Pune, March 15 (IANS) A Pune court on Thursday sent to police custody till March 19 Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote who has been accused of provoking the January 1 caste riots of Bhima-Koregaon in Maharashtra….
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) DMK leader M.K.Stalin on Thursday said party legislators have decided to boycott the presentation of state budget for 2018-19, protesting against inaction of the state and the central governments in setting…
Washington, March 15 (IANS) The estate of “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee is suing the producers of a much-anticipated Broadway adaptation of the US novel, saying that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s script deviates too…
Washington, March 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is open to an agreement to find a temporary solution for undocumented youths known as “Dreamers” in exchange for funding to build a border wall, a White…
Panaji, March 15 (IANS) The in-camera trial into the allegations of rape involving former editor-in-chief of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal got underway in a Goa court on Thursday, with the court recording the statement of the…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday amid sharp exchanges between former Union Minister from the TDP, Y.S. Chowdary, and the Congress members over the bifurcation of…
Madurai, March 15 (IANS) Independent legislator and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran on Thursday launched his new party called Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagham (AMMK). He announced his party’s name at Melur near the temple town…
By Arul Louis United Nations, March 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan Muslims and supporters protested outside the UN against the recent violence targeting their community, and for some of them it had been an intimate family…
London, March 15 (IANS) WhatsApp has signed a public commitment with Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) not to share users’ personal data with Facebook until data protection concerns are addressed. Facebook-owned WhatsApp signed an “undertaking”…
By Arul Louis United Nations, March 15 (IANS) India has shared with other countries its insights on empowering rural women and girls at an event on the sidelines of the meeting of the Commission on…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Wednesday urged all citizens of the country to be “vigilant and alert” and be the “leader of change by flagging misleading advertisements. In…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that the government’s claims of saving by plugging leakage by linking disbursal of rations under the Public Distribution System and LPG with Aadhaar…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Young Indian Private Ltd (YI), whose major stakeholders are Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday moved Delhi High Court against Rs 249.15 crore income tax…
Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) The Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday approved a scheme to provide universal access to comprehensive eyecare services from primary to tertiary levels in the state. The Cabinet approved the Universal Eye Health…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday informed a city court that Al-Qaeda tried to establish a base in Delhi through its operative Samiun Rahman, who was arrested in 2017 by…
Bengaluru, March 14 (IANS) Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanatha Shetty was on Wednesday discharged from a hospital where he had been admitted after being stabbed repeatedly by a complainant at his office on March 7….
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Defence Ministry on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that 17 cases of alleged human rights violations by armed force personnel were received in three years, of which 12 were…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the parties to the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masji dispute were free to settle the contentious issue between themselves but it will not ask them take…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) to provide the details of various funds created for protection of the environment. A bench…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of prominent Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote, who is accused of instigating the Bhima-Koregaon caste violence of January 1. A bench…