COPENHAGEN - A Danish court Monday rejected a request by the country's justice ministry to extradite a Danish national to India, where he is wanted in connection with a 1995 arms drop.

NEW DELHI - The government Monday assured street vendors that it will soon frame laws to regulate hawking rights in five states including Delhi.

NEW DELHI - Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, 96, is a crusader and his voice can be heard when freedom is in danger, justice is in jeopardy or probity in public life is in peril, said union Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy.

GANDHINAGAR - Advocate groups have opposed the Gujarat High Court's decision to make lower courts work on all Saturdays in a month from the new year to counter the mounting backlog of cases.

NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said no action according to law could be taken against author-activist Arundhati Roy for her alleged seditious speech on Kashmir last month.