Joko Widodo announced on Monday.


Indonesia to destroy 30 foreign fishing boats


US rapper Lionel Pickens, better known as Chinx, died after being shot multiple times as he was driving in a vehicle in the New York City borough of Queens, Efe news agency reported.


US rapper Chinx shot dead


Lawyers throughout the city  abstained from the courts on Monday  to press their demand for setting up an AIIMS-like medical institute in the region.


Lawyers stay away from courts in Jammu


Saudi Arabia on Sunday beheaded a Pakistani national convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 84 the number of such executions in the kingdom in 2015.

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