Why we need a digital heir after death
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) As most of us spend a considerable amount of time on various digital platforms — Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, WhatsApp and the like — a pertinent question…
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Chinese dissidents urge Obama to press Xi on human rights
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) China’s dissidents have urged US President Barack Obama to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over the latter’s worst human rights crisis since the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, during his visit to…
Trump to meet Mexican President
Mexican city, Aug 31 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel to Mexico city on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, just hours before his speech in Arizona to clarify views on immigration…
Uttarakhand HC stays Rakesh Roshan’s arrest
Mumbai: Filmmaker and actor Rakesh Roshan during the funeral of Vikas Mohan, producer and trade analyst, in Mumbai, on May 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Nainital, Aug 31 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the…
India to appeal against verdict in Antrix-Devas legal battle
Bengaluru, Aug 30 (IANS) India would appeal against any verdict to protect itself from damages in the legal battle its space agency’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation is locked in with satellite firm Devas Multimedia Services…
Nodal officer appointed for grievance redressal of J&K’s people
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Union government on Tuesday appointed Sanjay Roy, Director (Media) in the Home Ministry’s Jammu and Kashmir Division as the nodal officer for grievances relating to Jammu and Kashmir’s people….
SC to rule on legality of Singur land acquisition for Nano project
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday will pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the acquisition of land in West Bengal’s Singur for Tata Motors for its ambitious Nano…
Judges withdraw from the court after no-appearance of lawyers
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) In a clear message to senior lawyers that they could not take liberty with the court by making a last minute request for pass-over or adjournment of a matter listed…
SC dismisses review plea of Kashmiri separatist leader
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of Kashmiri separatist leader and former member of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen Ashiq Hussain Faktoo for review of its verdict sentencing him…
Ghaziabad DM serves notice to Vasundhara DPS
Ghaziabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Ghaziabad District Magistrate (DM) Nidhi Kesarwani on Tuesday served notice to Delhi Public School (Vasundhara), which expelled a class 8 student reportedly because her father moved the court against “arbitrary” fee…
SC seeks Maharashtra’s response on validity of new dance bars law
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government if its judgment founded on the Constitution’s Article 19 could be taken away by a statute, as it sought the state’s…
McDonald to move on with arbitration as SC declines Bakshi’s plea
New Delhi, Aug. Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with Delhi High Court’s order allowing the Indian venture of US food chain McDonald to go ahead with the arbitration proceedings…
HC notice to Centre on WhatsApp users’ privacy issue
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a petition that said privacy of WhatsApp users has been threatened by a new policy announced by Facebook…
Scorpene leak: Court orders newspaper to stop publishing, hand over documents
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) French company DCNS has obtained a Australian court order restricting newspaper ‘The Australian’ from further publishing leaked documents on India’s Scorpene submarine project, and hand over all company material. A…
Delhi court grants bail to official held for graft
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to former Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal, who was arrested for taking a bribe but barred him from entering his office and…
Kerala HC admits petition against State Bank of Travancore’s merger
Kochi, Aug 30 (IANS) A petition questioning the merger of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) with State Bank of India (SBI) was admitted in the Kerala High Court here on Tuesday. The public interest petition…
Cabinet mulling law on misleading endorsement by celebrities
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Even as the average consumer opts for products endorsed by celebrities, the central government is all set to come up with a new law that would make such personalities “accountable…
Myanmar has over 1 mn child workers: Study
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 30 (IANS) Myanmar has a total of 1,278,909 child workers, seventy-five per cent of whom are between 15 to 17 years old, an ILO study has found. Close to 80 per…
Apple must pay Ireland up to 13 bn euros in taxes: EU
London, Aug 30 (IANS) In a setback to US tech giant Apple just before the much-awaited launch of its iPhone 7, the European Commission on Tuesday announced that Ireland must demand 13 billion euros in…
Delhi court grants bail to bureaucrat held for graft
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to former senior Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal, who was arrested for accepting a bribe. The Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Special…