Kolkata, Dec 3 (IANS) Three days after a minor girl was allegedly sexually abused inside a south Kolkata school by two physical training (PT) teachers, parents and guardians of students on Sunday held a sit-in…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Two IMA doctors have been included in an inquiry panel set up by Max Super Specialty Hospital here to investigate a case wherein one of the premature twins was pronounced…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday presented the National awards for the empowerment of persons with disabilities here on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Addressing…
Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) Angry protests were witnessed in Bhopal on Sunday as the city marked the 33rd anniversary of the gas tragedy that killed thousands. The decades-old pain was visible on the faces of…
By Nikhil M. Babu Jammu/New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Just past noon on November 8, two United Nations officers from Delhi waited for about two dozen Rohingya refugees in a white, ground-floor room in Jammu…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 3 (IANS) India became the accidental catalyst for a successful UN rebellion against the hegemony of the permanent members (P5) of the Security Council by facing off Britain with…
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) A court here on Saturday sent two physical education teachers, arrested in connection with the shocking incident of a four-year-old girl sexually abused inside a school, to two days police custody….
Hyderabad, Dec 2 (IANS) The Telangana government on Saturday announced that it will set up Information Technology campus for persons with disabilities, claiming this will be the world’s first such facility. On the eve of…
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) A former US Navy veteran charged with killing an Indian engineer and injuring two others in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas city earlier this year has…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The centre on Saturday withdrew the controversial order banning the sale of cattle for slaughter in markets. The order, issued in May this year, sought to curb cruelty to animals…
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) The US Senate on Saturday passed the Republican tax reform bill that incorporates a number of changes. The vote was split 51 to 49. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee voted no,…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) Former CBFC Chairperson and producer Pahlaj Nihalani is shocked by a Parliamentary Committee’s decision to question director Sanjay Leela Bhansali on “Padmavati” before the censor board can…
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) Senate Republican leaders have released a new version of their tax plan that incorporates a number of changes that lawmakers sought in order to support the bill, the media reported on…
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is being named as the “very senior member” of the President’s transition team who directed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to contact Russian…
The Hague, Dec 2 (IANS) Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak died after taking potassium cyanide in The Hague’s courtroom, Dutch prosecutors say, citing the results of a preliminary post mortem examination. “This has resulted…
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about his conversations with Russia’s then-ambassador to the US….
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a Rs 25 lakh cost on NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) that had sought a court-monitored SIT probe into the allegation…
Kolkata/Ranchi, Dec 2 (IANS) Shocking people across India, two minor girls were sexually abused in two schools in Kolkata and Jharkhand’s Koderma, allegedly by a principal and two teachers, with all three being arrested on…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Social activists on Friday said the government had not taken any action even three months after the submission of an independent report that showed ontime payment under Mahatma Gandhi National…
Rome, Dec 1 (IANS/AKI) The Egyptian government on Friday deplored Libya’s detention of migrants in “inhuman” camps and called for a “global approach” to tackle the migrant emergency and fight the human trafficking which also…