Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) The Bharat Bandh being observed by various groups protesting caste-based reservation affected normal life in several parts of the state on Tuesday. Western Odisha was mostly affected following the shutdown call….
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states to ensure that there was no opposition to the release of the film “Nanak Shah Fakir”, which is set to release in India…
Patna, April 10 (IANS) Over a dozen of people were injured on Tuesday in a violent clash in Bihar during the “Bharat Bandh” called by various groups to protest against reservation policies, police said. Supporters,…
Los Angeles, April 10 (IANS) Comedian Bill Cosby paid Andrea Constand $3.38 million to settle the sexual assault lawsuit she brought against him in 2005, said prosecutors at the opening of his criminal retrial. The…
San Francisco, April 10 (IANS) The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was fake with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, according to a CNN report. The page, titled simply “Black Lives…
Washington, April 10 (IANS) The US state of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico has pledged to deploy National Guard soldiers to its borders with Mexico in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order to curb…
New York, April 10 (IANS) The FBI has raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen and seized documents related to porn star Stormy Daniels along with other bank records, the media…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that a public notice inviting objections to sale of assets of real estate major Unitech Ltd be issued for auctioning them, in order to…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday led the party’s day-long fast at the Rajghat here over alleged increasing atrocities on Dalits, adivasis, and minorities and dubbed the Modi government as…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Central government for not framing a scheme to implement its verdict on the sharing of Cauvery river water as it declined its…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Binani Industries, the parent company of insolvent Binani Cement, on Monday informed the National Company Law Tribunal’s Kolkata bench that it has moved the Supreme Court for termination of insolvency proceedings…
Gandhinagar, April 9 (IANS) Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance vis-a-vis the SC/ST Act to ensure protection of…
Jammu, April 9 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch on Monday presented in the court of Kathua’s Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) a charge-sheet against seven people accused of raping and murdering an eight-year old…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central government to file a comprehensive report detailing the facilities being provided to Rohingya refugees staying at two camps in Haryana, saying “let…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday extended, till May 31, the interim protection from arrest ti social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in a case relating to fund…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed a Goa court to complete, within a year, the trial against Tehelka’s former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, charged with raping a junior colleague in Goa…
Manila, April 9 (IANS) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called the country’s Chief Justice his “enemy” and urged the Parliament to hasten her impeachment process. Last week, Maria Lourdes Sereno, known for her opposition…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea seeking the framing of Rules for constituting benches including the composition of constitution benches and the creation of subject…
Rabat, April 9 (IANS) Six migrants drowned and 10 others were rescued after their boat sank off Morocco’s northern coast on Monday, authorities said. Among them, four migrants were Moroccans, authorities of the northern Tangier…
Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) Disturbed by caste violence in the country, RSS activist Raghuvir Sharan Agarwal set himself on fire here and succumbed to his burn injuries on Monday, the RSS said. Police earlier said…