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415 redundant laws repealed: Salman Khurshid

Government on Thursday said 415 obsolete and redundant laws have been repealed and 17 Acts were in v...

Keep off personal laws: Muslim leaders

Muslim leaders came down heavily on governments and courts for what they termed as "interference" in...

Woman, baby killed by in-laws over dowry demand

A mother of a three-month-old baby was allegedly pushed to death by her husband and in-laws from a b...

American lawmakers mull tough immigration laws

Legislators and activists across the country say they are gearing up to push for similar measures in...

US sues Apple, publishers over e-book pricing

The US today filed an antitrust lawsuit against technology giant Apple and five of the nation`s larg...

UK to scrap 38 obsolete Indian railway laws

The acts have remained on the statute books, and have now been identified to be scrapped.

Micron, Oracle settle lawsuit over chip prices

Micron Technology Inc has settled a lawsuit in which Oracle Corp accused the memory chipmaker and ot...

Oracle trial against Google set for April

Oracle sued Google in 2010, alleging the Web search leader`s Android mobile operating technology inf...

Apple tactics in China iPad deal unusual: Experts

According to legal experts, Proview Electronics has a plausible claim over the unusual methods Apple...

Apple launches new legal attack on Samsung phones

Apple Inc has asked a federal court in California to block Samsung Electronics Co Ltd from selling i...

EU probes new Google privacy policy

Google publicized its new privacy rules — which regulate how the Web giant uses the enormous amounts...

`Cyber laws enforcing websites should act fast`

Setting up a regulatory mechanism and making a law to force websites to respond faster would be a be...

Repeal sedition laws: Activists

Activists from various organisations across the country demanded repeal of sedition laws from the In...

Motorola sues Apple for patent infringement

Motorola Mobility, which is seeking regulatory approval to be bought by Google Inc, has filed a new ...

Egypt to lift decades old state of emergency

Egypt`s military ruler said the draconian laws will remain applicable to crimes committed by `thugs`...

Maneka upset with MP govt`s easing of hunting laws

Animal rights activist and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has flayed Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Sartaj Si...

EU steps up legal pressure on Hungary over laws

European Commission said it would take legal action against the Hungarian government.

Twitter slams Wikipedia’s ‘black out protest’

Micro blogging site Twitter has slammed Wikipedia’s plan to s “go dark” on Wednesday for 24-hour to ...

Turkey`s custody laws draw flak after general held

An Istanbul court sent shockwaves through Turkey by sending General Ilker Basbug to Silivri prison.

Judge dismisses lawsuit in Italian kidnapping case

A judge threw out a former State Department official`s lawsuit demanding diplomatic immunity against...

Fiji military govt to lift emergency laws

Fiji`s military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama said today he would lift emergency laws in place since...

New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan

Pakistan ranked third to last in 2011 in the World Economic Forum`s Global Gender Gap Report, only b...

Facebook poised to seek dismissal of NY man`s suit

Experts determined that the ink on the document, which Paul Ceglia claims he and Mark Zuckerberg si...

US court postpones ruling on lawsuit vs Apple: HTC

The ruling is crucial for HTC, which has struggled with legal battles and stiff competition with App...

Newton manuscript published online

An original manuscript containing Isaac Newton`s laws of motion is being made available online by Ca...

Motorola wins over Apple in patent lawsuit

A German court has ruled that Apple is infringing on one of Motorola`s mobile data communication pat...

EU data protection reform to replace national laws

The European Union wants to replace a mishmash of national laws on data protection with one bloc-wid...

Lawsuit over `Jew or not Jew` iPhone app dropped

French anti-racism groups dropped a lawsuit Thursday against Apple Inc. over an iPhone app called "J...

Settlement reached in anthrax death lawsuit

Maureen Stevens and the government have reached a tentative agreement that must be approved by the...

‘Women protection laws are being misused’

`Save Indian Family Foundation` (SIFF), an NGO, has claimed that over five lakh persons had been har...

RIM could face lawsuits for BlackBerry problems

Law firms in the United States and Canada are exploring possible consumer lawsuits against RIM for l...

Pak clerics reject blasphemy allegations against Taseer

Qadri has said he killed Taseer for criticising Pakistan’s blasphemy law.

Govt working on streamlining labour laws: PM

Referring to labour reforms, the Prime Minister said his government was committed to do everything ...

Twitter wins lawsuit, gets `tweet` trademark

Twittad was the 1st to lay claim to "tweet" word in 2008 when it trademarked the phrase "Let Your Ad...

Australian lawmakers flag changes to racial laws

Aborigines argue the laws protect them from being persecuted by the media.

Teachers` pay can’t be governed by labour laws: HC

The Madras HC has held that salaries of school teachers could not be governed by labour laws and q...

Pak refuses to defend Saeed in 26/11 US lawsuit

Pak govt will not defend JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed before a US court in connection with the 200...

Malaysia to abolish two unpopular security laws

The policy changes are the boldest announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak since he took the helm in...

RIM, Dolby ink licensing deal; lawsuits dropped

Dolby Laboratories said on Monday it has withdrawn its patent infringement lawsuit against RIM.

After 9/11, African anti-terror laws grew, abused

After a Nigerian attempted to blow up a US jetliner and a homegrown terror group bombed and killed...

WB govt may amend labour laws to prevent strikes

The WB govt is mulling amendment of labour laws to prevent strikes on "trivial issues", while also ...

Microsoft tracking customers, claims lawsuit

Tech company Microsoft intentionally designed a mobile software to track its users without their con...

Sri Lanka lifts emergency laws after three decades

The government move comes ahead of next month`s United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Genev...

Facebook submits evidence in ownership lawsuit

From the beginning, Facebook has said the contract submitted by Ceglia was doctored.

Sri Lanka to abolish emergency laws

Emergency laws are in force in the country for most of the past 30 years.

US govt wants to keep secrets in FBI lawsuit

US Attorney General has invoked state secrets rules to prevent information from being released in a...

Norwegians call for tougher laws post mass killing

The maximum sentence that one can face according to Norwegian laws is 21 years.

‘Need to ensure enforcement of building by-laws’

Foreseeing possible impact in case a disaster strikes the city, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit toda...

US told to respect Pak laws: Bilour

Bashir Ahmed Bilour said Pakistan is a sovereign country and cannot work under anyone’s thumb.

Malaysia media claims Jewish plot after rally

The Malay-language Utusan Malaysia daily offered no evidence of a possible Jewish plot.

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