Manila, March 29 (IANS) Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippines journalist and the Time Magazine Person of the Year, was arrested on Friday at the airport here shortly after stepping off a plane from San Francisco….
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Ship-building companies have petitioned the Supreme Court that the industry can survive only if the February 12 circular of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is quashed and set aside….
Washington, March 29 (IANS) The US State Department sources have said that they know American residents, either citizens or people with legal status in Washington, were being held in detention camps in Xinjiang, China, the…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Law graduates and professionals can now opt for a year-long LLM programme in Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change, launched recently by Jindal Global Law School and WWF India keeping…
Ahmedabad, March 28 (IANS) A city court on Thursday sentenced 10 people, including 8 women, to jail in the 2009 Ahmedabad hooch tragedy, which claimed more than 125 lives. The Ahmedabad sessions court has sentenced…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday defended incorporating, in the Finance Act 2017, the provision for bringing uniformity in the service conditions, appointments and tenure of members of 19 tribunals, asserting that…
Amaravati, March 28 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday stayed the release of controversial movie “Lakshmi’s NTR” till April 3. The order came a day before the film by the leading filmmaker Ram…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday said it is examining and will decide on Friday if Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the model code of conduct (MCC) when he announced the…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refrained from passing any order on the repeated plea for stay of the notification providing for 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions…
Washington, March 28 (IANS) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday charged Facebook with housing discrimination, saying the social media giant encouraged and caused housing discrimination through ad targeting. “Facebook is…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A witness in a case of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Thursday told a court that former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was leading and instigating a mob in one of…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to hold elections to Ottapidaram, Tirupparankundrrama and Aravakurichi Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu within a “reasonable time”. The SC Bench, comprising…
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), March 28 (IANS) BJP’s Kozhikode Lok Sabha candidate Prakash Babu was on Thursday sent to jail by a court in a case relating to attack on a woman devotee at Sabarimala in November…
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A special court on Thursday summoned former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on May 2 in a case pertaining to charges of high treason against him. Musharraf’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, said that…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions seeking stay on the merger of three public sector banks — Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda. The merger is set…
London, March 28 (IANS) Brunei will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death by stoning under a new law, which comes into effect next week. From April 3, any individual found guilty of the offences…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A court ordered businessman Sushil Ansal to remain present in the courtroom for the remaining working hours of Thursday as he was late in attending proceedings in a case of…
San Francisco/Wellington, March 28 (IANS) Abandoning a long-standing policy of allowing white supremacy to thrive on its platform as nations criticised it for promoting hate propaganda in the wake of New Zealand terror attacks, Facebook…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the release of film “Ram Ki Janmabhoomi” would not, in any manner, affect the ongoing mediation to resolve the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi title suit…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the question whether the decision of the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam declaring a person a foreigner is final or there should…