17 suspected illegal immigrants nabbed in search for suspected smugglers who shot Ariz. deputy

17 caught in search for Ariz. deputy’s attackers

Jury can’t reach verdict in trial of man accused in Ohio bar shootout, retrial planned

Hung jury for man accused in Ohio bar shootout

Thousands assemble for May Day rally in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of people were assembling in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday for a May Day rally intended to press for the liberalisation of immigration laws.

Jury deadlocks in trial of neighbor accused of killing Arkansas beauty queen

Jury deadlocks in trial over beauty queen’s death

Ex-Saints employee sues team, says club covered up Vicodin theft by senior staff

Lawsuit says Saints covered up stolen Vicodin

35 NGOs come together to push for women’s bill

NEW DELHI - Thirty-five civil society organisations will get together next week to formulate an action plan to push for the women’s reservation bill that was passed by the Rajya Sabha but is yet to be taken up by the Lok Sabha.

Insurance cover for Chhattisgarh workers

RAIPUR - On the occasion of International Labour Day, the Chhattisgarh government Saturday announced a Rs.10 lakh accident insurance scheme for the state’s more than three lakh industrial workers.

Court jails Punjab official for graft

CHANDIGARH - A court here Saturday sentenced former Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Bikramjit Singh to rigorous imprisonment of two-and-a-half years for possessing assets in excess of his known sources of income.

PM slams legal education in India

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday slammed the country’s legal education system, describing it as “a sea of institutionalised mediocrity”.