Remove encroachments from Delhi without notice: Court

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has asked the municipal corporation to remove all encroachments from public land in the capital, without giving any prior notice.

Talking with the Dalai Lama: How serious is China? (Comment)

It is hard to tell whether their accuracy is lost in the translation or not but it is always amusing to read the way China frames its public pronouncements on Tibet in general and the Dalai Lama in particular.

Indiana court to determine whether genetic mom or birth mom is legal mother of test tube baby

Ind. court to decide legal mom of test tube baby

Eroding Alaska village appeals dismissal of lawsuit saying oil, power, coal companies to blame

Eroding Alaska village appeals lawsuit’s dismissal

Brittany Murphy’s widower to sue Warner Bros over her death

WASHINGTON - Simon Monjack, husband of late actress Brittany Murphy, is planning to file a lawsuit against Warner Bros in connection with his wife’s fatal heart attack Dec 20, according to media reports.

Fonseka plans to seek Australian asylum after defeat

COLOMBO - Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka is considering seeking temporary asylum in Australia after his election defeat this week in presidential polls, a media report said Friday.

Son of Las Vegas shooter captured in Tenn. after alleged threats against Memphis fed building

Son of Las Vegas gunman arrested in Tenn.

WASHINGTON — The son of a man killed when he opened fire at a Las Vegas courthouse has been taken into custody in Tennessee after threatening to blow up the federal building in Memphis, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday.

Iran hangs two protesters, sentences nine to death

TEHRAN - Two opposition protesters were hanged in Iran Thursday and nine more were sentenced to death, the ISNA news agency reported.

White men cleared in alleged dragging death of black man sue Texas investigators, prosecutor

Ex-suspects in alleged dragging death file lawsuit

Orissa Tribals protest others usurping their jobs, benefits

BHUBANESWAR - Thousands of tribals Thursday staged a demonstration in Orissa’s Bolangir town demanding action against people usurping government jobs and benefits meant for tribal people by submitting fake caste certificates.

Gujarat’s top cop wants apex court remark against her deleted

NEW DELHI - Gujarat Police’s Inspector General Geetha Johri has moved the Supreme Court for deletion of some of the court’s critical remarks against her during her probe into Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing case.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair faces tough questions on Iraq war justifications

Lawsuit: Inch-long drill bit left in Tampa woman’s sinus for 11 months after dental surgery

Suit: Dentist left drill bit in Fla. woman’s head

Court comes to the rescue of newborn

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday came to the rescue of an infant who could not be treated in a Haryana government hospital as her family did not have a ration card. The court has directed the Delhi government to immediately bring the baby to the national capital for free treatment.

India’s growth not inclusive enough to tackle poverty: UN

NEW DELHI - India’s high growth has helped upgrade the living standards of its people, but is not sufficiently broadbased to reduce poverty in absolute levels, says a report of a UN agency released Thursday.

Court advises lawyers not to become ‘adjournment experts’

NEW DELHI - Taking strong exception to the fact that lawyers have started becoming “adjournment experts” these days, the Delhi High Court Thursday warned the lawyers not to adopt such tactics to drag cases.

Apex court rues red-tapism in granting freedom fighters’ pensions

NEW DELHI - A day after India celebrated its 61st Republic Day, the Supreme Court rued the governments reluctance and red-tapism in granting pension to confirmed freedom fighters.

French court acquits former French PM in slander trial over alleged role in Sarkozy smears

Court acquits former French PM in slander trial

Human rights body to visit Jammu and Kashmir jails

JAMMU - For the first time since its inception in 1998, the State Human Rights Commission will send teams to all jails in Jammu and Kashmir to assess the conditions in which around 3,500 prisoners are living.