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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tokyo, Aug 30 (IANS) China’s media watchdog has announced a campaign against social and entertainment news that lacks “positive energy”, correct values or high aesthetic value. According to a circular by the State Administration of…