Feds estimate the number of illegal immigrants in US dropped 7 percent in January 2009

DHS: The number of illegal immigrants in US fell

Bolivian candidate makes adobe bricks as part of community sentence for drunk driving

Bolivian candidate sentenced to make adobe bricks

Detained Americans’ lawyer: Haiti parents tell judge they willingly handed over children

Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans

Mich. man who had more than 100 live dogs, 100 dead dogs in freezers gets 5 years of probation

Michigan man with 100 dogs gets 5 years probation

Lil Wayne’s sentencing postponed in NYC gun-possession case; lawyer says needs dental surgery

Rapper Lil Wayne sentencing postponed

NEW YORK — Rap star Lil Wayne has gotten a temporary reprieve from jail — for dental surgery.

Man charged in Newark airport security breach pleads not guilty to trespassing misdemeanor

Newark airport breach suspect pleads not guilty

Perez Hilton, Black Eyed Peas manager settle civil lawsuit over punch; judge dismisses case

Perez Hilton, Black Eyed Peas manager settle suit

Apex court clears government way to acquire south Delhi land

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has paved the way for acquisition of over 50,000 bigha south Delhi land for planned development of the national capital by the Union government.

‘Ghosts’ in Punjab posing big threat to Canadian immigration

TORONTO - Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab.

Pakistani court orders A.Q. Khan’s medical examination

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Tuesday ordered the government to allow disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, whose movements have been restricted, to meet his relatives and friends and to get him medically examined.

Andhra to move apex court in Muslim quota case

HYDERABAD - A day after Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed four percent reservations for Muslims, the state government Tuesday decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.

Court permits minor maintenance at Mayawati’s ‘dream projects’

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to take up some minor maintenance work at the memorial sites to various Dalit leaders in Lucknow, where all further construction and masonry work had been halted by the court last September.

Batla House shootout: Petitioner seeks copy of post-mortem report

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday admitted an appeal demanding the copy of the post-mortem report of the three people killed in the Batla House shootout.

Seema Azad branded Maoist for exposing police, says PUCL

LUCKNOW - Members of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) alleged Tuesday their organising secretary Seema Azad has been falsely branded as a Maoist because of “her campaigns exposing the police misdeeds, particularly their connivance with illegal miners”.

Lahore High Court says only govt entitled to take action in Aafia case

LAHORE - : The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Foreign Ministry to consult the Law Ministry and take necessary action for safe and early release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was recently indicted by a US court on terrorism charges.

Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on Mayawati’s memorials

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to rescind the ban on the construction of Dalit memorial parks and statues in Lucknow, delivering a major setback to the Mayawati Government.

Vedanta mining poses health hazard in Orissa: Amnesty

NEW DELHI - The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa although it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said.

Andhra Muslims demand constitutional amendment for quota

HYDERABAD - Many Muslim groups in Andhra Pradesh staged protests Tuesday, mounting pressure on the state government to press for a constitutional amendment in higher education and jobs, a day after the high court struck down reservations for the community a third time.

Paternity suit: N.D. Tiwari gets more time to reply

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday gave a week’s time to veteran politician and former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari on a paternity suit filed by a youth claiming to be his biological son.

Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun possession case, could get a year in jail

Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun case

Malaysian court settles issue of chief minister’s position

KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Federal Court Tuesday ruled on the constitutional position of a state chief minister in the event of loss of majority in the legislature and change of government. The apex court said that if a chief minister refused to resign, his office is deemed to have been vacated.

Centre ignoring mining hazards in Orissa, says Amnesty report

NEW DELHI - The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa though it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said.