Paris, March 30 (IANS) French police on Wednesday dismantled a camp in a Paris subway station where hundreds of migrants mostly from Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan had been living underneath the elevated train tracks. Shortly…
Patna, March 30 (IANS) The Bihar government on Wednesday announced reservation in jobs to the third gender and set up a welfare board for them. “The third gender will be provided reservation in government jobs…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, from charges…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, March 30 (IANS) Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would be appointed soon, no such step has been…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, March 30 (IANS) Despite an assurance by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that a chairman for the Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) would be appointed soon, no such step has been…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya has on Wednesday morning offered to pay Rs.4,000 crore for settling outstanding dues against the grounded Kingfisher…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Punjab and Haryana to constitute their respective search committees to be headed by their law secretaries to select government law officers in a fair…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 30 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Myanmar to put an end to “abusive restrictions” on the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority in the western Rakhine state. The statement…
Chicago, March 30 (IANS/EFE) Retired soccer great Pele has filed suit in a US federal court in Chicago against South Korean electronic giant Samsung for its use in an advertisement of the image of someone…
Vrindavan, March 29 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a new 1,000-bed widows’ home slated to come up on 3.52 acres at a cost of…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday was informed by the civic bodies that the funds were not being released by the Delhi government and corporations have no fund to pay…
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) All 25 students and two faculty members of University of Hyderabad were released from jail here Tuesday night, nearly a week after they were arrested during a police crackdown on the…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear next week a plea seeking quashing of president’s rule in Uttarakand and a CBI probe into the allegations of horse-trading in the ongoing…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) The Sahara Group on Tuesday said that its Aamby Valley City project in Pune district, Mumbai’s Hotel Sahara Star, its foreign and other properties were not in the list of 86…
(Photo: IANS) By Darshan Desai Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a petition where Madhya Pradesh wants to have complete custody of a report by an inquiry commission…
Dehradun/New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Ousted Congress government in Uttarakhand got a major reprieve on Tuesday after the state high court allowed it to prove its majority in the assembly on Thursday despite President’s Rule…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) A Special POTA Court on Tuesday held 10 people guilty in connection with the triple bomb blasts in Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003 that killed at least 12 people…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for the markets regulator SEBI to sell some 86 properties of Subrata Roy-led Sahara group, worth an estimated Rs.40,000 crore,…
Imphal/New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a fast unto death since November 4, 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, on Tuesday assured a court…
Bhubaneswar, March 29 (IANS) Over 12 lakh cases are pending in different courts in Odisha, including 1.69 lakh cases in the state’s high court, a minister said on Tuesday. Replying to a question by Bharatiya…