New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a Judicial Magistrate has the power to direct an accused to give his/her voice sample for the purpose of investigation, saying that “procedure…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking the presence of the maximum number of voters at the polling booth on election day to ensure their greater participation for…
Berlin, Aug 2 (IANS) The German government plans to establish selective controls on the Swiss border following the murder of an 8-year-old boy who was flung under a train earlier this week. The accused, Habte…
Riyadh, Aug 2 (IANS) Women in Saudi Arabia will no longer require a permission from a “male guardian” to travel or obtain a passport, a move that marks a significant loosening of the kingdom’s strict…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that transferring of the accident case of the Unnao rape survivor to Delhi be kept in abeyance for 15 days. The case will be…
Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Ending the week-long deadlock between striking lawyers and the state government over setting up the Haryana Administrative Tribunal, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday deferred the implementation of its…
Kochi, Aug 2 (IANS) While a division bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday ruled out the need for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the brutal murder of a Youth Congress…
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Sri Lankan authorities have failed to bring to justice those responsible for the execution-style killing of 17 aid workers 13 years ago, Human Right Watch said on Friday. On August…
Hyderabad, Aug 2 (IANS) Healthcare services at government-run hospitals in Telangana were affected on Friday as junior doctors boycotted all emergency services to protest against the National Medical Commission (NCM) Bill 2019. On a call…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court appointed mediation committee on the Ayodhya dispute, consisting of eminent persons reckoned as stalwarts in facilitating a consensus, failed to get going in its bid to resolve…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the transfer of the Unnao rape victim’s uncle from a jail in Rai Bareli in Uttar Pardesh to Tihar Jail in Delhi. A Bench…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a Judicial Magistrate has the power to direct an accused to give his/her voice sample for the purpose of investigation. A three-judge bench…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A Public Intrest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging certain sections of the newly passed Muslim Women (Protection for Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. The…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US Department of State on Thursday expressed deep concern over the 12-year prison sentence handed down to veteran Chinese journalist and rights activist Huang Qi. “The imprisonment of Huang Qi…
Tripoli, Aug 1 (IANS/AKI) The Tajoura shelter east of Tripoli where at least 53 migrants died in airstrikes on July 2 as well as detention centres in Misrata and Khoms will close with Libyan Interior…
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave a clean chit to Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee in th Biswa Bangla logo case by…