New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court order directing additional 196 marks to those who appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil medium as 49…
Hanoi, July 20 (IANS) A court in Vietnam has ordered the deportation of a US student arrested at a demonstration that turned violent. William Nguyen was found guilty of “causing public disorder” following his detention…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea by Muslim litigants seeking that the hearing on the batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict…
Kharagpur (West Bengal), July 20 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday expressed concern over the skewed gender ratio in technical institutes of the country, particularly at the IITs, and stressed the need for more…
Manila, July 20 (IANS) Australian nun Patricia Fox announced on Friday that she would appeal against a deportation order issued against her by the Philippines government a day earlier over allegations of involvement in political…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Four Supreme Court judges – Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur, R. Banumathi and Deepak Gupta – carried out inspection of apex court premises on Friday. The four judges took…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court collegium on Friday reiterated its recommendation to elevate Justice K.M.Joseph – the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court – to the Supreme Court. Besides separately reiterating the…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said it was “frightening” that a large number of people were dying in road accidents caused by potholes and summoned Delhi’s Commissioner of Police for…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) July 4 order slapping a fine of Rs 10,000 on former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, holding that…
Shimla, July 20 (IANS) Upset over the delay in getting the encroached government land back from apple growers in upper Shimla, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday asked the Eco-Task Force, comprising ex-servicemen, to…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court collegium has reiterated its recommendation to elevate Justice K.M. Joseph, the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, to the Supreme Court. The top court collegium reiterated its…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) To help billions of users manage their data and help them transfer that into and out of online services without privacy issues, four tech giants — Facebook, Google, Microsoft and…
Seoul, July 20 (IANS) A court here on Friday sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison for illegally taking off-book funds from the state spy agency and interfering in elections during…
Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) Pakistani social activist Raza Mahmood Khan, who had been missing for the past seven months, has returned home, the media reported on Friday. Raza, a convener of Aghaz-i-Dosti — a friendship…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city Police to file its response to a woman’s plea for a CBI probe against self-styled godman Daati Maharaj. The woman has…
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) At least 58 inmates of the women’s jail in Byculla were rushed to the hospital on Friday morning due to suspected food poisoning, officials said. A majority of the women complained…
Panaji, July 20 (IANS) Nearly a year after the state Public Works Ministry had ordered a probe into allegations of bribery by a Boston-based consultancy firm to NHAI and state PWD officials for facilitation of…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Hauled up second time by the government on its failure to check the spread of fake and provocative content on its platform amid growing lynching episodes, the Facebook-owned platform on…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday denied bail to a minor accused of killing a 7-year-old boy of a private school in Gurugram district in Haryana. A bench of Justice Rohinton…
Seoul, July 20 (IANS) South Korean prosecutors asked a Seoul appeals court on Friday to sentence former President Park Geun-hye to 30 years in prison over a set of corruption charges that led to her…