New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) With China having 87,000 dams, many in Tibet, with strategic benefit against India, experts on Friday urged the “down stream” Asian nations to unite and force Beijing to sign a…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Friday signed five more unilateral advance pricing agreements (APAs) with taxpayers. With this, the total number of APAs becomes 103, of which…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Friday that the police should serve people and not politicians, as is the case in India. “We need to…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea by political organisation Swaraj Abhiyan for a CBI/SIT investigation into the alleged wrongdoings in the purchase of helicopters by Punjab,…
Montreal, Sep 23 (IANS) A Muslim woman in Canada, who was denied a court appearance because of her hijab, sought legal clarification on the rights of Quebecers, who want access to justice while wearing religious…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party government on Friday approached the Delhi High Court for directions to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to reconsider his decision to remove Krishna Saini as Delhi Electricity…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin as to why an FIR cannot be filed against them for allegedly…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of former Haryana Director General of Police S.P.S. Rathore for molesting a teenage tennis player, who committed suicide later, but let him…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Two beach shack workers, accused of raping and killing 15-year-old UK teenager Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach in 2008, were acquitted by a trial court here on…
Jaipur, Sep 23 (IANS) A 32-year-old woman resident of a small village in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan was beaten up severely with an iron chain by a quack on the pretext of freeing her of…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) In a relief to Sahara chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court on Friday gave him time till September 30 to surrender after his parole was cancelled earlier in the morning….
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Two beach shack workers, accused of sexually assaulting and killing 15-year-old UK teenager Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach in 2008, were acquitted by a trial court here on Friday. Samson…
Bengaluru, Sep 23 (IANS) A special session of the Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution against releasing more Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. “The resolution is unanimously passed after carefully considering…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed WhatsApp to roll out its new privacy policy but said it cannot share data of its users collected up to September 25, 2016….
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (IANS) The Odisha government has disputed the claim of Dana Majhi that he was denied a hearse or an ambulance to take his wife’s body to his village in Kalahandi district. “As…
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Two beach shack workers who were accused of sexually assaulting and killing 15-year-old British teenager Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach in 2008 were acquitted on Friday. Samson D’Souza and Placido…
Colombo, Sep 23 (IANS) Seventy-six Sri Lankan Tamil refugees currently residing in India are scheduled to return under a UN facilitated voluntary repatriation programme, authorities said on Friday. The refugees will arrive on September 29…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday gave Sahara chief Subrata Roy time till September 30 to surrender. The court had earlier on Friday morning recalled its interim order granting him parole….
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Two beach shack workers who were accused of sexually assaulting and killing 15-year-old UK teenager Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach in 2008 were acquitted by a trial court here on…
Brasilia, Sep 23 (IANS) Brazil’s former Finance Minister Guido Mantega is under probe in connection with an ongoing investigation into a large corruption scam at state oil giant Petrobras, the media reported. Mantega was arrested…