Paharis and Gujjars fight over rights

JAMMU - In Jammu and Kashmir a war of words is going on between Paharis, who are demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, and Gujjars, who have the status since April 1991 but don’t want the Paharis to get it.

Leach attorneys to argue to speed up evidence gathering, Tech attorneys to argue for dismissal

Hearing Wednesday in Leach suit against school

Weight Watchers files lawsuit against Jenny Craig, saying its ads mislead consumers

Weight Watchers sues Jenny Craig over ads

NEW YORK — Weight Watchers International is suing rival weight-loss company Jenny Craig over ads it says are misleading and deceptive.

Estranged wife to enjoy status of husband, says court

NEW DELHI - An estranged wife’s maintenance will be decided on the basis of her matrimonial home’s and not her parental home’s status, a city court ruled Tuesday.

Don’t beautify at cost of poor, court tells Delhi

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday slammed the state government for “spending blindly” on the beautification drive with an eye to the Commonwealth Games in October this year, while forgetting about the city’s homeless.

Give documents to riots probe panel, apex court tells Gujarat

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered the Gujarat government to provide various official documents to a special probe panel to facilitate its ongoing probe into cases of mass-murder during the statewide communal riots following the Godhra train carnage Feb 27, 2002.

Sharm-el-Sheikh statement: MEA to decide step on CIC order

NEW DELHI - The Ministry of External Affairs will decide on action on the Central Information Commission’s order to disclose the file notings related to the Sharm-el-Sheikh India-Pakistan joint statement after examining the judgment.

High Court stays lower court warrant against Satyam’s Raju

MUMBAI - The Bombay High Court on Tuesday put a stay on the on the production warrant against B Ramalinga Raju, former Chairman of Satyam Computer and asked a local court to speed up the hearing on his application for transfer of a cheating case to Hyderabad.

Parents of Punjab youths lost abroad want PM to intervene

CHANDIGARH - Parents of 37 Punjabi youths who went missing en route to Spain from India in 2004 Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to secure the release of their children.

Sobibor survivor in Demjanjuk trial testimony: “every second we were threatened with death”

Sobibor survivor testifies at Demjanjuk trial

PM urged to ensure clean chief justice for Kerala

KOCHI - A retired Supreme Court judge and former Kerala minister Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that no tainted person becomes the next chief justice of the state high court.

Pak FIA in trouble for ‘double standards’ over Lollywood starlet Meera

KARACHI - Letting controversial actress Meera escape the hands of law has landed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in trouble, as a petition has been filed in the Sindh High Court questioning its decision to free the starlet despite recovering two passports from her.

Pakistan government seeks ban on A.Q. Khan’s free movement

LAHORE - The Pakistani government Tuesday sought a ban on the free movement of Abdul Qadeer Khan, who mentored the country’s nuclear programme and was then accused of proliferating nuclear secrets abroad.

Tribals clash with police in Orissa’s Kalinga Nagar

BHUBANESWAR - Hundreds of tribal villagers opposing the construction of a road clashed with police near an industrial area in Orissa’s Jajpur district Tuesday, said an official.

Protect Pakistani president’s office from prosecution: Petition

LAHORE - With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari facing the prospect of being jailed after the corruption cases against him are reopened, a petition has been filed in the Lahore registry of the Supreme Court seeking constitutional indemnity from prosecution for his office.