New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why firecrackers were being singled out for rising pollution levels when automobiles caused much more pollution. It asked the Centre to apprise it with…
Taipei, March 12 (IANS) The US Ambassador for Religious Freedom said on Tuesday that his country’s government was very concerned over the imprisonment of a Taiwanese activist in China and called for his release. The…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A Delhi court of Special Judge Arvind Kumar, here on Tuesday, rejected the bail plea of Gautam Khaitan, a lawyer, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case….
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the DMK’s plea seeking by-elections to three vacant seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, along with the 18 others. On Sunday, the…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Enforcement Directorate to question British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, in judicial custody. Special Judge Arvind Kumar…
Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) With the model code of conduct in place for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka on April 18 and 23, the issuance of licenses for fire arms and their possession…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi government to file its response on a plea seeking directions on the uniformity of services charged by private nursing homes and…
Beijing, March 12 (IANS) Chinese courts tried a total of 288,000 cases related to intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2018, 41.8 per cent more than in 2017, officials said on Tuesday. State Intellectual Property Office…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, March 12 (IANS) The fair sex is not getting a fair deal in tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh – but Rattan Manjari will have none of this. She is the chairperson…
By Arul Louis New York, March 12 (IANS) US intelligence agents laid a cyber trail all the way to a fake terror camp in Pakistan, mastered idioms and style of Islamic terrorists giving a convincing…
Melbourne, March 12 (IANS) Refugee Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi, who spent two months in a Thai prison due to an extradition request from Manama, on Tuesday became an Australian citizen. “I’m an Aussie now… I…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has named fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s wife Ami Modi in a supplementary chargesheet in connection with its ongoing probe into over Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank…
Rome, March 11 (IANS/AKI) Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the deaths of eight Italian citizens who perished when an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all…
Beirut, March 11 (IANS) A Unicef official on Monday called on all parties with influence to make peace and put an end to the suffering of Syrian children in their country. “We call once again…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran for allotment of a common symbol (“pressure cooker”) to his party for the coming…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit road shows and motorbike rallies by political parties during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls as they…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif moved the Supreme Court once again on Monday seeking an early hearing of his petition against a decision by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejecting…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear petitions by the Association of Democratic Reforms and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) challenging amendments to various statutes through the Finance Act 2017-2018 for…
Ranchi, March 11 (IANS) For the Lok Sabha polls on May 6, 198 pink booths, exclusively for women, will be set up here, the Ranchi District Administration announced on Monday. “Not only voters, but staffs…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) An accountability court has indicted former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, former Law Minister Babar Awan and five others in a corruption case. Accountability judge Mohammad Arshad Malik, here on…