An Ohio grand jury has decided not to indict two officers involved in a 2014 shooting resulting in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. In November 2014 officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback were dispatched to investigate an emergency call about a “guy with a
Italian cities Milan and Rome has restricted the use of cars, motor cycles, and scooters as smog levels have increased. Experts believe that the unseasonably dry and calm weather contributed to the increased smog pollution. Restrictions in Milan ban motor vehicles for six hours a
An Air Force office has been remanded by a Delhi court to four days police custody. The dismissed officer was arrested for allegedly sharing secret information with intelligence operatives suspected to be backed by Pakistan’s ISI after being “honey trapped” into an espionage racket. The
A magistrate court has extended the judicial custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea till January 11 in the Sheena Bora murder case. Though Peter was not brought in the court, but his advocate Kushal Mor was present during the hearing. “Peter could not be
Even after 65 years of independence, India is still flooded with large number of unemployed mass barely having any means of livelihood. To overcome this problem, the legislators have inserted a new Section 2A in THE MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 which has brought e-carts
China passed a new anti-terrorism law which requires technology companies to provide information to the government obtained from their products and make information systems “secure and controllable.” The law also restricts media organizations from reporting on terrorist activity. Critics of the law, including western organizations
South Korea and Japan agreed to a final resolution on the issue of “comfort women” who were forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War II. Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida admitted responsibility on behalf of the Japanese government and pledged one billion yen
The Gujarat High Court has allowed a 16-year-old rape victim to abort her eight-week foetus under proper medical care, on a plea by her parents. Justice KJ Thaker, citing provisions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, asked the local police to take her to Sola
Four persons were sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a local court for robbing a farmer in 2006. Additional Sessions Judge of Sambalgarh tehsil R R Bhadoria also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts. They robbed a farmer, Ramdayal Dhakat, of
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday signed a decree fully legalizing medical marijuana in the country. Santos said the new regulations, which make it legal to grow, process, import and export marijuana for medical and scientific use, would put Colombia “at the forefront in