Новости за 23.07.2015

The Gujarat government on Thursday upgraded the security of former judge Jyotsna Yagnik, who presided over Naroda-Patiya riot case trial, from 'Y' to 'Z' category.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday called for an end to political squabbling after a high-level judicial commission validated the 2013 polls that had won by his Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N).

Over a dozen Youth Congress workers sustained minor injuries after police used force to stop them from marching towards Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence here over the Vyapam scam.

A Keralite, who is presently in the Gulf, has landed in trouble after he inadvertently applied for an Aadhaar ID card for his pet - a Persian cat to be taken to that country.

CBI on Thursday registered an FIR against the then Controller of Examination, Vyapam, besides 37 others in connection with alleged illegalities committed in the Madhya Pradesh Junior Food Supplies Officer and Inspector, Weights and Measurements recruitment examination, 2012.

A black flag was hurled at the open jeep in which Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was travelling for a function here this evening, sending police into a tizzy.

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday absolved Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party of rigging the 2013 general election, in a major relief for the premier who said the probe findings "closed forever the door of allegations and accusations".

The CBI on Thursday registered a fresh FIR and two preliminary inquiries in connection with its ongoing probe into the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone of 2,000 km Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipeline on July 25 in Patna, which will provide feedstock for Barouni fertiliser plant in Bihar.

A 32-year-old van driver and his helper were arrested here for allegedly molesting two four-year-old girls whom they used to ferry from their homes to school and back, Delhi Police said on Thursday.

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at the NDA regime for being "anti-people" and vowed his party would rise again under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.

Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly challenged critics of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday, calling it "fantasy, plain and simple," to think the United States failed to hold out for a better deal at the bargaining table.

Tunisia's parliament approved on Thursday imposition of the death penalty for "terrorist" crimes, espite opposition from rights groups and a de facto quarter-century moratorium on executions.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday parried questions whether he was the senior Congress leader who was claimed to have "pressed hard" External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for diplomatic passport to coal scam accused and former Minister Santosh Bagrodia.

In a possible dynastic clash between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, one former president will advise his wife only if asked, while the other wonders how criticism of his brother would affect him.

A closely-watched trial of three Chinese rights activists resumed on Thursday in the southern city of Guangzhou as authorities pursued an unprecedented crackdown on human rights lawyers across China.

The Himachal Pradesh State Information Commission on Thursday raised more queries regarding the land purchased by Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter, Priyanka Vadra.

Two accused in the 2002 Gulberg Society riot case on Thursday filed an application before the special trial court here, seeking to undergo narco-analysis and brain-mapping tests to prove their innocence.

Two militants were killed and two soldiers injured in a gunfight near the Line of Control in Karnah area of Tangdhar sector in Kashmir, army officials said.

UN aid chief Stephen O`Brien warned Thursday of the "devastating" toll on the people of South Sudan of 19 months of a civil war marked by atrocities.