Berlin, May 26 (IANS) The German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner has urged Jews to avoid wearing “kippa”, the traditional Jewish skullcaps in public, the media reported on Sunday. Felix Klein warned Jews against donning the kippa…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Hundreds of immigrant labourers in the USA who can’t prove their legal status are being forced to quit after their employers received ‘no-match letters’ from the Social Security Administration (SSA), according…
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday filed the charge sheet against the youth accused of raping a minor girl in Bandipora district earlier this month. “The charge sheet was presented…
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) Family members of hundreds of people who disappeared between 2009 and 2019 in Bangladesh, took to the streets in the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday demanding the authorities to return their relatives…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) A US federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they’re pregnant. Judge Carlton Reeves, a Barack Obama appointee,…
Agartala, May 25 (IANS) In a major administrative reshuffle a day after the Lok Sabha election results were announced, the BJP government in Tripura has transferred the Chief Secretary, 11 IAS officers, two IPS officers…
Bhubaneswar, May 25 (IANS) Odisha is sending 33 per cent women to the Lok Sabha after the just held general elections. Seven women have been elected from the 21 parliamentary seats in the state. While…
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Two different benches of the Supreme Court on Friday made parallel observations on a common issue concerning non-functioning of courts in West Bengal due to lawyers’ strike….
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal recently ordered a joint inspection of banquet halls in west Delhi by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on various clearances….
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Two different benches of the Supreme Court on Friday made parallel observations on a common issue concerning non-functioning of courts in West Bengal due to lawyers’ strike….
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Four new judges were administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi at the Supreme Court on Friday, two of whom will go on to be the Chief…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has stayed trial court proceedings against former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Punjab National Bank Usha Ananthasubramanian and 11 other PNB officials in…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) A court here on Friday dismissed BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking to bring a Delhi Police vigilance report on record in the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Special Judge Arun…
Washington, May 24 (IANS) The Indian government requested Facebook to provide data for 20,805 users (including 861 emergency requests) — second only to the US government — in the July-December 2018 period and the social…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking to cancel the bail plea of Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, in a money laundering case….
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Indian audience, in the 1996 film “Fire”, saw Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi in a same-sex relationship on screen. But, representations of homosexuality on stage remain…
Bandar Seri Begawan, May 24 (IANS) The Sultan of Brunei has returned an honorary degree awarded by Oxford University after it raised concerns about the Asian nation’s strict new anti-LGBT laws. The University said on…
Taipei, May 24 (IANS) Around 20 same-sex couples on Friday registered their marriage officially at the Household Registration Office in Taipei, a week after Taiwan became the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex unions….
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s plea seeking extension of the protection granted to him from arrest in the Saradha chit fund scam case….
