Quicktakes

Migrants case

CALCUTTA: The division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to pass a stay order on the operation of trial court order quashing the notice of deportation by the Maharashtra government served on some residents of Mumbai on the ground that they were Bangladeshis8217;. The issue was a major rage in the media some two years ago.

SC on lodging FIRs

NEW DELHI: THE Supreme Court has held that there was no bar on a person from lodging an FIR at a police station even if the incident occurred at a place over which the same police station had no territorial jurisdiction.

Pinochet trial

LONDON: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet should be extradited to Spain to stand trial on torture charges, a London magistrate ruled on Friday. The 83-year-old general is accused by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon of orchestrating a campaign of terror against political opponents during his 17-year rule.

Cong MLA resigns

DEOGHAR: Congress MLA from Sarath in Deoghar Bihar, Uday Shanker Singh on Friday resigned from the primary membership of the party. He had decided to quit as the Congress was losing its relevance owing to faulty policies, Singh told newsmen here.