Centre rushes high-level team to Pune amid spurt in GBS cases

The Union health ministry has deputed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Pune to aid state authorities in instituting interventions and managing the spurt in suspected and confirmed cases of......

'India Has No Need To Support Baloch Movement'

'When so many young Baloch men and women are willingly volunteering as fighters and even suicide bombers.' IMAGE: Women supporting the Balochistan Yakjehti Committee at a protest in Karachi, March......

New mental health bill decriminalises suicide

After gay sex, there are now moves to decriminalise suicide attempts under a bill introduced in Parliament. In a major criminal law reform, the new Mental Health Care bill, 2013, introduced in......

NHRC seeks details from Centre, Manipur over peace efforts in state

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Centre, the Manipur government and the state's police chief and sought further reports, asking them to "clearly spell out" the steps......

Will Nirav Modi be finally extradited to India?

The Indian authorities have submitted their legal response to the application filed by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi seeking permission to appeal against his extradition order in the UK Supreme......

Nirav Modi 'only thinks of cutting or hanging if extradited'

The high court in London on Tuesday began hearing evidence from two leading experts in the field of psychiatry to determine the level of suicide risk faced by Nirav Modi if he is extradited to......

UK court to hear Nirav Modi extradition case on Dec 14

Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, has lodged his appeal......

UK court extends Nirav Modi's remand till Nov 3

A UK court on Friday extended the remand of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi till the next scheduled hearing in his ongoing extradition trial on November 3. The 49-year-old jeweller, wanted in......

Triathlon races underway as Seine passes water tests

  IMAGE: Swimmer dive into the Seine as the women's Individual Triathlon race commences at Alexander III Bridge, Paris, France, on Wednesday. Photograph: Lisa Leutner/Reuters Athletes dived......

Pakistan cricketers 'mentally prepared for pay cuts'

'It is not a good situation for any country and we know that if this lockdown situation continued for a few months, the Board might ask us to take pay cuts in the old or new central contracts.'......