Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court, facing impeachment proceedings, resigns.

Algeria to recognise Libya’s NTC, refuse Gaddafi entry

Algeria said on Thursday it is ready to recognise Libya’s former rebels when they form a broad-based government and insisted it had not offered an escape route to ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Algeria’s Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci told Europe 1 radio that Libya’s National Transitional Council had vowed to set-up a “government representative of all regions” […]

Pvt hospitals to provide fee treatment to poor: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Delhi’s private hospitals, built on subsidised government land, to provide free treatment to the poor, saying they cannot “wriggle out” of their responsibility. A bench of justices R V Raveendrana and A K Patnaik asked the city hospitals to reserve 25 per cent of their out-patient department capacity and […]

CBI, ED to file fresh status report in SC in 2G case

The CBI and the Enforcement Directorate will file fresh status report before the Supreme Court on Thursday on their probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The investigating agencies are expected to brief a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly on the findings made by them after July 6 when the […]

Libyan foreign minister arrested: rebel commander

Libyan rebels have arrested foreign minister Abdelati al-Obeidi, a key figure of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, a senior rebel commander said. “Yes, Abdelati al-Obeidi was arrested,” Mahdi al-Harati, vice chairman of the rebel military council, told journalists in the capital on Wednesday without giving further details. “We’ve heard that he was arrested today, near Janzur,” a […]

US hopes Paris meet will help establish new govt in Libya

The US hopes that Paris meeting on Libya will pave the way for a “new phase” in the war torn country after the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi, as the international community stepped up efforts to help the rebels establish a government at Tripoli. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton left Washington for Paris on Thursday to […]

Flooding claims 102 lives in south-western Nigeria

At least 102 people have been killed in flash flooding that hit the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria this week, the Red Cross said. Red Cross spokesman Umar Mairiga said bodies are still being recovered from different parts of the city where the flooding destroyed lives and properties. Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency […]

K. Rosiah sworn in as TN Governor

Mr. K. Rosiah, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, was sworn in as the Governor of Tamil Nadu on Wendesday. In a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan premises, the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice M.Y. Eqbal administered the oath of office to him. The ceremony was attended by the state Chief Minister […]

11 killed several injured in suicide car bomb blast in Pakistan’s Quetta

Hospital sources in Pakistan say that 11 people have been killed in the bomb blast in the south-western province of Balochistan. More than 20 others were injured. The bomb was hidden in a car near a mosque in Quetta. A report says, the bomb exploded in a car parked close to a mosque. Many of […]

UN nod for USD 1.6 billion emergency aid for Libya

UN Security Council has allowed Britain to release about USD 1.6 billion in seized assets to Libya for emergency aid, as the chief of the world body underlined that the humanitarian situation in the war-torn country demands “urgent action.” “Further action will be needed in the coming days. I appeal to the Council to continue […]