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ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Wednesday asked the government to present report till Monday in the House regarding increase in fares of private airlines. Speaking in the Senate, Raza Rabbani said that action can be initiated according to laws against the private airline on increase of fares.

Self-styled godman Asaram, who was convicted for raping a minor girl, has sent a mercy plea to the governor of Rajasthan seeking dilution of his life sentence. On April 25, a Jodhpur court had sentenced Asaram to life in prison after finding him guilty of raping a minor girl in his ashram 5yrs ago.

The mother of AG Perarivalan, one of the seven Rajiv Gandhi's assassins, met Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and seek her son's release. I met Governor Purohit at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai and presented a petition along and am confident my demand will be accepted, Arputhammal said.

The SC today adjourned hearing on a plea seeking a stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India-France. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha, and KM Joseph adjourned the matter till Oct-10 after petitioner M L Sharma said that he wanted to file some additional documents in the case.

An official says six South Koreans recently repatriated home from North Korea had sneaked into the North in search of better lives but ended up detained for up to 45 months for illegal entry.

Otero ruled in October that Trump's statement was "rhetorical hyperbole" against a political adversary and was protected speech under the First Amendment. Although the lawsuit didn't get far before Otero tossed it, he said it was a "one of a kind" case that demanded a fair bit of legal work. "Given a case of this…

Seeking to scotch rumours and identify fake news on social media platform WhatsApp, a team of experts at a city-based institution is working on developing an application that may be able to tell you whether a message is fake or not.

The Supreme Court delivered two judgments yesterday, i.e., passed a verdict on the disqualification of MPs and MLAs against whom a charge-sheet has been filed and dismissed a plea seeking to bar lawmakers from practising in courts of law across India. The SC is set to deliver four more key judgments today, including the constitutional validity of Aadhaar.

The British boarding schools show, to be held in October seeks to expose discerning Indian families to the concept of UK boarding school education, and the benefits for a student. The show will be held in Delhi and Mumbai and will bring the registrars from selected leading boarding schools of UK.

The SC today reserved its verdict on a plea by Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of 5 activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and a SIT probe into their arrest. The SC bench reserved the judgment after counsel for both parties concluded their submissions.

KARACHI: Sprang into action, Sindh Interior Minister, Suhail Anwar Siyal, suspended senior police officials over publication of an advertisement against Rangers personnel, and directed investigation into the announcement, Samaa reported Wednesday. Yesterday, Sindh police department got advertisements published in local newspapers seeking public assistance in tracing of at least six missing persons allegedly picked up by "unknown Rangers" from parts of Orangi Town.