New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday chided the Election Commission for retracting its earlier position supporting a plea for lifetime ban on convicted lawmakers from contesting elections. “It is within the…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Up in arms against the CBFC’s move to red flag a documentary on Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen because of some words uttered by him in the film, West Bengal’s civil society…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi High Court’s acting Chief Justice to set up a bench for hearing the plea of Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra, challenging his…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A five-judge constitution bench will hear from July 18 the challenge to validity of the controversial Aadhaar Act on the touchstone of privacy, an issue that has been pending for…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) on Wednesday launched a programme “Greening Delhi” which would include tree plantation all over Delhi under the project “Our Earth and Us”. The…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Around 100-120 people holding a peaceful demonstration in the national capital to press their demand for a Manav Suraksha Kanoon (Masuka), or a law to protect people from mob lynchings,…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday sought the status report from Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch on three FIRs registered against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in connection with alleged irregularities in…
Kochi, July 12 (IANS) With the arrest of superstar Dileep in the actress abduction case, the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) — which came under fire from several quarters — is all set to…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s acting Chief Justice to set up a bench for hearing the plea of state minister Narottam Mishra, challenging his…
London, July 12 (IANS) The Saudi Embassy in the UK has welcomed the decision of the British High Court that ruled to continue weapon sales to the Saudi-led Arab coalition in order to restore legitimacy…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) A leading Pakistani newspaper on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to “do the right thing (in) democracy and step aside, at least temporarily” in view of the corruption charges he…
Beijing, July 12 (IANS) Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo remained in intensive care on Wednesday, according to the hospital treating him, after he suffered multiple organ failure a day before. Liu…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it will hear on July 20 BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking a time-bound court-monitored probe into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife…
Aluva (Kerala), July 12 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Dileep, arrested in connection with the abduction and molestation of a popular actress, was on Wednesday sent to two days police custody by a court here. Dileep’s counsel…
Washington, July 12 (IANS) A federal judge in the US has halted deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis, many of them Christians, who argued they would face persecution if expelled from the country. Some of…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A five-judge constitution bench will hear from July 18 the challenge to validity of the controversial Aadhaar Act on the touchstone of privacy, an issue that has been pending for…
San Francisco, July 12 (IANS) Despite WhatsApp’s move to adopt end-to-end encryption by default for its billion users around the world, the policies of the instant messaging app are too weak to protect user privacy…
Riyadh, July 12 (IANS) Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday the execution of four local extremists convicted in numerous terror attacks in Qatif in the eastern province, Al Arabiya local news reported. The ministry said…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A court here has sentenced three convicts to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for assaulting three trial court judges in 2012 road rage case, noting that judges are “vulnerable to murderous…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Karnataka on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the 1924 agreement between the then British province of Madras and the princely State of Mysore could not be the basis of…