New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ordered for initiation of criminal proceedings against a woman for levelling false charge of gang-rape against two Delhi-based doctors. Upholding a trial court verdict that…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Giving relief to over 66,000 teachers in Uttar Pradesh who were appointed for imparting free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14 years, the Supreme Court on…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) founder Medha Patkar, along with those affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project, will launch an indefinite fast from Thursday to protest against alleged…
Bhubaneswar, July 25 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday issued guidelines to address immigration issues pertaining to the state’s residents employed in the Middle East and South-East Asian countries. The guidelines provide for immediate relief…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Fourteen Bangladeshi nationals, including four women and three minors, have been remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a West Bengal court on charges of encroaching on Indian territory without proper…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Two persons who were sent to jail last month for 30 days for throwing pamphlets and raising slogans in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday in the Delhi High Court named…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched a web application for the national capital earlier this month for providing legal assistance to the under-trial prisoners and convicts, the Lok…
Beijing, July 25 (IANS) Six people have been detained and two are missing allegedly after paying tribute to late Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo, a group of activists said. Writer Ye Du…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday remanded seven Kashmiri separatists, arrested a day earlier on charges of taking funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone pelting in the Kashmir…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Sahara chief Subrata Roy to deposit Rs 1,500 crore – a part payment of Rs 24,000 crore that two group companies had raised from…
Hyderabad, July 25 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday directed Telangana excise authorities probing the drug racket not to compel actress Charmme Kaur to give her blood, nail and hair samples for analysis. The…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday remanded seven Kashmiri separatists, who were arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone pelting in the Kashmir Valley,…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) A section of Presidency University students here have launched a protest against higher rate of taxes on sanitary napkins under the new Goods and Services Tax regime and demanded installation of…
London, July 25 (IANS) An Indian Muslim teenager was kidnapped, raped and murdered here for having a relationship with an Arab man, a UK court was told. According to the Evening Standard daily, Celine Dookhran,…
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered singing of the national song Vande Mataram in all educational institutions at least once in a week. The court ordered that the song should…
By Vipul Vivek Women migrating for work and education between 2001 and 2011 grew at a rate that outpaced men who moved for similar reasons, shows an IndiaSpend analysis of Census data. In this period,…
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) In its battle against pirated content, Facebook has acquired a US-based startup Source3 to help it weed out pirated videos and other content that users share without permission. The startup…
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Despite being hit by the impact of a $2.7 billion European Commission’s (EC) anti-trust fine, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has still posted $26 billion in revenue in the…
San Francisco, July 25 (IANS) Responding to a letter filed by a tech lobby to bar import of iPhone models not using its modem chips, Qualcomm has said the group was conducting a “coordinated effort…
Washington, July 25 (IANS) A US soldier has pleaded not guilty in a federal court to charges of attempting to support the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. US Army Sergeant First Class Ikaika Erik Kang…