New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to give a y relief to Congress leader Salman Khurshid on his plea seeking interim stay on his expulsion from the membership of…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at over a dozen places of former Congress legislator Sumesh Shaukeen and a businessman Gagan Dhawan under the Foreign Exchange Management…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Five persons died when their car crashed into a heavy vehicle after being hit by a tanker from behind in West Bengal’s Hooghly district early on Thursday, police said. “Five persons…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A gang of imposters posing as officials of electricity distribution company (discom) BSES to extort money from people in has been busted earlier this week, the discom said on Thursday….
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A seven-feet-long rock python was rescued from a shrine in Delhi’s Tughlakabad area, the rescuers said on Thursday. About 80 such cases of snakes rescued from human spaces in the…
Brasilia, Aug 24 (IANS) The death toll from the shipwreck in Salvador, capital of Brazil’s eastern state of Bahia, has risen to 22, the Navy said on Thursday. The vessel, with a capacity of 160…
Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that India should follow World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules and avoid abusing trade remedy measures. “India has always been an active user of anti-dumping…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Eminent lawyers on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment declaring right to privacy a fundamental right, and called it a “progressive” and “landmark” judgment. The Supreme Court on Thursday held…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) The Israeli Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is exploring the niche segment of “anti-terrorism” or “defence” tourism with Indian travel agents, an Israeli official said here on Thursday. “It’s a niche concept….
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday held privacy to be a constitutionally protected right but subject to reasonable restrictions. “The notion that there must exist a reasonable expectation of privacy ensures…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Naz Foundation, a gay and transgender rights group, on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court ruling on right to privacy, saying it will have far reaching consequences for the LGBT population….
New Delhi/Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Shashi Shekhar, Assistant Director in the Enforcement Directorate, and another person in a corruption case from Patna, officials said. The CBI…
Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Angry and desperate flood victims in Bihar’s Darbhanga district on Thursday looted cattle-feed from a truck on the road to save their cattle, many of which have died of hunger, police…
Bhopal, Aug 24 (IANS) Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar, who was granted bail in an abduction case on Wednesday, was released on Thursday evening, informed sources said. Patkar was granted…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court has on Thursday held that right to privacy was fundamental, which is a intrinsic and core feature of life and personal liberty, but still said that the…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) In holding the right to privacy as a fundamental right, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Attorney General’s contention that it was elitist in nature and said it betrayed…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith on Thursday said the number of Indian students in the UK is picking up after going through a decline in the last few years….
Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday granted parole to A.G. Perarivalan, one of those convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, to visit his ailing father. It is…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The landmark judgment on the right to privacy by a nine-judge bench of Supreme Court on Thursday criticised an earlier judgment of the apex court which reinstated the Indian Penal…
Hyderabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Former air hostess and model Sangeeta Chatterjee, facing trial in a red sanders smuggling case, on Thursday attempted suicide in a jail in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district. Reportedly upset over not…