Pune, Oct 4 (IANS) Given the increasing scarcity of water, the planning and management of water resource and its optimal use has become a matter of the utmost urgency, and the state governments are expected…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday allowed the plea of former Delhi Minister Sandeep Kumar that his trial be held through video conferencing from jail in view of an alleged threat…
Lucknow, Oct 4 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court bid goodbye to its 100-year-old court complex in Qaiserbagh here on Tuesday and finally shifted to the new sprawling campus in Gomtinagar that was…
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday cancelled the local body elections in Tamil Nadu over irregularities in the poll notification. Elections to the local bodies were slated for October 17 and…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) International rights watchdog Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir to revoke the ban on a daily newspaper, saying it is “against the spirit of democracy…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily from October 7 to 18 as it asked the Cauvery Supervisory Committee to…
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu from October 7 to 18. The apex court order came after it earlier…
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New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Karnataka how much Cauvery river water it can share with Tamil Nadu from October 7-18. The apex court directed Karnataka to convey the information…
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) A delegation of members of parliament belonging to the AIADMK on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Ministry of Water Resources to proceed with its Interlocutory Application filed…
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed Tamil Nadu’s Additional Advocate General to get instructions from the government on Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s health. Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospitals on…
Patna, Oct 4 (IANS) A rape victim from Nalanda, Bihar, has said in a WhatsApp message on Tuesday that she and her family are living in fear following the release on bail of her attacker…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Asserting that it made little sense in a democracy to jail people for “speaking their minds”, senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) member Tathagata Satpathy has said that…
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) Veteran lawyer Fali S Nariman has declined to represent Karnataka before the Supreme Court in the case on sharing of the Cauvery river water with Tamil Nadu, said an official on…
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) Ending the impasse, Karnataka on Monday decided to release Cauvery river water for irrigation to help its farmers save their standing crop — with some of the water intended to flow…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The killer of Nitish Katara – Vikas Yadav – will undergo a jail term of 25 years as the Supreme Court on Monday held that the courts have the power…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Delhi Police arrested four persons, including a woman, for running an interstate human trafficking gang on the pretext of sending young girls to foreign countries on work visas, police…
Rome, Oct 3 (IANS/AKI) Jesus Christ would always help anyone find God, including homosexuals and people who have had gender reassignment surgery or who are considering it, Pope Francis has said. “When a person who…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to suspended Senior Civil Judge Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal in a corruption case. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal ordered the accused judicial officer to furnish…
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) A joint session of the Karnataka legislature on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to release water for irrigation purposes to farmers in the state, some of which will flow to Tamil…