Brasilia, Aug 16 (IANS) A Brazilian federal court has maintained that political protests can be held outside Rio 2016 Olympic venues, denying a complaint by the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee. Federal judge Marcelo Granado had…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice T.S. Thakur on Monday urged the government to pay attention to the judiciary and address its problems. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice T.S. Thakur on Monday urged the government to pay attention to the judiciary and address its problems. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The Chief Justice of India, Justice T.S. Thakur, on Monday urged the government to pay attention to judiciary and address its problems. Pointing to the delays that have crept into…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the 70th Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort, in Delhi on Aug 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday openly came out in support of “freedom” for Balochistan and “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir” and said India will never tolerate terrorism. In his over 90-minute Independence…
Hong Kong, Aug 15 (IANS) The leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, which saw mass rallies in 2014, were sentenced on Monday. Joshua Wong, 19, who became the teenage face of the protests, was given…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out openly in support of “freedom” for Balochistan and “Pakistan occupied Kashmir”. “I want to speak a bit about the people in Balochistan,…
Athens, Aug 14 (IANS) The Greece government fears a new influx of refugees if the European Union (EU)-Turkey agreement on migrants/asylum seekers returning to Turkey fails, a media report said on Sunday. The Greece Minister…
By Prachi Salve Every day, 15 Indians are traded against their will to be, among other things, sexual slaves or forced labour, but a draft law to prevent India’s growing tide of human trafficking cases…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IANS) RTI activists on Sunday criticised the Odisha government for exempting the Vigilance Department from the purview of Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005. Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan, an outfit spearheading a…
Betul (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 14 (IANS) Fourteen Gram Sabhas in this district of Madhya Pradesh have passed resolutions against liquor trade and consumption, proposing fines ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 to be imposed…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has lamented that its recommendation that “flexible working hours” be introduced for women in banks has not been adhered to, and reiterated that the government should take…
Mahabubnagar: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao with his wife Shoba Rao take a dip in River Krishna on the occasion of Krishna Pushkaralu at Gondimalla ghat at Alampur mandal of Mahabubnagar district, Telangana on…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Sunday said the struggle of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “right to self determination” was legitimate and it cannot be suppressed. “Political…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded to know whether the central government was trying to appoint BJP lawyers as high court judges in the country. “Why (is the)…
Chandigarh, Aug 14 (IANS) The Punjab government directed the Advocate General office to examine and “take appropriate action” against the Punjab and Harayan High Court order quashing the appointment of legislators as Chief Parliamentary Secretaries…
Stockholm, Aug 14 (IANS) Sweden’s government minister Aida Hadzialic announced resignation on Saturday after he was caught driving above permitted alcohol limit. Hadzialic, 29, is minister for upper secondary school, adult education and training. She…
Mexico City, Aug 14 (IANS) The former judicial director of Mexico’s federal Altiplano prison, Leonor Garcia, has been exonerated of responsibility for the escape of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in July 2015. In…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Social activist Tehseen Poonawalla has moved the Supreme Court seeking ban on the “Gau Rakshak Dals” and directions to the Centre and state governments to take action against their activities…