Brussels, Dec 22 (IANS/AKI) The European Council on Friday extended the European Union's Operation Sophia migrant search and rescue mission until March 31 next year, the EU's top decision-making body said in a statement.


EU extends Mediterranean anti-trafficking mission


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The Hyderabad High Court on Friday asked the Telangana government to file a counter affidavit to a petition filed by popular Telugu actor Prabhas, challenging the seizure of his guest house by the revenue authorities in Hyderabad.


Court asks Telangana to file counter affidavit to actor Prabhas' petition


A Delhi court on Friday asked Tihar Jail to respond to a plea by British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, seeking direction to allocate a seperate cell in Tihar Jail.


Court seeks Tihar Jail response on Christian Michel plea


Twelve years after the sensational killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his associate Tulsiram Prajapati and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi, a Special CBI Court here on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in the politically sensitive case, saying "witnesses and proofs provided were not satisfactory".


After 12 years, curtains on Sohrabuddin encounter case with 22 acquittals (Roundup)


It is time for renaissance for the country's Muslim community to develop itself and the nation, said Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah, who was also Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim Unuversity, on Wednesday at a discussion on empowering young Muslims.


It is time  for renaissance for Muslim community in India, says former AMU V-C


The Rajasthan High Court on Friday suspended the sentence of yet another convict in the Asaram sexual exploitation case, Sharat Chandra, who along with Sanchita Gupta alias Shilpi, had been sentenced to 20-year imprisonment.


Asaram case: HC suspends sentence of second convict


At one point in time, the Sohrabuddin Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati shootouts and the alleged rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi, the former's wife, had shaken Gujarat's political, bureaucratic and police establishments.


Sohrabuddin-Prajapati case - A Timeline


The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the immediate release of former Youth Congress leader Sushil Kumar Sharma, who is serving a life term in the 1995 murder of his wife Naina Sahni.


HC orders immediate release of 1995 murder case convict Sushil Sharma


Nissan Motor Co.'s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn was re-arrested on Friday on fresh charges that he shifted personal losses onto the company, dashing hopes he could be released on bail.


Nissan's former Chairman re-arrested on new charges


The US House of Representatives has approved more than $5 billion in funding for the President's border wall in its stopgap spending bill, close to 24 hours before the partial government shutdown deadline.


House approves Trump's $5 billion border wall in spending bill


Accusing the NDA government of misleading the Supreme Court, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the multi-million dollar Rafale fighter deal.


Chidambaram calls for JPC probe into Rafale deal


Twelve years after the sensational killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his associate Tulsiram Prajapati and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi, a Special CBI Court here on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in the politically sensitive case, saying "witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory".


12 years after Sohrabuddin encounter, all 22 accused acquitted


Australian Border Force (ABF) staff are regularly subjected to sexual harassment and bullying at work, an internal review has found.


Australian Border Force facing sexual harassment, bullying: Report


The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking more time to surrender by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was given life imprisonment in an anti-Sikh riot case earlier this week.


1984 riots: Sajjan's plea seeking more time rejected


US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has revealed that charges have been brought against two alleged Chinese hackers linked to China's Ministry of State Security, who are accused of infiltrating computer systems to obtain confidential data.


2 Chinese hackers charged with cyber espionage in US


Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was re-arrested on Friday on fresh charges, Japanese media reported. It came a day after courts surprised observers by paving the way for his release on bail.


Auto tycoon Ghosn re-arrested


The Hague, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) An arbitration tribunal in The Hague will decide in July if Italy or India will try two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off southern India in February 2012 in a long-running case that has strained bilateral ties.


Hague court to decide in July if Italy or India will try marines


Citing procedural difficulties due to absence of clarity, the All India Tax Advocates Forum (AITAF) on Thursday urged the Finance Minister to allow assessees to rectify mistakes incurred in their monthly GST returns in the Annual Return form GSTR 9 for the financial year 2017- 18.


Tax advocates approach Government to rectify mistakes in GST returns


The Bombay High Court on Thursday confirmed the death penalty awarded by a lower court to Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap, convicted of the sensational 2014 rape-cum-murder of an Andhra Pradesh techie, Esther Anuhya in Mumbai.


Bombay HC confirms death for convict in Andhra techie's rape-murder


Vedanta Ltd has applied to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) for permission to reopen its copper smelter plant, known as Sterlite Copper, in Tuticorin following a favourable decision from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a senior official said here on Thursday.


Vedanta seeks TNPCB permission to reopen copper smelter plant


US Senator Jeff Merkley has introduced a Senate bill aiming to stop the Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers from euthanising kittens used in their work.

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