AHMEDABAD - Supreme Court's Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan has stressed the need for running courts in two extra shifts in addition to the normal court hours to reduce backlog of cases.

AGRA - Acting on the Allahabad High Court's direction, the Agra Development Authority has told 16 banquet halls in Vijay Nagar neighbourhood in Uttar Pradesh's Taj city to down their shutters, forcing many party hosts to look for alternative venues.

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI - Ruling out any involvement of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, his spokesperson has said the allegation was "ridiculous".

NEW DELHI - Colonial era spellings of names of cities like “Jullender” and “Simla” were never changed to Jalandhar and Shimla, the union home ministry has revealed in reply to a query put under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

NEW DELHI - Chief Justice of India-designate Justice S.H. Kapadia Sunday said that it was incumbent upon judges and lawyers to learn commercial laws to survive and compete in the existing global environment.