Rome, Oct 25 (IANS/AKI) Over 1,100 migrants reached Sicily aboard a rescue ship with the bodies of 17 others who died on the journey across the Mediterranean. As the boat docked at Palermo on Monday,…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday observed that RJD lawmaker from Bihar Rajballav Yadav — accused of raping a minor girl — should be “inside” rather than “outside”, so that the…
New Delhi/Geneva, Oct 24 (IANS) The major challenges in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are finance and technology, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said on Monday. Mahajan told the “BRICS Parliamentary Cooperation on…
Guwahati, Oct 24 (IANS) Thousands of members of the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and other Bodo groups went on a 10-hour rail blockade in Bodo districts of Assam on Monday, badly hitting train services…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The service personnel serving in remote areas will now be able to vote through an e-ballot, though they will still be required to return the ballot paper through manual post,…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to RJD strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin on a plea by two petitioners, seeking his transfer from Siwan jail to Tihar Jail in Delhi. The…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday claiming that members of parliament and state assemblies are “public servants” under the law and should be prohibited from…
Paris, Oct 24 (IANS) France on Monday started to clear, in a “calm and controlled manner”, the shanty town in northern Calais where about 9,000 migrants live, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. “The objective is…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the Bihar government’s plea challenging the bail granted by Patna High Court to Rocky Yadav, accused of killing a young boy in a…
Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 24 (IANS) In his first comments on the controversial issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the government and society should ensure justice to Muslim women and not let their…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Women devotees will have access up to the sanctum sanctorum of Sufi saint Haji Ali in MUmbai, the Haji Ali Dargah Trust on Monday informed the Supreme Court. The trust…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hold a hearing on Friday (October 28) on whether the names of individuals and companies with non-performing assets (NPAs) of Rs 500 crore or more could…
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court on Monday directed Andhra Pradesh government to preserve the bodies of Maoists killed in a gun battle on the Andhra-Odisha border till October 27. The High Court…
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday cautioned against intolerance, saying it was an impediment to India’s prosperity. “We must create a more humane and tolerant society. We can’t build…
Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the government and the society should ensure justice to Muslim women and not let their lives be destroyed by triple talaq. Addressing…
Lucknow, Oct 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday batted for equal women rights in the Muslim community and said he favoured discontinuation of ‘triple talaq’. Addressing a gathering in Bundelkhand, the Prime Minister…
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday cautioned against intolerance as an impediment to India’s prosperity. “We must create a more humane and tolerant society. We can’t build a prosperous society…
Ranchi, Oct 24 (IANS) Schools, colleges and shops remained shut across Jharkhand on Monday in response to the Opposition’s call to protest recent police firings and amendments to land laws brought by the BJP-led Raghubar…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Haji Ali Dargah Trust in Mumbai on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it was carving out a separate way to facilitate women devotees to access the Mazar (mausoleum)…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hold a hearing on Friday (October 28) on whether the names of the individual and companies with non-performing assets (NPAs) of Rs 500 crore or more…