Every child has a fundamental right to get the "love and affection" from both the parents engaged in a marital discord, the Delhi High Court has said while giving the father the right to meet his minor son.

"Depriving a child of the love and affection of both the parents is not in the interest of the child. The custodial parent who tries to alienate the child from the other parent does not realise the serious consequences caused in the later part of the child's life.

"It is the fundamental right of children to get the love and affection from both the parents. If efforts made by a court to make the parties mutually agree upon a visitation schedule and interim custody period fail, the court has to step in and pass suitable orders in the best interest of the child," a bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Yogesh Khanna observed.

The court allowed the father, who lives in Kenya, to meet his minor son, living here with his mother, whenever he visits India.

The bench observed the issue of custody, including interim custody and visitation right of either parents to a child, has become a source of continuous litigation when the couple adopt hard postures.

"Often the innocent children are used as tools of vengeance by vindictive litigants who inflict severe emotional and psychological abuse on the child thereby seriously affecting the child in his/her later part of life," it said.

The court's observation came on a plea filed by the father who sought meeting right with his son and overnight custody, which was earlier curtailed by a judicial order.

Restoring the father's visitation right, the bench noted the kid was also not opposed to it and was happy to meet his father and paternal grandparents.

Despite being fierce competitors, three carnivores in wildlife reserves of the Western Ghats have developed "smart" adaptations to coexist, a study has revealed.

Such adaption would help save the three carnivores – tiger, leopard, and dhole (Asian wild dog).

The study conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) showed that the three carnivores, which are in direct competition with each other, are living side by side with "surprisingly" little conflict.

Researchers said that usually, big cats and wild canids live in different locations to avoid each other.

Yet, in four relatively small reserves in the wildlife-rich Western Ghats region, WCS researchers have found that they are coexisting, despite competing for much of the same prey, including sambar deer, chital and pigs.

The researchers used dozens of non-invasive camera traps for sampling the entire population rather than tracking a handful of individuals, and recorded some 2,500 images of the three predators in action.

They found that in reserves with an abundance of prey, dholes, which are active during the day, did not come in much contact with the more nocturnal tigers and leopards.

But in the Bhadra Reserve where prey was scarcer, their active times overlapped, yet dholes still managed to avoid the big cats, while in Nagarahole, a park teeming with all three carnivores and their prey, leopards avoided tigers.

"These carnivores have developed smart adaptations to coexist, even while they exploit the same prey base. However, these mechanisms vary depending on density of prey resources and possibly other habitat features," the study said.

Both tigers and dholes are classified as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), while leopards are considered as "vulnerable".

Brooklyn Beckham, son of Victoria and David Beckham, broke his collarbone during a family snowboarding trip with parents and siblings.

Brooklyn shared a video from his time on the slopes as he glided down the snowy hill, smoothly moving in and out of various obstacles.

However, the clip came to a sudden stop when he took a tumble towards the end, falling to the ground as the camera following him seemed to get dropped, reports mirror.co.uk.

"Broke my collarbone at the end," he said.

Later, he also shared an image of his x-ray with fans on Instagram

First Lady Melania Trump kicked off her husband President Donald Trump's rally in Florida by reciting a prayer, the media reported.

While receiving a standing ovation from the crowd at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport on Saturday, Melania smiled and said" "Thank you, let us pray", the US Weekly reported.

After leading the crowd in the Christian prayer, Melania addressed her husband's supporters and pledged to pursue initiatives for "women and children around the world".

"I'm committed to creating and supporting initiatives dear to my heart, which will have impact on women and children all around the world," she said.

"My husband is creating a country of great safety and prosperity," The Hill magazine quoted the First Lady as saying.

Saturday's rally marked Trump's first rally since taking office on January 20, returning the President to a familiar position on the campaign trail.

Melania Trump has not yet moved into the White House and is currently living in New York with their 10-year-old son Barron, while he finishes out the school year.

A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal donated Rs.50,000 to rights activist Irom Sharmila's People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) party, Aam Aadmi Party Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann also donated his one-month salary.

"As a member of Parliament m donating my one-month salary to Irom Sharmila who is fighting against corrupt system n justice in Manipur (sic)," Mann tweeted on Sunday.

In response, Sharmila's PRJA party tweeted, "Thanks a lot Mann sir for supporting our campaign and believeing in us. We will change Manipur for good".

Kejriwal on Saturday donated Rs.50,000 to PRJA and also urged the people to donate generously and support her.

"I am donating Rs.50,000 as my small contribution to her and appeal to everyone to support her," he tweeted.

With shortage of funds and manpower, PRJA party has taken to online public funding to raise funds and campaigning on cycle to reach out to the masses.

PRJA is Manipur’s first regional party which has taken to public funding to finance the party's poll expenses.

According to PRJA sources, online crowd funding with a slogan "Ten For a Change" is an idea to involve more people, bring in transparency in election funding and reach out to the masses.

(With inputs from Agencies)

A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal donated Rs.50,000 to rights activist Irom Sharmila's People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) party, Aam Aadmi Party Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann also donated his one-month salary.

"As a member of Parliament m donating my one-month salary to Irom Sharmila who is fighting against corrupt system n justice in Manipur (sic)," Mann tweeted on Sunday.

In response, Sharmila's PRJA party tweeted, "Thanks a lot Mann sir for supporting our campaign and believeing in us. We will change Manipur for good".

Kejriwal on Saturday donated Rs.50,000 to PRJA and also urged the people to donate generously and support her.

"I am donating Rs.50,000 as my small contribution to her and appeal to everyone to support her," he tweeted.

With shortage of funds and manpower, PRJA party has taken to online public funding to raise funds and campaigning on cycle to reach out to the masses.

PRJA is Manipur’s first regional party which has taken to public funding to finance the party's poll expenses.

According to PRJA sources, online crowd funding with a slogan "Ten For a Change" is an idea to involve more people, bring in transparency in election funding and reach out to the masses.

(With inputs from Agencies)

From next month, people in select cities will be able to apply for passports in post offices under an ambitious initiative of the External Affairs Ministry.

This is aimed at making the passport issuance process hassle-free and ease burden on passport offices across the country which are grappling with large volume of applications.

In the first phase of the project, passport services will be made available in select post offices in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Jharkhand and some other states.

The External Affairs Ministry, which issues passports, is making all required arrangements for roll-out of the scheme in some of the select cities in first half of March.

Currently, 89 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) are operating across the country as extended arms of the 38 Passport Offices.

According to the MEA, the government rendered 1.15 crore passport and other related services during 2016.

In Rajasthan, passport services will be available in Kota, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jhunjhunu and Jhalawar while in West Bengal it will be in Asansol, Nadia, North Dinajpur North Kolkata.

In Jharkhand, services will be offered in Deoghar, Jamshedpur and Dhandbad.

"It is our effort that Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras announced in the first phase should start functioning before 31.3.2017," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted.

In Tamil Nadu, passport services in post office will be rolled out in Salem and Vellore while in Karnataka, it will be in Belgaum, Davangere, Hassan, Gulbarga and Mysuru.

According to MEA, the objective of the government has been to cater to the demand for passports and to reach out to the people located far away from the passport offices.

The MEA had recently liberalised norms for certain categories of citizens as part of efforts to streamline the passport issuance process.

From next month, people in select cities will be able to apply for passports in post offices under an ambitious initiative of the External Affairs Ministry.

This is aimed at making the passport issuance process hassle-free and ease burden on passport offices across the country which are grappling with large volume of applications.

In the first phase of the project, passport services will be made available in select post offices in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Jharkhand and some other states.

The External Affairs Ministry, which issues passports, is making all required arrangements for roll-out of the scheme in some of the select cities in first half of March.

Currently, 89 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) are operating across the country as extended arms of the 38 Passport Offices.

According to the MEA, the government rendered 1.15 crore passport and other related services during 2016.

In Rajasthan, passport services will be available in Kota, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jhunjhunu and Jhalawar while in West Bengal it will be in Asansol, Nadia, North Dinajpur North Kolkata.

In Jharkhand, services will be offered in Deoghar, Jamshedpur and Dhandbad.

"It is our effort that Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras announced in the first phase should start functioning before 31.3.2017," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted.

In Tamil Nadu, passport services in post office will be rolled out in Salem and Vellore while in Karnataka, it will be in Belgaum, Davangere, Hassan, Gulbarga and Mysuru.

According to MEA, the objective of the government has been to cater to the demand for passports and to reach out to the people located far away from the passport offices.

The MEA had recently liberalised norms for certain categories of citizens as part of efforts to streamline the passport issuance process.

The chances of Hungary to host the 2024 Olympic Games have seriously diminished due to a domestic anti-Olympic petition, according to Budapest's bidding committee for the 2024 Games.

On Friday, opponents of the bid presented officials over 266,151 signatures seeking a referendum, almost double of the 138,000 needed, Xinhua news agency reported.

"Over the last couple of weeks, a common national goal has become a dispute between political parties. The common political will to support the Hungarian Olympic games does not exist anymore, and without unbroken political and community unity, Budapest has no chance of competing against Paris and Los Angeles, who are among the biggest and richest cities of the world," the Budapest 2024 bid committee said in statement on Saturday.

The committee also said that they would suspend all further work and payments relevant to the 2024 Olympic games until the leadership of the city of Budapest and the Hungarian government comes to an agreement on how to proceed in the lights of the recent events.

On Friday, the Mayor of Budapest, Istvan Tarlos, told journalists that he was considering to withdraw officially from the bid, as early as the middle of next week.

"The opposition parties have said the same thing about the hosting of the Olympic games for 13 years, and now suddenly, since the last one or two months, they say the contrary," Tarlos complained in an interview on Hungarian national television M1.

The mayor also told he met Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and they have agreed to discuss the current events, both at the City Hall and within the government until next Wednesday, then they would meet again to decide about the "ethical and practical" steps that needed to be made.

Finally, Tarlos made clear that he still believed that Budapest would benefit from the Olympic games, but that he also "acknowledges the will of the people," and underlined that "266,000 signatures meant a lot".

According to recent polls, the majority of the citizens of Budapest do not want their city to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games. 

It is clear that if a referendum would be held, the voters would reject the hosting of the Olympics. 

The chances of Hungary to host the 2024 Olympic Games have seriously diminished due to a domestic anti-Olympic petition, according to Budapest's bidding committee for the 2024 Games.

On Friday, opponents of the bid presented officials over 266,151 signatures seeking a referendum, almost double of the 138,000 needed, Xinhua news agency reported.

"Over the last couple of weeks, a common national goal has become a dispute between political parties. The common political will to support the Hungarian Olympic games does not exist anymore, and without unbroken political and community unity, Budapest has no chance of competing against Paris and Los Angeles, who are among the biggest and richest cities of the world," the Budapest 2024 bid committee said in statement on Saturday.

The committee also said that they would suspend all further work and payments relevant to the 2024 Olympic games until the leadership of the city of Budapest and the Hungarian government comes to an agreement on how to proceed in the lights of the recent events.

On Friday, the Mayor of Budapest, Istvan Tarlos, told journalists that he was considering to withdraw officially from the bid, as early as the middle of next week.

"The opposition parties have said the same thing about the hosting of the Olympic games for 13 years, and now suddenly, since the last one or two months, they say the contrary," Tarlos complained in an interview on Hungarian national television M1.

The mayor also told he met Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and they have agreed to discuss the current events, both at the City Hall and within the government until next Wednesday, then they would meet again to decide about the "ethical and practical" steps that needed to be made.

Finally, Tarlos made clear that he still believed that Budapest would benefit from the Olympic games, but that he also "acknowledges the will of the people," and underlined that "266,000 signatures meant a lot".

According to recent polls, the majority of the citizens of Budapest do not want their city to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games. 

It is clear that if a referendum would be held, the voters would reject the hosting of the Olympics. 

A cluster of films based on the biodiversity-rich Nagaland, showcased at the seventh National Science Film Festival, have kick-up a debate on hunting practices and conservation in northeast India's tribal communities.

Revolving around the Yimchunger tribe of Nagaland in the state's remote Fakim village, the 30-minute film "Point and Shoot" clinched three awards at the fest that concluded on Saturday.

"It explores the relationship of the hunting community with animals and birds found in the forests around Fakim. My film documents the pros and cons of hunting versus conservation. It is debate for you to figure out what you would choose," director Harsimran Kaur Anand told IANS.

Set in the same village, Savyasachi Anju Prabir's "Miilelam Miiyoh" captures a "perceptive account of the changes in the tribe's relationship with nature".

In the same vein, Sesino Yhoshu's award-winning "The Pangti Story" is about the Pangti village's residents who transformed from hunting Amur Falcons to saving them.

Amur Falcons, the longest travelling raptors in the world, fly from Siberia every fall to roost in Pangti, a small village in Nagaland. In 2012, Nagaland made global news when thousands of these raptors were mercilessly hunted.

The film explores the "transition of an entire village from one that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of the winged visitors to their most fervent preservationist".

The festival-competition was organised by Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology (DST) and and National Council of Science Museums. A total of 67 films were screened.

According to DST officials, the aim is to help India make a mark in the global science film festival scenario by encouraging students and enthusiasts to develop acumen for science films.

A cluster of films based on the biodiversity-rich Nagaland, showcased at the seventh National Science Film Festival, have kick-up a debate on hunting practices and conservation in northeast India's tribal communities.

Revolving around the Yimchunger tribe of Nagaland in the state's remote Fakim village, the 30-minute film "Point and Shoot" clinched three awards at the fest that concluded on Saturday.

"It explores the relationship of the hunting community with animals and birds found in the forests around Fakim. My film documents the pros and cons of hunting versus conservation. It is debate for you to figure out what you would choose," director Harsimran Kaur Anand told IANS.

Set in the same village, Savyasachi Anju Prabir's "Miilelam Miiyoh" captures a "perceptive account of the changes in the tribe's relationship with nature".

In the same vein, Sesino Yhoshu's award-winning "The Pangti Story" is about the Pangti village's residents who transformed from hunting Amur Falcons to saving them.

Amur Falcons, the longest travelling raptors in the world, fly from Siberia every fall to roost in Pangti, a small village in Nagaland. In 2012, Nagaland made global news when thousands of these raptors were mercilessly hunted.

The film explores the "transition of an entire village from one that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of the winged visitors to their most fervent preservationist".

The festival-competition was organised by Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology (DST) and and National Council of Science Museums. A total of 67 films were screened.

According to DST officials, the aim is to help India make a mark in the global science film festival scenario by encouraging students and enthusiasts to develop acumen for science films.

Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian-born radical cleric serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Centre and other terror attacks in New York, has died, officials said.

Rahman, 78, died in a US prison on Saturday. He died from natural causes in the federal correctional complex in Butner, North Carolina, Greg Norton, the prison's spokesman, was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.

He had battled diabetes and coronary heart disease for years, Norton was quoted by local media reports.

He was regarded as one of the most influential and fearsome theologians of the Islamist fundamentalism that swept the Middle East in recent decades.

Known as "the Blind Sheikh," Rahman lost his eyesight when he was 10 months old. By the time he was 11 years old, he had memorised the Braille version of the Qur'an and was sent to an Islamic boarding school.

He went on to study at Cairo University's School of Theology and later earned a doctorate in from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Rahman went on to become one of the country's most prominent and outspoken Muslim clerics to denounce Egypt's secularism.

In the mid-1980s, Rahman made his way to Afghanistan, where he built a strong rapport with former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The cleric came to the US in 1990 and began teaching in a New Jersey mosque.

The February 1993 attack, in which a bomb exploded in a parking garage under World Trade Centre, killed six and injured more than 1,000 people. Some suspects were found to have frequented the New Jersey mosque where he preached.

He was indicted in August 1993 for involvement in a broader terrorist plot that included the World Trade Centre bombing and other attempted attacks in New York.

In October 1995, he was found guilty of guiding a conspiracy to wage "a war of urban terrorism" and sentenced to life in prison.

Bin Laden once credited Rahman as the inspiration and justification for the September 11, 2001 attacks which destroyed the Manhattan landmark, said a Fox News report.
 

Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian-born radical cleric serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Centre and other terror attacks in New York, has died, officials said.

Rahman, 78, died in a US prison on Saturday. He died from natural causes in the federal correctional complex in Butner, North Carolina, Greg Norton, the prison's spokesman, was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.

He had battled diabetes and coronary heart disease for years, Norton was quoted by local media reports.

He was regarded as one of the most influential and fearsome theologians of the Islamist fundamentalism that swept the Middle East in recent decades.

Known as "the Blind Sheikh," Rahman lost his eyesight when he was 10 months old. By the time he was 11 years old, he had memorised the Braille version of the Qur'an and was sent to an Islamic boarding school.

He went on to study at Cairo University's School of Theology and later earned a doctorate in from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Rahman went on to become one of the country's most prominent and outspoken Muslim clerics to denounce Egypt's secularism.

In the mid-1980s, Rahman made his way to Afghanistan, where he built a strong rapport with former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The cleric came to the US in 1990 and began teaching in a New Jersey mosque.

The February 1993 attack, in which a bomb exploded in a parking garage under World Trade Centre, killed six and injured more than 1,000 people. Some suspects were found to have frequented the New Jersey mosque where he preached.

He was indicted in August 1993 for involvement in a broader terrorist plot that included the World Trade Centre bombing and other attempted attacks in New York.

In October 1995, he was found guilty of guiding a conspiracy to wage "a war of urban terrorism" and sentenced to life in prison.

Bin Laden once credited Rahman as the inspiration and justification for the September 11, 2001 attacks which destroyed the Manhattan landmark, said a Fox News report.
 

US President Donald Trump has vowed to "totally destroy" ISIS and rebuild the US military as part of measures to keep the country safe.

"Here's the bottom line. We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening," Trump said at a campaign-style rally in Florida, nearly a month after taking oath.

"We've allowed thousands and thousands of people into our country. And there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was no nothing," he claimed.

Trump also touched on familiar rhetoric, saying the US does not "win anymore".

"Instead of peace, we've seen wars that never end and conflicts that never seem to go away. We don't fight to win.

We fight politically correct wars. We don't win anymore. We don't win at trade. We don't win in any capacity. We don't win anymore. We're going to start winning again. Believe me," he said.

Trump said he has directed the defence community, headed by Defence Secretary Jim Mattis "to develop a plan to totally destroy ISIS," and begin plans for "the great rebuilding" of the United States military.

"We will pursue peace through strength. Our military is badly depleted. We make the best equipment anywhere in the world. We're going to start using our best and most modern equipment," he said.

Trump said he wants to build safe zones in Syria and other places so immigrants can stay there and live safely.

"We were left a mess like you wouldn't believe. But we're going to build safe zones. We're going to have those safe zones," he said.

"We want people to come into our country. But we want people that love us. We want people that can cherish us and the traditions of our country. We want people that are going to be great for our country. We don't want people with bad, bad ideas. We don't want that," he said.

He said he has also started taking steps to bring back jobs to the country and revive the fledging economy.

Trump, a billionaire himself, lashed out at the "so-called global elite", saying they have done very well for themselves, leaving working families with shrinking wages.

"We have the chance…to pursue real peace, real stability and real prosperity. We want to secure our borders and protect our workers. To rebuild our military and our infrastructure.

To fix our schools and restore safety to our neighborhoods. To bring hope and opportunity to our inner cities," he said.

The Republican, who in the run-up to the presidential elections was accused of sexually harassing women, also said he wants to ensure a "level playing field for all women in the workforce."

US President Donald Trump has vowed to "totally destroy" ISIS and rebuild the US military as part of measures to keep the country safe.

"Here's the bottom line. We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening," Trump said at a campaign-style rally in Florida, nearly a month after taking oath.

"We've allowed thousands and thousands of people into our country. And there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was no nothing," he claimed.

Trump also touched on familiar rhetoric, saying the US does not "win anymore".

"Instead of peace, we've seen wars that never end and conflicts that never seem to go away. We don't fight to win.

We fight politically correct wars. We don't win anymore. We don't win at trade. We don't win in any capacity. We don't win anymore. We're going to start winning again. Believe me," he said.

Trump said he has directed the defence community, headed by Defence Secretary Jim Mattis "to develop a plan to totally destroy ISIS," and begin plans for "the great rebuilding" of the United States military.

"We will pursue peace through strength. Our military is badly depleted. We make the best equipment anywhere in the world. We're going to start using our best and most modern equipment," he said.

Trump said he wants to build safe zones in Syria and other places so immigrants can stay there and live safely.

"We were left a mess like you wouldn't believe. But we're going to build safe zones. We're going to have those safe zones," he said.

"We want people to come into our country. But we want people that love us. We want people that can cherish us and the traditions of our country. We want people that are going to be great for our country. We don't want people with bad, bad ideas. We don't want that," he said.

He said he has also started taking steps to bring back jobs to the country and revive the fledging economy.

Trump, a billionaire himself, lashed out at the "so-called global elite", saying they have done very well for themselves, leaving working families with shrinking wages.

"We have the chance…to pursue real peace, real stability and real prosperity. We want to secure our borders and protect our workers. To rebuild our military and our infrastructure.

To fix our schools and restore safety to our neighborhoods. To bring hope and opportunity to our inner cities," he said.

The Republican, who in the run-up to the presidential elections was accused of sexually harassing women, also said he wants to ensure a "level playing field for all women in the workforce."

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said that Delhi residents can avail facility of MRI, PET and CT scan tests for free at 21 private laboratories after showing referral letter from the selected 30 government hospitals.

Jain made the announcement at the 22nd Foundation Day of Delhi government's Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) here. 

Reiterating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's commitment towards providing quality health facilities to Delhi people, Jain said: "All Delhiites can now avail free MRI, PET and CT Scan check-up at 21 private labs in Delhi."

He said patients either referred by the 30 Delhi government hospitals or 23 state-run polyclinics in the city can avail these facilities.

He said that MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging), PET (positron emission tomography) scan and CT (computed tomography) scan are considered costlty tests, but the Delhi government is making them free for all Delhiites.

"The Delhi government has done an agreement with 21 private laboratories for the tests. Such tests are costly and even in AIIMS people have to pay between Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 for MRI tests, but we are getting it done for free," Jain added.

He also appreciated the efforts made by the forensic experts, who worked hard to bring down the pendency in all divisions, specially at the DNA unit of FSL.