Indore, Oct 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah reached Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Saturday. While he was welcomed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other leaders, several people came out on…
Gwalior, Oct 6 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi reached Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior on Saturday to support the protesting landless poor who are marching towards Delhi. He was welcomed by state Congress chief Kamal Nath, election…
Ranchi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Saturday recommended closure of 35 shelter homes, including Nirmal Hriday run by the Missionaries of Charity. The recommendation comes in the…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, her son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC…
Pala (Kerala) Oct 6 (IANS) A Kerala court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was arrested on the charge of raping a nun repeatedly between 2014 and 2016, till October…
Chicago, Oct 6 (IANS) Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke has been found guilty of second-degree murder in fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald four years ago. Jurors reached the verdict on Friday for the…
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court seat looks all but confirmed after he won the backing of key senators despite an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations. Republican Senator Susan Collins and Joe…
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Gowher Rizvi, Special Advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Friday claimed India has never raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshi migrants staying on its soil with his government and…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 5 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stands behind the UN refugee agency (UNRA)’s expression of concern over India repatriating seven Rohingyas to Myanmar, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday….
Rome, Oct 5 (IANS/AKI) Those who fraudulently claim the government’s planned basic citizen’s wage of 780 euros a month will face up to six years in prison, Italian Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio said on…
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) Women speaking “uncomfortable truths” in a world of lies are dismissed or looked upon as “insane”, actor-turned-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt said on Friday, advising them to fight their own battle if they…
Jaipur, Oct 5 (IANS) The Indian postal services on Friday honoured the Narayan Seva Sansthan, the Udaipur-based non-profit organisation, by launching their postal stamps. The stamp of Rs 5 includes the official logo of the…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by an accused seeking transfer of investigation into rape-murder of an eight-year-old minor nomadic girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua from the…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The national capital will get 500 standard floor CNG buses fitted with hydraulic lifts for disabled passengers, the Delhi Transport Department announced on Friday. The buses, to be on streets…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Friday said that the idea of tolerance was a part of constitutional morality and abandoning it would mean “violating the rule…
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) Coal India is expected to spend around Rs 1,600 crore on account of paying performance linked reward its non-executive employees (PLR) for the financial year 2017-18, an official said. “The outgo…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to submit a report of an expert committee headed by Dr Arun Agarwal on Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy ASR hip implants. A…
Kochi, Oct 5 (IANS) With the Supreme Court allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple, and the Kerala government and the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) not filing a review petition, the Kerala…
Lahore, Oct 5 (IANS) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif was arrested by the country’s anti-corruption body on Friday in a Rs 14 billion housing scam case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said that…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked eight cement manufacturing companies to deposit 10 per cent of the penalty amount imposed on them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) allegedly…