New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it received nearly 6 TMC less Cauvery water from neighbouring Karnataka in the last 25 days, and the apex court asked…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to file its response on a petition that claimed vacant posts in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea that sought a ban on central and state lawmakers from participating in election campaigns. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice…
Beijing, July 5 (IANS) China on Wednesday said that individual cases should not be exploited to interfere in its internal matters, referring to global pressure over the release of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu…
Kathmandu, July 5 (IANS) Human trafficking has significantly increased in Nepal with over 6,000 Nepalis having been trafficked in the 2015-16 fiscal alone, according to the latest report of the National Human Rights Commission. The…
Colombo, July 5 (IANS) A Sri Lankan court imposed on Wednesday death sentence on a man convicted of murdering journalist Melicia Gunasekara in 2014. Delivering the verdict in the case that lasted over three years,…
By Rupesh Dutta Guwahati/New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) As the Gorkha-dominated north Bengal areas continue to reel under a violent campaign for statehood, it seems to have triggered similar sentiments in Assam’s Bodo Territorial Area…
Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday directed that the body of self-styled godman Ashutosh Maharaj be allowed to be preserved. The body of the controversial…
Beijing, July 5 (IANS) China has invited medical experts from the US and Germany to help treat Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who has terminal liver cancer. Authorities in the north-eastern Shenyang city,…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday adjourned the 2G spectrum allocation case for August 25. Former Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi are being tried in the…
San Francisco, July 5 (IANS) Facebook is challenging the US federal prosecutors over a court order that bars the social networking giant from notifying some users about investigation into their data. According to Buzzfeed, Facebook…
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) A court here has initiated process against industrialists Cyrus P. Mistry, Shapoor Mistry and others in a Rs 500 crore criminal defamation complaint lodged last month by Tata Trusts’ Managing Trustee…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Clarifying on the unified pan-India GST that has set states dismantling their check posts, the central government said on Tuesday that vehicle entry and toll would continue to be levied…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it cannot continue to monitor the administration of Thiruvananthapuram’s historic Shree Padmanabhaswamy temple, but will examine whether to open one of the vaults of…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it cannot continue to monitor the administration of Thiruvananthapuram’s historic Shree Padmanabhaswamy temple, but will examine whether to open one of the vaults of…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Most segments of the petroleum and gas industry are not included in the GST, but with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) coming under the new indirect tax regime, consumers in Delhi…
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) A court here has initiated process against industrialists Cyrus P. Mistry, Shapoor Mistry and others in a criminal defamation complaint lodged last month by Tata Trusts’ Managing Trustee R. Venkataramanan, an…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A CPI-M delegation along with the sons of Mohammed Akhlaq and Pehlu Khan, both victims of lynch mobs, and other affected families met Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on Tuesday….
London, July 4 (IANS) A 56-year-old man has been jailed for 15 months for ripping off a Muslim woman’s veil at a shopping mall in the UK last year. Peter Scotter attacked the woman who…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the ministries of environment and power to apprise it about the steps taken by thermal power plants to avoid discharge of effluents…