By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) In a setback to India, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel has ruled in favour of the US in its challenge to New Delhi’s alleged discrimination…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday took cognizance of media reports that some women, who were commuting on the Delhi-Ambala highway (NH-1), had been allegedly stripped and raped by…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) The Haryana government on Wednesday announced the appointment of retired police officer Prakash Singh to probe the acts of omission and commission on part of all officers and officials in the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Police on Wednesday detained and later released 60-70 students from near India Gate after they took part in a candle light vigil in support of Dalit student Rohith Vemula who…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to respond to a plea on imposing of “unreasonable” conditions for the grant of licences for dance performances in…
New Delhi: A section of lawyers assaulted JNU students and journalists at the Patiala House in New Delhi on Feb 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Senior advocate Kamini Jaiswal moved the…
By Veturi Srivatsa The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is, perhaps, the only unit affiliated to the Indian cricket board to have rejected almost all the recommendations of the Justic Rajendra Mal Lodha Committee…
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) Nalini Sriharan, serving life term for her role in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, on Wednesday attended her father P. Sankaranarayanan’s final rites here during a 12-hour parole. Speaking to…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A court on Wednesday convicted former union minister P.K. Thungon in a corruption case related to the allotment of government shops here during 1993-94. Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Arrested JNU scholar Umar Khalid’s sister says her brother has wrongly been branded an Islamist terrorist because the self-proclaimed Marxist has a habit of questioning everything, including…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would lay down guidelines to act against people damaging public property and holding people to ransom in the course of their…
Gurgaon, Feb 24 (IANS) A case has been registered against the management of a private school here on the charge of endangering the life of a girl student during a horse-riding event on the campus,…
Gurgaon, Feb 24 (IANS) Rao Kamalbir Singh, the Janata Dal-United president in Haryana, has been booked for illegal mining here in Haryana, police said on Wednesday. A resident of Gurgaon and younger brother of Haryana…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A high-level committee set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to inquire into an event organised on the campus, which has triggered international headlines, has been broad based…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) Haryana Police on Wednesday registered a case against Varinder Singh, a close aide of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for trying to incite violence during the recent Jat agitation, police…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the bail plea hearing of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, till February 29 after Delhi Police said it will…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans on the varsity campus, were grilled for five hours in police…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) A group of activists gathered here outside Apple’s flagship store to protest against the FBI’s attempt to install software with backdoors in all of Apple’s iPhones. With posters saying “Don’t…
Lima, Feb 24 (IANS) Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) said here that bribery in international trade transactions should be punished. The members voiced this view at the 22nd meeting of APEC’s Anti-Corruption and…
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 24 (IANS) The publicist for Brazil’s ruling Workers Party and campaign chief for President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election campaign is set to be jailed for corruption. Joao Santana gave himself up to…