Delhi Commission for Women will file a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court on Saturday night against the scheduled release of the December 16 gang-rape juvenile convict, who has already been moved out of Delhi. 

"DCW filing Special Leave Petition in SC tonight. Will go to Judge's house, will try get hearing tonight against Nirbhaya convict's release," Swati Maliwal, the body's chief, tweeted.

The convict is scheduled to be released on Sunday. 

The development comes on a day the victim's parents were detained and later released after they held a protest against allowing the juvenile convict to walk free. 

The convict, who is now 20 years old, has been taken to an undisclosed location from a correction home in North Delhi amid concerns that there was threat to his life.  

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today said that it is wrong to term some criminal activities as acts of religious intolerance and stressed that there is politics in the returning of awards.

"Politics is noticed clearly in both taking and returning awards. That is why I have already refused to take any awards," Shankar told reporters in Kolkata when asked about returning of awards by several eminent personalities to protest against the alleged rising intolerance in the country. 

The Art of Living founder said that crime has been taking place in the country both in the past as well as the present. 

"But to call the entire country's people intolerant for some criminal acts would be wrong. I think it should be called criminal acts and the guilty should be punished," he said. 

Asked to comment on whether the ongoing intolerance debate is politically motivated, his cryptic answer was "You are the best judge".

India today expressed its "thorough" disappointment over non-reaffirmation to conclude 14-year-old Doha Round pacts, even as the five-day WTO meeting in Nairobi managed to win a commitment to allow developing nations to use special safeguards to protect farmers against import surges. 

After hectic negotiations for five consecutive days -- exceeding the scheduled closing by almost 24 hours -- the WTO Trade Ministers concluded their talks this evening without any commitment on rich countries being asked to check their domestic subsidies. 

Besides, rich nations refused to budge on their long-standing position of putting the onus on developing countries with regard to duties. 

India's trade minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India put across its position very clearly on the table and strongly "protested" against the failure to reach an unanimity on "reaffirmation" to conclude over 140-year-old Doha round to safeguard developing nations' interest. 

However, the members of the global trade body agreed on a commitment for giving the developing nations a right to take recourse to Special Safeguard Mechanism to protect their farmers -- a long-standing demand of India.

Virtually ruling out the chances of playing Pakistan in the proposed bilateral series, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur today said that it will be "impossible for PCB" to arrange a series in such a short time. 

PCB chief Shaharyar Khan had two days back said he was still awaiting BCCI's written reply on the proposed series later this month besides hoping that the Indian government gives green light to the resumption of cricketing ties in a "day or two".

"It is not possible to arrange a series in such a short time. Even if we get a go ahead (from government) next week it will be virtually impossible to arrange a series in such a short time. At the same time it will have to be arranged by PCB," Thakur told reporters. 

Facing flak over its raid at the Delhi secretariat, CBI today asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to name the agency officer on whose purported remark to him he had tweeted that the agency has been tasked to "finish those who don't fall in line".

Rejecting Kejriwal's charge, CBI spokesperson Devpreet Singh said it is a "completely false and misleading statement and emphatically denied". 

"It appears to be a part of a concerted attempt to malign Indias premier investigating agency," she said in a statement. 

The statement came a day after Kejriwal tweeted: "A CBI officer told me yesterday that CBI has been asked to target all opposition parties and finish those who don't fall in line."

The spokesperson said, "we urge the concerned person (Kejriwal) to name the alleged CBI official so that further process as per law can be initiated." 

Flamboyant batsman Yuvraj Singh and pacer Ashish Nehra have got a surprise call-up in the T20 squad for the Australian tour beginning on January 12, 2016.

The selection committee, which met on Saturday to pick the squad for the Australia series, named this following squads:

Explaining the rationale behind selecting Yuvraj and Nehra, Selection Committee chairman Sandeep Patil said, "Yuvraj has been special and captain is happy to have him back. Nehra is a consistent performer in T20 format. He will be useful in the team." 

"This Australian tour will give selectors a chance to take a look at other players. We will need experienced players in the T20 WC. Australia tour perfect chance to give them a shot."

BJP lawmaker and former cricketer Kirti Azad today said he will "expose biggest Delhi and District Cricket Association "corruption" and "unmask the impostor" on Sunday at a press conference, rebuffing the party's attempts to dissuade him from going public with his allegations said to be targeting Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

The lawmaker from Bihar also appeared to be taking a dig at Mr Jaitley over his reported description of him as a "Trojan horse". "Not a Trojan horse but Achilles heel; wait till I unmask the 'behroopiya' (impostor)," Azad said in a tweet.

"Will expose biggest DDCA corruption with audio-visual tomorrow at 4 pm," he said in another tweet and quoted a poem of BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee to suggest that he will carry on and not "concede" defeat.

BJP chief Amit Shah had called Azad on Friday to impress upon him that he should not go ahead with his charges at a time when opposition parties, especially the Aam Aadmi Party, have gone after Jaitley over the alleged corruption in DDCA when he headed the cricket body.

An air strike by the US-led coalition during an offensive against the so-called Islamic State killed nine Iraqi soldiers, including an officer, Iraq's defence ministry has confirmed.

Coalition strikes were called in to support an advance by ground troops near Fallujah on Friday but failed to note the scale of their advance.

US Defence Secretary Ash Carter called Iraq's PM to express his condolences.

Iraqi forces have been battling militants in Anbar province. 

Carter told reporters on Saturday that the air strike appeared to be a "mistake that involved both sides", the Associated Press news agency reported.

The US military said it happened "despite co-ordination with Iraqi security forces on the ground".

Amidst a raging debate on whether the juvenile convict in Nirbhaya gangrape case should have been released, the Centre today said it had opposed his release but the Delhi High Court has ordered him to be freed from the remand home.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju also put the onus on Delhi government on the convict's rehabilitation. 

"In principle, the central government opposed the release of the juvenile offender at this stage for which we have presented our position before the honourable Delhi High Court," Rijiju told PTI.

Rijiju said the Additional Solicitor General had put across the central government's view in the court in the case. 

"The Additional Solicitor General, who appeared in Subramaniam Swamy's application opposing the release (of the juvenile), also shared the central agency's assessment report with the court," he said. 

The minister said the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act was passed in Lok Sabha but it could not get clearance in Rajya Sabha due to "disruption by Congress Party". 

After that Rahul took the podium and in a short speech said, "We respect the law. Modi administration has been weaving a tale of lies. I want to tell everyone that we will continue to work for the poor and the deprived."

Oscar Fernandes added, "It is just a legal process that we have submitted ourselves to and the court proceedings were completed within 10 minutes."

Meanwhile, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress leader and lawyer in the case said that there was unnecessary hype and hoopla and 'we have great deference for the court'. 

The bail was granted despite Subramaniam Swamy opposing the decision and demanding for a bailable warrant to be issued against Sam Pitroda, who wasnt present at the hearing as he is unwell.

The mother and son duo arrived in a Tata Safari 10 minutes before the court proceedings were to begin. Despite the security arrangements, the media surrounded the cavalcade of cars that arrived at the court and tried to get a word from the Congress leaders. 

Sources say that decisions on bail will be taken. Our correspondent Prasanna D Zore standing outside the AICC headquarters also spoke to Gaurav Gogoi who said that the Congress president and vice president will not visit the HQ before the hearing, but will come post the hearing. 

Congress leader Tom Vadakkan also speaking to Rediff.com said, "If the Congress was vindictive, would never have allowed Narendra Modi to become prime minister."

In addition, 52 other people have been granted passes. One of the passes belong to Roxna Swamy, the wife of Dr Subramaniam Swamy, the complainant in the case.

She is our mother. She is our family. We are related to Congress since Indiraji's time, says Amar Singh who, along with his group have travelled 14 hours to reach Delhi this morning from Rae Bareli.

I dont think Sonia ji has made any such appeal to not go along with her to Patiala House, said Radhan Singh. He said that they will be with our Ma (mother) and march with her to the court.

"It has been a few people's habit and disease to include the name of the PMO in every matter. I think they cannot digest any fact or issue unless they take the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There's no problem if they chant 'PMO Chalisa' once a day," Naqvi said. 

"This is a legal procedure and we see it as a legal action. The court will decide if someone is guilty or innocent in the matter. We believe there should be no politics in it. We are not in support of any kind of politics in it," he added.

A close aide to Sharif said that the ministers and senior officials had been asked not to issue any statement that could damage the peace process. 

"There will only be statements that encourage the dialogue process rather than digging out the past. The PM has asked the close aides and cabinet members to promote peace," The Nation quoted an official as saying.

It is learnt that the legal team of the two Congress leaders took a decision Friday morning that 'it will serve no purpose' for not seeking bail in the case, as it is a 'politically motivated one'. The sources said the bail bonds for the Gandhis are ready and their defence lawyers would be carrying them to the trial court.

It is learnt that the legal team of the two Congress leaders took a decision Friday morning that 'it will serve no purpose' for not seeking bail in the case, as it is a 'politically motivated one'. The sources said the bail bonds for the Gandhis are ready and their defence lawyers would be carrying them to the trial court.

"This is a different kind of challenge than the sort that we had with an organisation like Al Qaeda, that involved highly trained operatives who were working as cells or as a network," Obama told reporters at his year ender news conference.

"Here, essentially, you have ISIL trying to encourage or induce somebody who may be prey to this kind of propaganda, and it becomes more difficult to see. It does mean that they are less likely to be able to carry out large, complex attacks, but as we saw in San Bernardino, obviously, you can still do enormous damage,"Obama said.

"Yes, he is a nice man and a patriot," Gaur told reporters here when asked about the protests. He further said the film was "very good" and the people should watch it.

Earlier, BJP general secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya had strongly criticised Shah Rukh Khan for his comments on intolerance. 

The release of "Dilwale" was marred by protests in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and other parts of the state. The protesters have taken exception to Khan's comments a few weeks ago where he had expressed concern over rising intolerance in the country amid a raging debate on the issue.

This is the third peace pact by the state government after the ones signed with ANVC and its breakaway faction, the ANVC-B, last year.

The outfit was formed in 2012 with the demand for a separate Garoland to be carved out of the state. The outfit, which has a cadre strength of 71, began its dialogue with the government in December last year and held at least four round table discussions before declaring for peace officially. 

Chief Secretary P B O Warjri said the government will facilitate the procedures to rehabilitate the cadres of UALA in which the government will give Rs 2.5 lakh to each of the cadres.

A decision in this regard was taken by the Indian Monetary Fund Executive Board which completed the ninth review of Pakistan's economic performance under a 36-month programme supported by an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. The Executive Board's decision enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 360 million (about USD 498.1 million), bringing total disbursements to SDR 3.6 billion (about USD 4.98 billion), the IMF said. On September 4, 2013, the IMF had approved the three-year extended arrangement under the EFF in the amount of SDR 4.393 billion (about USD 6.64 billion at the time of approval of the arrangement, or 425 per cent of Pakistan's quota at the IMF).