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NEWARK, N.J. - A Rutgers University graduate student accused of triggering worldwide flight delays has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport.
LOS ANGELES - A judge is dismissing a civil lawsuit filed against a Black Eyed Peas manager who punched blogger Perez Hilton in a nightclub last year.
TORONTO - Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab.
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Tuesday ordered the government to allow disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, whose movements have been restricted, to meet his relatives and friends and to get him medically examined.
HYDERABAD - A day after Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed four percent reservations for Muslims, the state government Tuesday decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to take up some minor maintenance work at the memorial sites to various Dalit leaders in Lucknow, where all further construction and masonry work had been halted by the court last September.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday admitted an appeal demanding the copy of the post-mortem report of the three people killed in the Batla House shootout.
LUCKNOW - Members of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) alleged Tuesday their organising secretary Seema Azad has been falsely branded as a Maoist because of "her campaigns exposing the police misdeeds, particularly their connivance with illegal miners".
LAHORE - : The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Foreign Ministry to consult the Law Ministry and take necessary action for safe and early release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was recently indicted by a US court on terrorism charges.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to rescind the ban on the construction of Dalit memorial parks and statues in Lucknow, delivering a major setback to the Mayawati Government.
NEW DELHI - The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa although it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said.
HYDERABAD - Many Muslim groups in Andhra Pradesh staged protests Tuesday, mounting pressure on the state government to press for a constitutional amendment in higher education and jobs, a day after the high court struck down reservations for the community a third time.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday gave a week's time to veteran politician and former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D.
NEW YORK - Rap star Lil Wayne is poised to spend as much as the next year in a New York City jail cell instead of a spotlight.
KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Federal Court Tuesday ruled on the constitutional position of a state chief minister in the event of loss of majority in the legislature and change of government.
NEW DELHI - The Indian government is not providing adequate information about the hazards caused by an aluminium refinery of British mining major Vedanta in Orissa though it poses a serious threat to the health of the local communities, an Amnesty International report released here Tuesday said.
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray has been charged with "unlawfully, and without malice", killing the pop star last summer.
LOS ANGELES - Eight months after Michael Jackson died from a drug overdose, his personal doctor Conrad Murray was charged with his death.
TORONTO - Calling the arrest of former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka "the murder of dissent'' by Colombo, Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada have sought immediate international trial of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for war crimes.
LONDON - Human rights activists across the world have leapt to the defence of Indian gender campaigner Gita Sahgal after Amnesty International sacked her for criticising it publicly over its involvement with a former Guantanamo Bay inmate.
TEHRAN - Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been given a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opposition websites reported Monday.
LONDON - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported the celebrity couple was going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday.
CLEVELAND - The attorney for a federal drug agent acquitted of framing 17 suspects in a 2005 sting in Ohio says the agent hopes to return to regular duty soon.
MANAMA, Bahrain - After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain's security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confessions from detainees, including many Shiite protesters, said a report released Monday by an international human rights group.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday gave a 10-day breather to Blueline bus operators who were issued a notice by the state government to phase out the bus service.
NEW DELHI - A city court Monday issued notice to Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar asking her why she should not be proceeded against for perjury for allegedly filing a fake medical certificate to seek exemption from personal appearance in two criminal defamation cases.
KOLKATA - West Bengal's Left Front government Monday said it would reserve 10 percent of government jobs to economically, socially and educationally backward Muslims by including them in the OBC (Other Backward Class) category.
JERUSALEM - A pro-Palestinian organization says Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the release of two of its activists who were arrested in a West Bank raid.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday upheld Election Commissioner S.Y.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday appointed special prosecutors for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases and asked the trial court to wrap them up in six months.
LONDON - Members of a tribe in Orissa who have been battling against a multinational mining company now want the director of the Hollywood blockbuster 'Avatar' to join their high-profile campaign.
NEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Kerala government following a complaint by a businessman that he and his associates were illegally detained at the behest of NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, being awarded the Padma Bhushan this year.
LONDON - Britain's first Asian judge, who is due to be knighted by the Queen, Monday defended his right to wear the Kirpan and warned schools they could be guilty of discrimination if they ban Sikh pupils from wearing the ceremonial dagger.
ASPEN, Colo. - Charlie Sheen is facing arraignment Monday in connection with his Christmas Day arrest on domestic violence allegations involving his wife.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the trial court to conduct the hearing of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case within six months, and informed that a special team has been formed to look after the case.
KOLKATA - West Bengal's Left Front government Monday decided to adopt the Ranganath Mishra Commission's recommendations for the betterment of economically, socially and educationally backward minority Muslims in the state.
CHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday agreed to hold in-camera proceedings in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that involves former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore.
PATNA - Angry unemployed residents of a village in Bihar's Vaishali district burnt their job cards provided under the central government's flagship employment programme to protest the failure of authorities to give them work.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial was sidetracked after his lawyers demanded that High Court judge Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah recuse himself from the case.
CHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Monday hear the bail plea of former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore against the six-months sentence and conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A law that took effect last month that allows the early release of inmates at state prisons and county jails is sowing confusion throughout California.
SAN FRANCISCO - Tim Lincecum is prepared to hear some harsh criticism in an arbitration hearing with the San Francisco Giants - perhaps even delving into his offseason pot bust.
NEW YORK - Bernard Madoff's brother, sons and a niece, accused in a lawsuit of using the family finance business like a "piggy bank," have agreed to an asset freeze.
STOCKTON, Calif. - A California plastic surgeon accused of molesting dozens of patients will pay $1.8 million in restitution to the alleged victims as part of a settlement of the civil case.
RIO DE JANEIRO - She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays.
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is suggesting the Supreme Court dismiss a case that tests whether a federal judge can order Guantanamo Bay detainees released in the United States.
WASHINGTON - A subsidiary of a British company has pleaded guilty in the illegal export of Boeing 747 aircraft to Iran.
MIAMI - Former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin is being sued by a woman claiming he sexually assaulted her more than two years ago at a Florida hotel.
PITTSBORO, N.C. - A judge declared Friday that a former aide to John Edwards was in contempt of court, demanding that he turn over a "personal" videotape being sought by Edwards' former mistress.
NEW YORK - Thank Bernie Madoff.
NEW YORK - The U.S.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina man was distraught over drawn-out divorce proceedings and a recent order to sell a home he co-owned with his ex-wife when he killed the woman's attorney and then himself, authorities said Thursday.
KENT, Wash. - A judge has ruled that the state of Washington is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to fully pay for basic public education.
BOSTON - President Barack Obama's African aunt has testified at a hearing in U.S.
MOHAWK, N.Y. - The bullying by classmates and taunts of "homo" only got worse after Jacob began dyeing his hair and wearing eyeliner in eighth grade.
BOSTON - President Barack Obama's African aunt showed up in a wheelchair Thursday, a cane across her lap, for a hearing in U.S.
BOSTON - President Barack Obama's African aunt is going before a Massachusetts immigration judge for a second time to argue she should be allowed to stay in the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban is attracting nationwide attention in the form of "friend of the court" briefs.
LAS VEGAS - A judge in Las Vegas has found Michael Jackson's former doctor in default on a nearly $132,000 debt related to office medical equipment and services.
LOS ANGELES - A judge has granted approval to a deal that will give two men administering Michael Jackson's estate 10 percent of its profits, minus some sizable assets.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the conviction and life sentence of prime accused Rahul in the 2005 'Khooni Darwaza' rape case.
HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday striked down the four percent quota for Muslims calling it unsustainable.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the bail application of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer M N Dinesh, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Thursday granted more time to Union Environment and Forest Ministry to file affidavit on Narmada canal project in Madhya Pradesh.
NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court on Wednesday appointed a four-member committee to probe the alleged violations of labour laws at Commonwealth Games project sites.
NEW DELHI - The Home Ministry on Wednesday announced the formation of a five-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna to look into the process for the formation of a separate Telangana state.
RAWALPINDI - Stating that it was yet to receive the complete documents, an anti-corruption court here Tuesday again put off a hearing on Interior Minister Rehman Malik's plea for exemption from personal appearance in two cases against him.
KARACHI - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Friday signed into law a women's protection bill that provides for three years imprisonment or a fine of Rs.500,000 or both for sexual harassment at the workplace.
NEW DELHI - Appreciating the initiatives taken by the Delhi Government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked all the states of the country to execute the night shelter schemes for the destitute and homeless people.
PANCHKULA - The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday granted interim bail to accused former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore for the first two FIRS registered against him in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case and asked the CBI to give four days notice to Rathore if he is to be arrested.
PANCHKULA - The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Monday hear two anticipatory bail applications and a petition demanding cancellation of abetment to suicide charges against former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore in connection with the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
ISLAMABAD - Delays in the justice delivery system trigger lawlessness, Pakistan's chief justice said Saturday, noting that civilised society cannot survive without the rule of law.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Friday directed the government to ensure implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
HYDERABAD - The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), on Friday approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court to get permission to hold a students rally to press for the creation of separate Telangana state.
MANGALORE - The Union Government's recent submission before the Supreme Court to derecognise 44 Deemed to be Universities reminds me of the famous quote of Wolfgang Pauli, a great scientist, while describing an article written by a colleague-"It is not right, it's not even wrong".
MUMBAI - The Bombay High Court on Tuesday put a stay on the on the production warrant against B Ramalinga Raju, former Chairman of Satyam Computer and asked a local court to speed up the hearing on his application for transfer of a cheating case to Hyderabad.
LAHORE - The Pakistani government Tuesday sought a ban on the free movement of Abdul Qadeer Khan, who mentored the country's nuclear programme and was then accused of proliferating nuclear secrets abroad.
LAHORE - With Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari facing the prospect of being jailed after the corruption cases against him are reopened, a petition has been filed in the Lahore registry of the Supreme Court seeking constitutional indemnity from prosecution for his office.
NEW DELHI - The Central Information Commission has asked the external affairs ministry for the files on the India-Pakistan joint statement, issued after the meeting at Sharm-al-Sheikh.
PANCHKULA - The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Monday hear two anticipatory bail applications and a petition demanding cancellation of abetment to suicide charges against former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore in connection with the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
