Beijing, Feb 26 (IANS) China’s top legislature on Friday passed the country’s first law on deep seafloor resource exploration to protect the maritime environment and ensure sustainable exploitation. The legislation was adopted after a second…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A court here on Friday discharged suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu and Pakistani national Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman who had allegedly planned to carry out blasts in…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the central government and Delhi Police on a plea seeking a SIT probe into the assault on journalists and JNU students by…
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, who shared “heartache” with late actor Sunil Dutt to sort issues when the “catastrophe of Sanjay Dutt’s arrest hit the family”, is happy that the “Munna…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday accepted a plea against an event being organised by Art of Living foundation, headed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, for violating environmental laws….
Noida: People throng the office of Ringing Bell to buy its newly launched “Freedom 251” smartphone on Feb 18, 2016. The Noida-based startup’ website to crash within hours of opening up for pre-order. It claims…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Friday urged the Delhi girl raped in Haryana’s Murthal to “come out” and “help nail the culprits”. “Heard girl raped in…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) BSP chief Mayawati on Friday alleged that the government was protecting people with RSS links who forced Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula to commit suicide in the Hyderabad University complex. Mayawati…
Ankara, Feb 26 (IANS) Two Turkish journalists were freed on Friday following 92 days in prison on terrorism charges. Turkeys Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday night that the fundamental rights of Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dundar…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 26 (IANS) A Chinese woman has sued Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) for negligence and breach of contract, seeking damages following the disappearance of MH370 flight. K. Sri Devi, 32, wife of…
Beijing, Feb 26 (IANS) A Chinese man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for using 23 rental cars as collateral for loans worth 6.22 million yuan ($952,527), a court said on Friday. Shi, 35,…
Cairo, Feb 26 (IANS/AKI) A court in Egypt sentenced four young Coptic Christian schoolboys to five years in jail for contempt of religion. Three of them were handed prison terms while one was sentenced to…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and Delhi Police on a plea seeking SIT probe into the assault on JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted bail to former union minister Dilip Ray and three others in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving Castron Technologies Ltd. Central Bureau of…
Seoul, Feb 26 (IANS) North Korea’s foreign currency earnings would be cut drastically if the United Nations adopts sanctions against that country’s mineral exports, the South Korean government said on Friday. The United States and…
Paris, Feb 26 (IANS) A court in Lille, north France upheld the decision to evacuate thousands of migrants camping in Calais, rejecting NGOs request to halt the eviction’s order, Pas-de Calais prefecture authorities has said….
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, Feb 25 (PTI) Ten persons from Tamil Nadu, arrested by Andhra Pradesh forest personnel while on a ‘pilgrimage’ on the charge of…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A special CBI judge on Thursday sentenced, to four years jail, a former Delhi Police inspector convicted for corruption, a CBI statement said. A Rs.5 lakh fine was slapped on…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The NHRC on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi government’s health department and Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi over alleged inaction in the abduction of a pregnant woman from a hospital…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The AAP government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it had not sanctioned Rs.100 crore for an advertisement campaign on completion of one year in power, as alleged…