Maninder Singh quits as ASG
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Senior counsel Maninder Singh has resigned as the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) after serving as a government counsel for over four years. With Singh stepping down, the strength of the…
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Devotees allow woman of 52 at Sabarimala
Sabarimala, Oct 20 (IANS) A 52-year-old woman devotee from Trichy in Tamil Nadu on Saturday faced angry devotees ahead of her darshan at Kerala’s Sabarimala temple as they surrounded her before the last few hallowed…
Assange sues Ecuador for ‘violating his rights’
Quito, Oct 20 (IANS) WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is launching legal action against Ecuador, accusing its government of violating his “fundamental rights and freedoms”. In a statement, WikiLeaks said on Friday Ecuador had “threatened to…
Sexual harassment case against Pachauri heads to trial
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday paved the way for trial as it framed sexual harassment charges against noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri and will start recording evidence from January 4, 2019….
Tantri, TDB disagree over emergency shutdown of Sabarimala shrine
Sabarimala (Kerala) Oct 20 (IANS) Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) member K.P.Shankara Das on Saturday disagreed with the Sabarimala Tantri family’s threat to close the temple doors if any woman within the barred age group arrive…
Tribals to oppose ‘Statue of Unity’ unveiling by Modi
Ahmedabad, Oct 20 (IANS) As the BJP governments, both at the state and the Centre, gear up for the unveiling of the tallest statue in the world — “Statue of Unity” of Sardar Patel –…
US-led airstrikes kill 32 civilians in Syria: Watchdog
Damascus, Oct 20 (IANS) At least 32 civilians were killed over the past 24 hours in US-led airstrikes on Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a war watchdog reported on Friday. The US coalition launched…
Mexican school employee suspected of abusing 37 children
Mexico City, Oct 20 (IANS) An administrative employee at a kindergarten was arrested on Friday on suspicion of having sexually abused 37 children, Mexican authorities said. An arrest warrant was issued based on evidence that…
UK court jails 20 men, mostly Pakistanis, for sexual abuse of teenage girls
Leeds (England), Oct 20 (IANS) Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing more than a dozen girls in a northern England town, in what a judge called a “vile and wicked” campaign of…
Khasi woman accuses two Catholics priests of sexually abusing her
Shillong, Oct 19 (IANS) A tribal Khasi woman in Meghalaya on Friday took to social media #MeToo campaign accusing two Catholic brothers of sexually abusing her since she was five years old. Mary Therese Kurkalang,…
Sabarimala board to submit report to SC
Sabarimala/Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 19 (IANS) The custodian of the Sabarimala temple, Travancore Devasom Board (TDB), has decided to submit a detailed report about the happenings in and around the temple both to the Supreme Court and…
Two women forced to return from Sabarimala temple after protests
Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) Frenzied protests and threats to close down the temple forced two women to return from Sabarimala on the third day of unrest on Friday as Kerala Police declined to escort…
China’s ex-Internet watchdog chief pleads guilty to taking bribes
Beijing, Oct 19 (IANS) A former head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, responsible for Internet censorship in the country, pleaded guilty on Friday to receiving $32 million yuan ($4.6 million) in bribes, the state-owned…
Dileep removed from AMMA: Mohanlal
Kochi, Oct 19 (IANS) Senior actor Dileep, who was named in a Malayalam actress kidnapping case, was on Friday removed from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, its chief Mohanlal said. Ending months of uncertainty,…
British-Pakistani cleric released from jail
London, Oct 19 (IANS) Radical preacher Anjem Choudary was released from prison on Friday after serving half of his sentence for urging support to the militant Islamic State group and pledging allegiance to it. Choudary,…
White House blames Democrats after officials’ immigration row
Washington, Oct 19 (IANS) The White House has blamed the Democrats for a heated row between Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Advisor John Bolton over immigration. “While we are passionate about solving…
Women skip Sabarimala temple after huge protests
Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women on Friday to call off their journey towards the Lord Ayyappa…
Malaysian opposition party president faces 45 corruption charges
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 19 (IANS) The president of Malaysia’s main opposition party, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, pleaded not guilty after facing 45 criminal charges in a Kuala Lumpur court on Friday. The charges comprise 10 accusations…
Melbourne cab drivers to sue Uber
Melbourne, Oct 19 (IANS) Taxi drivers here in Australia are planning to sue ridesharing company Uber for $355 million citing damages and “lost profits”, media reports said on Friday. They are seeking compensation claiming the…
Ex-Saudi diplomat ‘pivotal’ in Khashoggi’s apparent killing
Washington, Oct 19 (IANS) Saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb played a “pivotal role” in the apparent assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a source familiar with the Turkish investigation told CNN….