The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought the media's help in highlighting rights violations in India. "NHRC wants the media to help it improve the situation of human rights in the country. The media should highlight the issue of human rights violations in the country," NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan ...

The Supreme Court Friday banned the use of black films of any visible light transmission (VLT) percentage or any other material on the front and rear screens and windows of all vehicles throughout the country. The ban would be enforceable from May 4. We have no hesitation in holding that use ...

Former Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss was on Friday chargesheeted by CBI in a Delhi court for allegedly abusing his official position in allowing a Indore-based medical college to go ahead with admissions without having sufficient faculty and clinical material. The 36-page charge sheet named the PMK leader and nine others ...

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the setting up of a five-member committee to recommend guidelines for verification of those applying for prepaid mobile connections. A bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice AK Ganguly and Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its order, said the committee should be headed by the ...

The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition by the farmers of Noida's Visrak and Patwari villages seeking restoration of their lands acquired by the Noida authority. The notice has also been issued to Noida authority. A bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice H.L. Gokhale ...

Industrialist Madhu Koneru, an accused in the Emaar APIIC township case, appeared Friday before the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, which granted him bail. The Dubai-based industrialist was given bail on furnishing a bond for Rs.25,000 with two sureties for the like amount. The court asked him to appear ...

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court and taken into custody for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in a 10-year-old graft case. He was convicted by Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora. Laxman was taken into juidicial custody and arguments on sentencing ...

In a setback for Congress veteran N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court ruled Friday that the leader will have to provide his blood sample for DNA test in a paternity suit. One Rohit Shekhar has taken Tiwari to court, claiming the octogenarian is his biological father. Tiwari, who has been extremely ...

A court here Thursday issued summoned Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan to appear before it May 26 in connection with a complaint against him for publicly smoking at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, a lawyer said. The Bollywood star had allegedly smoked while watching the ...

A court here will Friday pronounce its verdict in a 10-year-old graft case against former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman for allegedly accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer. Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora had April 2 reserved his order in the case. The corruption charges were framed against Laxman ...