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Calcutta High Court dismisses PIL on mosque loudspeakers

India, Aug. 19 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL, which alleged that loudspeakers were being removed from mosques in parts of West Bengal. A division bench headed by Acting Chief J... Read More


Bombay HC cancels bail of Goa nightclub owners

India, Aug. 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday cancelled the bail granted to the owners and a business partner of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, where a devastating fire had claimed 25 live... Read More


Allahabad HC directs UP Govt to form fresh panel for welfare of advocates' clerks

India, Aug. 19 -- The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to constitute a fresh committee to examine the problems and welfare needs of the advocates' clerks, who play... Read More


The courage that refuses to look away

India, Aug. 19 -- On August 19, 2003, a truck bomb tore through the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, the UN's headquarters in Iraq, killing 22 people, including the gifted diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello. Five... Read More


India's middle class needs opportunity more than subsidies

India, Aug. 19 -- In almost every Indian city, there is a family the country needs to talk about. The father pays his income tax in full, on time, every year. The mother has taken a loan for their dau... Read More


Delhi Congress slams purification ritual after Kharge rally

India, Aug. 19 -- The Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC), led by president Devender Yadav, passed a resolution condemning what it called an insult to Congre... Read More


Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan's sister allowed to meet him in Pak jail after court order

India, Aug. 19 -- Pakistan authorities on Tuesday allowed one of Imran Khan's sisters to meet him in jail after a Supreme Court ruling granted the jailed former prime minister one weekly meeting with ... Read More


Pak SC orders shifting of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to private hospital for medical check-up in 2 days

India, Aug. 19 -- The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan be shifted to a private hospital for medical assessment and treatment within two days. The... Read More


Astronauts remove faulty ISS antenna during spacewalk; out of time to install spare

India, Aug. 19 -- Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot ran out of time to replace the space-to-ground antenna of the International Space Station (ISS) during a spacewalk, with the task now set for ... Read More


'In revelatory memoir, Sonia Gandhi invites readers into her private world of joys and travails': Publisher

India, Aug. 19 -- A memoir by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, set to be published in November this year, is a "revelatory" book that will tell a "riveting personal and political" story about her life fr... Read More