Apologise to Sikhs for Komagata Maru tragedy: Canadian petition

TORONTO - A petition was introduced in the Canadian parliament Tuesday seeking a formal apology from the government for the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 in which 376 Indians were not allowed to enter the country and sent back.

Boy Scouts fined $1.4 mn in sex abuse case

SAN FRANCISCO - A jury in Portland, Oregon slapped the Boy Scouts with $1.4 million in damages Tuesday after finding that the organisation was reckless when it failed to oust an assistant scoutmaster who molested one of his charges in the 1980s.

Appeals court to hear lawsuit filed by fan over Patriots’ secret taping of Jets coaches

Court to hear fan lawsuit over Patriots’ filming

Summary Box: Tribune judge rejects filing of alternative plan, hints at need for examiner

Summary Box: Tribune judge nixes alternative plan

Correction: Egg Price-Fixing Story

Correction: Egg Price-Fixing Story

FRESNO, Calif. — In an April 13 story about a lawsuit alleging price fixing in the egg industry, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Eggland’s Best was being sued; instead it is two of the company’s egg providers that are named.

Indiana man sues IRS, saying wife killed herself 3 days after agents raided their home

Wrongful death suit says suicide followed IRS raid

Jack Tweed pestered rape victim for threesome

LONDON - A court heard that “Celebrity Big Brother” star Jade Goody’s widower had pestered the girl, he has been accused of raping, for a threesome just a few months after Goody’s death from cancer.

Female lawyers not buying defense of ’socially inept’ judge who kept asking them for dates

Women wary of ’socially inept’ Pa. judge’s defense

Lawsuit claims toxins caused deaths, cancers at housing complex once owned by LA County

Suit blames deaths on housing site in LA County

Sue yourself? Conn. secretary of the state does to seek high-profile attorney general job

Sue yourself? Conn. official does to get on ballot

No justification for Kashmir employees’ strike: court

SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Tuesday ruled that there was no legal or moral justification for the government employees to go on strike and told the state government to take appropriate action against the striking employees if they disrupted essential supplies here.

India-Pakistan 1963 talks: CIC to see if files stay secret

NEW DELHI - The Central Information Commission (CIC) will “revisit” the material regarding talks between foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in 1963 to decide if it can be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Delhi High Court sets aside BJP councillor’s election

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday set aside the election of Bharatiya Janata Party municipal councillor Satish Kumar from Majnu Ka Tila seat and ordered the Election Commission to hold fresh poll to the seat.

Apex court moved for CBI probe into Tharoor-IPL row

NEW DELHI - The Indian Premier League (IPL) row involving Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor reached the Supreme Court Tuesday with an advocate seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into his role in purchase of Kochi’s IPL franchise by a consortium.

Divisions among Khap leaders, another meeting called May 23 (Second Lead)

KURUKSHETRA - Within hours of one section of leaders of the “Khap mahapanchayat” (grand caste council) of Haryana Tuesday announcing that they would defend the six people convicted of honour killing of a young couple, divisions within the ranks of khap leaders have emerged.

Khap leaders vow to defend honour killing convicts

KURUKSHETRA - Defiant leaders of various ‘khap panchayats’ or caste councils Tuesday decided to support six people convicted by a Haryana court for an honour killing and sought an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act saying marriages within the same ‘gotra’ or sub-caste should be banned.

Sentencing in Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case on April 17

NEW DELHI - A city court Tuesday decided to announce on April 17 the punishment against six convicts in the 2006 Lajpat Nagar market bomb blast case after the prosecution sought death penalty for four of them held guilty for murder.

Khap mahapanchyat protests verdict in Haryana honour killing

KURUKSHETRA - The apex body of ‘khaps’ or traditional caste councils in Haryana and adjoining states Tuesday decided to extend its support to six people convicted in an honour killing case last month.

First witness set to testify in genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic

First witness to testify in Karadzic trial