By Arul Louis United Nations, April 24 (IANS) Nepali peacekeepers have been accused of touching “inappropriately” a teenager in South Sudan and not of rape, according to the UN mission there. Four teenaged girls were…
Ranchi, April 24 (IANS) A court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to 10 persons convicted of lynching a person in Bokaro district of Jharkhand in 2017 after suspecting him of kidnapping children. Tenughat court Judge…
Jammu, April 24 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch on Tuesday decided to approach a court against a defence lawyer in the Kathua rape-murder case for allegedly “circulating twisted facts” on the matter,…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A survey conducted in 17 slums of Delhi has revealed that over a majority – 62.6 per cent – of the elderly people were not receiving pension and other old…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Ahead of a trial court’s verdict in rape case against self-styled godman Asaram, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday issued an advisory to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana to step up…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Under attack over his decision on rejecting the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the decision came after over…
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday placed US diplomat Colonel Joseph Emmanuel Hall on the “blacklist” for killing a motorcyclist in a road accident here, prohibiting the US defence and air attache…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday halted all construction in 1,797 unauthorised colonies in the national capital. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta asked the Centre…
Agartala, April 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will interrogate two former Left Front ministers in Tripura in connection with a case of the Kolkata-based Rose Valley chit fund scam, an official said…
New York, April 24 (IANS) New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has embraced a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags and has introduced a bill to outlaw them by next year, the media reported. The…
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS/IndiaSpend) About 90 per cent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 per cent of such cases ended in conviction, and there is a…
New York, April 24 (IANS) Two detectives in Florida reportedly visited a funeral home to unlock the deceased man’s smartphone by using his fingerprint, a move which has been claimed as disrespectful and a violation…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered to assign prosecutors and judges to immediately deal with cases of undocumented immigrants arriving in the country in the migratory caravan. “I have directed…
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Actress Anushka Sharma says experimenting with roles has been a mainstay in her career from the start. Anushka spoke to the media here on Monday on the sidelines of an event…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The attorney general of US’ Illinois state has filed a lawsuit against a transportation company for discrimination and harassment against customers, including Chinese students. “Suburban Express and (its owner) Dennis Toeppen…
Rome, April 24 (IANS/AKI) Any coalition government partner of Italy’s anti-migrant League party must agree to seal Italy’s borders, “like any normal country,” its leader Matteo Salvini stated on Monday. “Whoever governs with the League…
New York, April 23 (IANS/AKI) A photojournalist who has been in prison for nearly five years since his arrest for covering a demonstration in Cairo has been selected to receive this years press freedom prize…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A day after President Ram Nath Kovind approved the ordinance to introduce death penalty for child rape, child and women rights activists voiced dissatisfaction with the move, saying that the…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A government appointed panel has recommended one window solution in cases of inter country removal and retention of children, an official statement said on Monday. “Stressing upon the need for…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused the Union Coal and Mining Ministeries of mis-utilising funds allocated for Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), a strategy for the socio-economic development of tribal people, and…