Geneva, Dec 6 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday that Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics set for next February in PyeongChang, South Korea, over doping concerns, Xinhua reported. The…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Giving a new twist to the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute, the Sunni Waqf Board on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to defer hearing in the Ayodhya title suit till July 2019…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the city government and civic agencies to apprise it about the programmes they have undertaken or intend to take on spreading of education…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a residency certificate issued by gram panchayat Secretary to a married woman for inclusion of name in the National Register of Citizenship should…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) In a letter written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday, a Muslim body has demanded that the triple talaq or instant divorce should be made an offence under…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to file its response on plea alleging discriminatory practice in the Muslim personal law on inheritance and sought equal rights…
Gandhinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) Latching on to Kapil Sibal’s statement in the Supreme Court for deferring hearing in the Ramjanambhoomi dispute till after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday asked…
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) An Indian-origin man from Canada was sentenced by a US court in Arizona state to 46 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to international travel with intent to engage in…
Kolkata, Dec 5 (IANS) The principal of a city school, where a four-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by two teachers last week, was on Tuesday summoned to Kolkata Police headquarters, a senior police officer said….
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) India is among the deadliest countries for defenders of rights related to land, territory, environment, rights NGO Amnesty International said on Tuesday. In its global report ‘Deadly but Preventable Attacks:…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday was told by a Rohingya petitioner that there were no serious moves by the Indian government to send Rohingya refugees in the country back to…
Manila, Dec 5 (IANS) The Philippines on Tuesday threatened to pull out of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if its war against drugs that has left thousands of people dead is…
Geneva, Dec 5 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that an act of genocide against Rohingya Muslims by state forces in Myanmar cannot be ruled out. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein was…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Terming the Madhya Pradesh assemblys bill introducing death penalty for people convicted of rape of girls aged 12 and younger as “regressive” and “misplaced”, human rights NGO Amnesty International on…
Madrid, Dec 5 (IANS) A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Tuesday withdrew an international arrest warrant for ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and several of his Cabinet members. Puigdemont and four other politicians have been…
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the US by residents of eight countries, including six Muslim-majority countries, while legal challenges…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The UAE Embassy in India has launched a new mobile app aimed at helping its nationals visiting India and also Indians visiting that country, the Gulf nation’s Ambassador to India…
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court will commence on February 8, 2018 its hearing on a batch of petitions challenging a 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit that had…
Berlin, Dec 5 (IANS) The German government has been accused of breaking its own rules on removing Afghan asylum seekers with a decision to deport a 26-year-old who fears he will be killed if returned,…
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday stayed trial court proceedings in the case of teenager Junaid Khan, who was stabbed to death in a train in Haryana’s Faridabad district…