Jaipur, Dec 20 (IANS) Despite the Rajasthan High Court warning doctors to resume work or face suspension, doctors continued with their strike in state-run government hospitals on Wednesday too, with reports of a patient dying…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved an extension till April 2, 2018 for a commission set up to examine sub-categorisation of…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the city government to consider building multi-level bus parkings at DTC depots, which would be vital to augment number of buses ferrying commuters…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Justice Umesh Dattatraya Salvi on Wednesday took charge as acting chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a day after Justice Swatanter Kumar retired. Justice Salvi is set to retire…
Gurugram, Dec 20 (IANS) In a significant decision, the Juvenile Justice Board ruled on Wednesday that the 16-year-old student arrested on charge of killing a Class 2 boy at the Ryan International School in Gurugram…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The governing body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is likely to discuss rotation policy of Head of Departments (HoDs) of the institution during its next meet…
Brussels, Dec 20 (IANS) Ride-hailing app Uber was dealt a blow on Wednesday when the European Union’s top court ruled it to be a transport company rather than a digital intermediation service as the company…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) A sessions court here on Wednesday released, on bail of Rs 25,000, the businessman charged with molesting a teenaged Bollywood actress on a New Delhi-Mumbai flight last week. Vikas Sachdeva, 39,…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday sentenced former TV producer/host Suhaib Ilyasi to life imprisonment for murdering his wife in 2000. Additional Sessions Judge S.K. Malhotra also slapped a fine of…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) The US Senate on Wednesday passed the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax system in more than three decades, handing President Donald Trump and jubilant congressional Republicans their most significant…
Jaipur, Dec 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday sent notice to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry seeking reasons on why condom advertisements cannot be aired throughout the day and why should the ads…
Geneva, Dec 20 (IANS) The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Wednesday said Myanmar had refused access to a UN Special Rapporteur tasked with assessing the human rights situation in…
Karachi, Dec 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s Sindh province has hiked the quota of females in the police force from 2 per cent to 5 per cent, it was announced on Wednesday. The move came in pursuance…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of IndiGo against DIAL’s decision to shift a part of its operations from Terminal 1 (T1) to the newly opened Terminal…
Nay Pyi Taw, Dec 20 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of two journalists arrested in Myanmar two weeks ago for allegedly possessing leaked documents relating to police…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday slammed Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for a stay order on the Delhi government’s decision to cancel the licence of Max Hospital here for…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) Former Calcutta High Court judge Justice C.S. Karnan was released from prison on Wednesday after serving a six month term for contempt of the Supreme Court. Wearing a suit and a…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) In the wake of the massive outflow of Rohingya refugees sparked by violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, India and Myanmar on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered AIIMS to form a medical board to decide if a 15-year-old girl, who is over 26 weeks pregnant, could terminate her pregnancy. A…
Gurugram, Dec 20 (IANS) A 16-year-old school student arrested on charges of killing a Class 2 student at the Ryan International School here will be treated as a major, the CBI and lawyers said on…