New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that pension schemes under the National Social Assistance Programme suffered from “huge” implementation gaps, observing that the benecifiaries who were assured of a monthly…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has allowed the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) to approach the Tree Officer of Delhi for seeking permission for felling trees to redevelop residential projects in…
Brussels, Oct 9 (IANS) A group of European Parliament staff members on Tuesday launched a MeToo blog that will allow their colleagues to anonymously post accounts of sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexism at the…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent to police custody three directors of the Amrapali Group for not handing over accounts-related documents of 46 companies to forensic auditors. A bench of…
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Oct 9 (IANS) A Nagpur court on Tuesday granted to Uttar Pradesh Police the three-day transit remand of scientist Nishant Agrawal, arrested a day earlier on charge of spying for Pakistan intelligence agency…
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Police suffered en embarrassment as a court freed senior Tamil journalist “Nakkheeran” Gopal, hours after he was arrested on charges of allegedly defaming Governor Banwarilal Purohit. Gopal, 59,…
Naypyidaw, Oct 9 (IANS) A group of civil society organisations on Tuesday urged the Myanmar government, led by Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, to strengthen the country’s National Human Rights Commission to have…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned to February 7, 2019 the hearing of a CBI appeal to challenge the acquittal of former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking to cancel an anticipatory bail granted to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. Justice R.K. Gauba rejected the plea. Tharoor has said…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday placed in police custody three directors of the Amrapali Group of companies till they hand over documents related to their 46 companies to forensic auditors….
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) As the #MeToo movement gained ground in Bollywood and the media in India, BJP MP Udit Raj on Tuesday questioned why women were coming out with their stories 10 years…
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) A special court on Tuesday issued a non-bailable warrant against Uttar Pradesh Tourism Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi for failing to turn up despite repeated summons in a case dating back to…
Lahore, Oct 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s anti-corruption body has asked PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s son Salman Shehbaz to appear before it on Wednesday in an assets beyond means case. “The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued…
Canberra, Oct 9 (IANS) The Australian government has unveiled a proposal to force new migrants to live outside Sydney and Melbourne where population was expected to exceed eight million by 2030. The policy would aim…
Patna, Oct 9 (IANS) The Patna High Court on Tuesday rejected an anticipatory bail plea by former Bihar Minister Manju Verma in an Arms Act case brought against her by the CBI which is probing…
Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) The Iraqi Nadia Murad, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, has said that she feels a responsibility to speak up for others who have suffered as she did while being…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 9 (IANS) India has urged the world organisation to overcome “narrow geopolitical interests” and adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) that it has proposed. Terrorism is an…
Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump apologised to Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family “on behalf of our nation” for what he called a desperate Democrat-led campaign of “lies and…
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has dropped two films — AIB’s “Chintu Ka Birthday” and Rajat Kapoor’s “Kadakh” — from the line-up of the upcoming 20th edition of the…
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Vinta Nanda, a veteran writer-producer of the avant-garde 1990s’ show “Tara” fame, has accused actor Alok Nath — known for his “sanskaari” on-screen image — of sexually violating her almost two…