DELHI – A court in Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday turned down a plea filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case, triggering uncertainty over his participation in general elections due next year. Last month, the 52-year-old leader was ...

LUCKNOW: Indian court on Monday banned large Muslim prayer gatherings in one of north India's highest-profile mosques after a survey team found relics of the Hindu god Shiva and other Hindu symbols there, a lawyer involved in the case said. The judge at the court in Varanasi — Hinduism's ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has expressed its serious concern at the ruling of the High Court of Indian State of Karnataka banning the wearing of ‘hijab’ by Muslim girls in educational institutions. The decision manifestly has failed to uphold the principle of freedom to religious practices and ...

NEW DELHI – In the first sentencing in the Muslim riots in the Indian capital, a court punished the convicted person with a term of five years for being part of a Hindu mob that set a Muslim family’s house on fire. Reports in Indian media said the culprit, Dinesh Yadav, was a member of ...

Pakistan has strongly condemned shameful acquittal of those responsible for demolishing the historic Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Reacting strongly on the Indian court judgment, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Hindutva-inspired Indian judiciary ...

An Indian court Wednesday acquitted top ruling party leaders of conspiracy related to the mob demolition of a flashpoint mosque decades ago that sparked communal riots which left more than 2,000 dead. Tens of thousands of supporters of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other ...

NEW DELHI: India’s top court ordered an investigation into an outbreak of “brain fever” that has killed at least 122 children, after hearing a petition in which the state and central governments were accused of negligence. The disease, Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, believed to be ...

NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted four people, including prime accused Swami Aseemanand, in the Samjhauta Express bombing case. At least 68 people, 42 of whom were Pakistani passengers, were killed in the attack on Samjhauta Express on February 18, 2007. The train was on its way ...

*NEW DELHI -**After 12 years, Indian Court set to announce verdict in Samjhota Express bomb blast case on March 14.* *As per media report, India's *Haryana Panchkula court on Monday reserved its order on 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case for March 14. On February 18, 2007, a powerful blast in ...

ISLAMABAD: In occupied Kashmir, a two-day shutdown is being observed from against the Indian designs to change the demography of the occupied territory by abrogating Articles 35-A and 370 of the Indian Constitution. According to Kashmir Media Service,Call for the strike has been given by the Joint ...