The Supreme Court on Friday slammed the Centre for sitting over the recommendations of the top court collegium for the appointment of judges to various High Courts, terming the move as amounting to paralysing and locking out the judiciary....
Three civilians were injured as Pakistani forces resorted to heavy firing in at least two places on border areas in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. The cross-border firing occurred at the Hiranagar sector on the International Border and Naushera on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu division. The civilian...
The US has said that India and Pakistan need to solve issues among themselves following heightened tensions over the expelling of diplomats. "We've seen the reports of these decisions. These are sovereign decisions that nation-states make, and these are issues that we're going to leave to India and Pakistan to work out," US State Department spo...
A former Indian student of a US public research university, whose gay roommate killed himself in 2010 after being captured in a sexual act on webcam, has pleaded guilty to attempted invasion of privacy. The 24-year-old Dharun Ravi's plea on Thursday, came after an appeals court in September threw out a 15-count conviction against him in t...
India on Friday condemned Pakistan's move of declaring persona non grata an officer posted in its high commission in Islamabad. "Government notes with regret the government of Pakistan's decision to declare Surjeet Singh, Assistant Personnel and Welfare Officer in the High Commission of India in Islamabad, persona non grata and expel...
The Pakistani Army on Friday resorted to heavy shelling and firing at Indian positions in Naushera sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. "Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation using 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, automatics and small arms to target our positions on the LoC in Naushera today (Friday...
Authorities on Friday imposed curfew in some parts of Srinagar city to prevent post-prayer protests. The police said curfew has been imposed in old city Nowhatta area while restrictions would remain in force in other parts to maintain law and order. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of moderate Hurriyat group has announced that he would ...
A plane carrying Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport Thursday night during landing, CNN said. There were no reported injuries....
Today, an indictment was unsealed charging a total of 61 individuals and entities for their alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization that has victimized tens of thousands of persons in the United States through fraudulent schemes that have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. In connection with the sc...
Three people were killed in an overnight apartment fire, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office confirmed Tuesday morning....
