New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A court here on Saturday dismissed the plea of former Communication Minister Dayanidhi Maran and other accused challenging its jurisdiction to hear the Aircel-Maxis deal case. Central Bureau of Investigation…
Navsari (Gujarat), Sep 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking his 66th birthday in the presence of over 11,000 disabled people here, asked if any of his predecessors had ever marked an occasion like this….
New York, Sep 17 (IANS) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has joined a growing list of celebrities and other public figures rooting for a presidential pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden. #PardonSnowden, Dorsey tweeted on Twitter. The…
Imphal Sep 17 (IANS) Artistes, lyricists and transgenders in Manipur are up in arms against state Rural Development Minister Moirangthem Okendra after his security guards allegedly beat up a popular tansgender artiste here. The artistes,…
Chennai, Sep 17 (IANS) Life was back to normal in Tamil Nadu on Saturday following a peaceful dawn-to-dusk shutdown Friday on the Cauvery waters dispute, marred only by the death of a self-immolation victim. Private…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A panel appointed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Saturday ordered the Delhi government to “reimburse to the state exchequer” the entire amount that the Aam Aadmi Party had…
Ahmedabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Gujarat Dalit rights leader Jignesh Mevani was “picked up” by Gujarat police from Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed for a two-day state visit as…
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Alleging that some erstwhile Indian enclave dwellers from Bangladesh are still being deprived of their basic human and citizenship rights, an NGO on Friday sought the intervention of National Human Rights…
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate in Goa on Friday started a probe into allegations of money laundering by former top officials of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) who have been already booked and…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Amid speculation that Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti may seek asylum in India, his party will meet in Geneva on September 18 and 19 to take a decision on the issue….
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, seeking reports on people injured and properties damaged in the recent protests. In a…
Bengaluru, Sep 16 (IANS) A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here on Friday sentenced 13 terror convicts to five years jail for plotting to kill prominent politicians, right-wing leaders, police officers and journalists four…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday commuted the death sentence of a rape and murder convict from Madhya Pradesh and directed that he would undergo the life imprisonment of 25 years…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The government has formally notified the provisions of the Constitution Amendment Act that allows for setting up the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, which will decide on the tax…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A lawyer claiming to represent sacked Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar on Friday moved an application in court claiming a threat to the latter’s life in Tihar Jail but Kumar’s wife…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by three international publishers against the sale of photocopied pages of their books by a shop called Rameshwari Photocopy Service in…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Continuing the relief already granted to Sahara group chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court on Friday extended, by one week, his parole till September 23. The extension of parole also…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order mandating environmental clearance for all Metro and other rail projects prior to their launch. A bench of Chief…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A strike by lawyers protesting against the shifting of Patiala House Courts to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg paralysed the judicial work at all district courts in Delhi on Friday. Due…
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) A prominent Kashmiri rights activist, earlier barred from travelling to Geneva to address a UN session, was detained on Friday after a police raid at his Srinagar house, sparking outrage amid…