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New Delhi, Apr 6: Highlighting the lack of infrastructure and low judge-population ratio, Chief Justice of India Justice H L Dattu on Sunday said a decision has been taken to put a maximum time limit of five years to complete trial in a criminal case. Giving information about the outcome of the joint conference of chief justices of high courts and chief ministers, he said: “We have taken a

New Delhi, Apr 6: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government’s event to launch the anti-corruption helpline on Sunday came in for strong criticism from Congress, which showed pictures of VIP boards placed at the event and said “in 50 days Aam Aadmi has become VIP”. Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken posted a picture showing VIP parking and VVIP boards outside Talkatora stadium where AAP chief and

New Delhi, Apr 5: Amidst heavy shelling in Aden, India took great caution in evacuating 439 of its nationals to the naval ship INS Mumbai anchored off the coast –- ferrying the people in small batches by boat to the ship. On Saturday, over 1,200 Indians were evacuated from Yemen by air and by sea, adding to the around 1,000 Indians who have arrived back in India so far, the government said. India

New Delhi, Apr 5: A Mumbai-bound Air India flight from Newark Liberty International Airport with over 250 persons on board was forced to return and make an emergency landing today due to a serious engine problem, sources said. The pilot, however, made a safe landing, they said. "The flight had taken off for Mumbai at around 1650 hours (US time) and landed back at Newark (US) after being airborne

New Delhi, Apr 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday there was a need to create good law institutions and capable manpower keeping future in mind. "People have a lot of faith in the judicial system of India. We need to look at the manpower that is coming in this field in coming years. We have to think how can we create good law institutions, keeping in mind the needs of the future," Modi

Islamabad, Apr 5: Pakistan today said it has evacuated 11 Indians along with 148 Pakistani citizens from strife-torn Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaeda militants. The PNS Aslat has set off for Pakistan after successfully evacuating 148 citizens and 35 foreigners, including 11 Indians, from Mokallah, the Foreign Office said. The PNS Aslat

New Delhi, Apr 5: Nearly 800 Indians were on Saturday evacuated from strife-torn Yemen where the situation has deteriorated significantly due to an escalation in fighting between two warring groups that have left the nation in tatters. With Saturday's evacuation, India has so far taken out 1,800 of its citizens from the country where a Saudi-led coalition is carrying out air strikes against Shia

New Delhi, Apr 4: Aiming to "restart" the journey of alternative politics, the rebel faction of AAP led by Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan has started mobilising volunteers for its upcoming 'Swaraj Samwad' Dialogue, prompting a section of the party to issue a veiled warning saying attending it would be considered "indiscipline". The Yadav-Bhushan camp is using social media sites such as

Panaji, Apr 4: All four employees of a Fabindia outlet near here, who were arrested after Union Minister Smriti Irani spotted a hidden camera trained towards its trial room, were today granted bail by a local court here. Judicial Magistrate Dwaja Patkar, before whom the four were produced after their arrest last evening, granted them bail and rejected Goa Crime branch's application for their

New Delhi, Apr 4: Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has declined to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dinner for top judges tonight on the ground that the event and the ongoing judges conference clashed with Good Friday and Easter weekend. Justice Joseph, who has earlier raised objections with Chief Justice of India H L Dattu over holding of a three-day long judges conference during