Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was sexually abused inside a school here, triggering angry protests on Friday and leading to the arrest of two teachers. Angry guardians were seen…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will examine whether the Election Commission could de-register political parties if they have convicted or tainted politicians as office bearers. The bench…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Noting that the national capital recorded highest cases of crimes against women in 2016, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Friday said that Delhi Police was not being held “accountable”…
Bengaluru, Dec 1 (IANS) Global software major Wipro on Friday said it would contest a $140 million (Rs 910 crore) lawsuit filed by its US-based customer National Grid US over an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)…
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was charged on Friday with “wilfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…
Dhaka, Dec 1 (IANS) Pope Francis on Friday met a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees here and referred to Myanmar’s persecuted minority by name for the first time on his Asia tour. “The presence of…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Adarsh Sein Anand died here on Friday. Eighty one-year-old Justice Anand, who had been ailing for some time, breathed his last at his…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) As the Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Election Commission (EC) whether the Sasikala-Dinakaran faction of the AIADMK can be allowed to file nominations using the “Hat” symbol, the…
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Amid the H1B visa row in India, the US government on Friday said there has been no change in law regarding the H1B regime and the system continued to be as…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a plea by Morna Entertainment challenging the “illegal and unwarranted” blocking of the release of its film “Muzaffarnagar: The Burning Love” in the eight districts…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Future naval ships are being constructed with “suitable facilities” to include women sailors and sooner or later, women officers will also be onboard them, Indian Navy chief Sunil Lanba said…
Itanagar, Dec 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday asked for a detailed report within four weeks on the forced stripping of 88 girls in an Arunachal Pradesh school. The Commission took…
Madrid, Dec 1 (IANS) The sacked Vice President of the Catalan regional government and six former members of the separatist Cabinet who have been detained on sedition and rebellion allegations following the region’s unilateral independence…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the central government on a plea seeking a country-wide ban on possession, sale and bursting of firecrackers, including burning of stubble…
Tokyo, Dec 1 (IANS) A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a former US marine to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a woman on the southern island of Okinawa, in a case that…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A court here on Friday reserved order on the bail plea of alleged hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani, accused in a money laundering case. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma said…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by a Parsi woman who challenged the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act that allows the local Parsi…
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) A group of 150 bikes will ride across the city on Saturday to kickstart Dr Reddy’s Foundation’s nation-wide campaign to draw attention to the rights of people with disabilities. The “Breaking…
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday said that Republic TV news channel’s right to air stories on the death of Sunanda Pushkar cannot be curbed, but it has to be…
New York, Dec 1 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally intervened in a scheme that allowed Iran to dodge US and UN sanctions, a gold trader with ties to Ankara claimed in a court…