NEW YORK - Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates have asked Chinese President Hu Jintao to release Liu Xiaobo, 2010 winner of the prize, and to free his wife, Liu Xia, from house arrest, the Freedom Now movement said Monday.

BEIJING - The privacy of over 60,000 company bosses in China's Shanghai city is in peril after their personal details were displayed on a website.

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday adjourned till Nov 9 the hearing on a petition by actor-turned-politician Jayaprada and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh challenging the provisions of the anti-defection law.

NEW DELHI - Emaar-MGF, the private firm which developed the Commonwealth Games Village, Monday moved the Delhi High Court against the central government's direction to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to confiscate the company's Rs.183 crore bank guarantee.

NEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday issued notices to the Delhi government and police on the death of a labourer while he was cleaning a sewer without the necessary safety kit.