Mother tells judge that Las Vegas man laughed while wounding her, killing baby with battle ax

Mother testifies at hearing in Nev. ax attack case

Vegas judge hears emotional testimony in alleged ax attack that left baby dead, mother wounded

Judge hears testimony in Vegas ax attack case

Gilbert Arenas settles in for 30 days at Maryland work-release center after 2 days in jail

Gilbert Arenas transferred to Md. halfway house

Milan judge: Google’s profit motive helped make employees guilty of violating teen’s privacy

Italian judge says profit behind Google verdict

Rajiv’s assassin Nalini moves court for early release

CHENNAI - Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence for assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Monday moved the Madras High Court against a Tamil Nadu government decision to reject her appeal for early release.

Court orders desealing of Tata telephone towers

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday directed Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to deseal 35 Tata Teleservices telephone towers in the national capital.

Ganguly asked to pay Rs.43.75 lakh for plot

KOLKATA - The Calcutta High Court Monday told former Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly to pay Rs.43.75 lakh for the land allotted to him by the West Bengal government to set up a school.

Court query on mentally challenged orphans

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Monday issued notice to the union human resource development ministry asking it to spell out steps it had taken to safeguard the fundamental rights of mentally challenged orphans.

Government seeks two weeks to settle Lafarge mine issue

NEW DELHI - The central government Monday sought two weeks from the Supreme Court to decide if the French firm Lafarge should be given a forest clearance certificate to resume limestone mining in Meghalaya, halted by the apex court Feb 5.

Government gets 3 weeks to explain why no OBC census

NEW DELHI - The central government Monday assured the Supreme Court it would respond within three weeks to a public interest lawsuit that seeks a separate headcount of people belonging to backward classes.

Five American terror suspects facing trial in Pak ’set up’ by police, say lawyers

SARGODHA - Lawyers for five American men facing trial in Pakistan on terrorism charges claim that they can show that the police had fabricated evidence.

‘Political appointments have jeopardized RTI in Uttar Pradesh’

LUCKNOW - Politicisation of appointments in the State Information Commission have jeopardized the enforcement of Right to Information (RTI) Act in Uttar Pradesh, activists said here Monday.

Khaleda Zia’s lawyers threaten judges

DHAKA - Dhaka High Court judges threatened to call the police after former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s lawyers shouted slogans in a courtroom and threatened them, calling them “agents” of the government, media reports said Monday.

Court slams back-door entry into Uttar Pradesh upper house

LUCKNOW - The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for an apparent attempt to circumvent the constitution while arranging a “back-door entry” for nine upper house members nominated in 2003.

End strike, demands will be studied: Kashmir employees told

SRINAGAR - The demands of striking Jammu and Kashmir government employees will be considered if they end their strike, a senior minister said, as the strike entered the ninth day Monday.

Supreme Court extends stay on Reddy brothers mining operations

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Monday extended the stay on the Reddy brothers mining operations in Andhra Pradesh.

French singer sues TV bosses over Carla Bruni affair rumours

LONDON - French pop star Benjamin Biolay has filed a lawsuit against TV bosses for spreading rumours that he was romantically involved with France’s First Lady Carla Bruni.ast month, the model-cum-singer hit headlines as gossip spread over allegations that both she and husband President Nicolas Sarkozy had been involved in extra-marital affairs.

Dr. Death’s patient ‘too frail for surgery’

MELBOURNE - Brisbane’s Supreme Court has been told that Indian origin doctor Jayant a.k.a. Dr. Death should not have operated on a patient who was frail and suffering a number of illnesses.

Supreme Court to hear police appeal in BMW hit-and-run case

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court will hear an appeal filed by the city police challenging the lenient punishment imposed by the Delhi High Court to Sanjeev Nanda, found guilty in the BMW hit-and-run case.