LONDON: The Quaid Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict of declaration of Nov 3 steps unconstitutional, termed it as the victory of democratic forces.

In a statement released from here, He felicitated the lawyers, civil society, media and the activists PML-N on SC ruling adding that the decision has been resulted so due to untiring efforts of democratic forces.

Nawaz was of the view his party will continue carry out efforts for hegemony of law and supremacy of democracy in Pakistan.

A Bhopal court on Friday ordered CBI to arrest former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson and produce him in court without delay.

Two flying instructors were killed when an IAF training aircraft crashed into a brick kiln in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.

Foreign minister S M Krishna said progress could not be made in dialogue with Pakistan in an atmosphere vitiated by violence or the threat to use violence.

The BJP said on Friday that the Manmohan Singh-led govt had destroyed the national consensus on foreign policy.

The Centre may now refer the two bills to a parliamentary standing committee to accommodate the Trinamool chief’s concern.

Seeking a “teachable moment” in the wake up his controversial comments about the arrest of an African-American professor by a white policeman, President Obama on Thursday sat down over beers with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

When the bitter feud between the Ambani brothers spilled into Parliament earlier this week, it only underlined the fact that real life can surpass reel life.

Critically acclaimed film actor Nandita Das was on Friday appointed chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI). Das replaces Nafisa Ali.

Long before the arrest of Buta Singh’s son exposed his meddling in affairs of the National Commission for Schedule Castes, a complaint had been sent to the President by a member of the Commission protesting against exactly this.