Nevada officials joins suit against federal heath reform

Iowa court orders man’s siblings to exhume his body so head can be cut off and frozen

Iowa court: Exhume body so head can be frozen

Insurance firms told not to blacklist hospitals arbitrarily

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Friday directed insurance companies that they cannot blacklist any hospital and refuse passing mediclaims without giving them the opportunity of being heard.

Apex court SIT submits report on Gulbarg Society massacre

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigating Team (SIT) Friday submitted to the apex court registry its report on the Gulbarg Society massacre in which 69 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri, were killed during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots.

Companies using government funds under RTI: Court

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday ruled that even those companies in which the government has a minority stake can be brought under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Apex court rejects former MP’s bail plea in murder case

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the bail plea of criminal-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, a former Lok Sabha member serving life sentence for murdering a Bihar district magistrate in 1994.

Court asks legal authority lawyers to inspect creches

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday asked its legal services committee to make surprise visits to anganwadis (creches), run by the social welfare department, which were reportedly in bad shape.

Supreme Court rejects plea on Prabhakaran’s mother

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday rejected a plea seeking direction to the central government to fly the ailing 86-year-old mother of the slain Tamil Tigers chief to Chennai for medical treatment.

Migrant boom led to 3 mn rise in British population

LONDON - Britain saw a rise of over three million people, a majority of them immigrants, during the 13 years of the Labour party regime, a development that led new Prime Minister David Cameron to promise a cap on non-EU immigration.

Medha Patkar opposes slum demolition

MUMBAI - Social activist Medha Patkar Friday tried to stop the razing of hutments at Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar here, demanding that the slum dwellers be first provided alternative accommodation.

Dipak Misra appointed new Delhi High Court Chief Justice

NEW DELHI - Justice Dipak Misra was on Friday appointed as the new Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.

NCW unhappy with Colors on female foeticide serial

NEW DELHI - The National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday said it was unhappy with Colors channel’s reply to its notice over portraying women in a poor light in the serial “Na Aana Is Des Laado”.

Former Delhi High Court Judge questions eviction of beggars for CWG

NEW DELHI - Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice A. P Shah has criticized the State Government for evicting beggars and other ‘have-nots’ from Delhi.

Judge praises women for running `model’ brothel

LONDON - A British judge has praised two women who ran a brothel, saying it was a “model” for how such a business should be run if it was ever legalised.

Houston teacher sued in beating of 13-year-old student caught on classmate’s cell phone video

Teacher sued Texas student’s videotaped beating

Russia to have new law to ensure foreigners’ hospitality

MOscow, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In order to ensure all basic facilities for foreign visitors in the country, Russia will bring a new law under which the hosts can be punished if they fail to take proper care of their guests from abroad.