New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said the state government’s action in ordering a probe into alleged land scam in the state was “politically motivated”. Hooda has…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday posted for March 23 the hearing of pleas to cancel the six-month interim bail to Jawaharlal…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday posted for Friday the bail plea of former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal posted the matter…
Hong Kong, March 17 (IANS) One of the five Hong Kong booksellers, who had disappeared for months and reappeared in Hong Kong a week ago, has admitted to having smuggled “banned books” into mainland China….
New York, March 17 (IANS) In a first, police have booked a US man after he posted a video on Facebook in which he was shown violating traffic rules. Facebook user Michael Dalton posted a…
Lucknow, March 17 (IANS) A CBI special court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against senior Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Rajeev Kumar over a plot allotment scam, an official said on Thursday. Special Central Bureau…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 16 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Wednesday chose a white judge over Indian American Sri Srinivasan as his nominee to the Supreme Court, setting up a dramatic political fight…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday ordered an FIR be lodged against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on a complaint filed by a party volunteer alleging that he molested her….
Shimla, March 16 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said the state would move the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning commercial activity at the picturesque tourist spot…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges, moved his bail application before a court on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Geelani’s defence counsel Satish Tamta told IANS that…
New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses media at JNU in New Delhi on March 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Delhi Police on Wednesday told a court here that JNU students…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) After an advocate, who filed plea to cancel six-month interim bail to JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case,…
Kolkata: BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh shows videos from a sting operation conducted on Trinamool leaders during a press conference in Kolkata, on March 14, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) The Congress and…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday reserved for March 18 its order on a bail plea of JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charge. Delhi Police opposed the…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Describing BJP president Amit Shah and Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan as the most “dangerous politicians in the country,” historian and author Ramachandra Guha has cautioned that India needs to…
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Government money by way of various subsidies and welfare schemes should reach the right hands, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday….
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Delhi’s civic bodies to pay sanitation workers their salaries for February before March 21. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and…
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Janata Dal United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav on Wednesday called for repealing the sedition law in the country, saying it may “divide the nation”. “Sedition law enforced in colonial era…
Actor Anupam Kher. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Wednesday said chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” should be the “only definition” of nationalism for those living in…
Pyongyang, March 16 (IANS) US student Otto Frederick Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for anti-North Korea crimes, the Supreme Court of North Korea said on Wednesday. Warmbier, 21, was a student…