Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) About 400 Pakistanis have been stranded for four months in Saudi Arabia’s Samishi camp after their companies stopped paying salaries, a returnee has said. Mohammad Tanveer, speaking to Dawn News over…
Mumbai: Columnist Shobhaa De during the 7th National Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity 2014-2015, in Mumbai, on April 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai/Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9 (IANS) Several sportspersons have unitedly…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold contempt proceedings against two senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officials for not registering an FIR against a Deputy Superintendent of Police for…
Jodhpur, Aug 9 (IANS) The Rajasthan High court here on Tuesday rejected the bail application of self-styled godman Asaram in a case of sexual assault on a minor girl. Asaram has been lodged in the…
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) A Chinese woman received a compensation 1.72 million yuan ($258,300) on Tuesday for a wrongful murder conviction that put her in jail for 13 years. The Higher People’s Court of Yunnan…
Imphal, Aug 9 (IANS) Rejecting appeals from some to continue her protest, Irom Sharmila told a court here on Tuesday that she will end her fast that began in 2000 against the Armed Forces (Special…
Canberra, Aug 9 (IANS) A radical proposal submitted on Tuesday by Australia’s Department of Health would ban overseas-trained medical practitioners from applying for visas to work in the country. The Health Department said locally-trained doctors…
Sydney, Aug 9 (IANS) A West Australian woman has been charged with raping a nine-year-old boy between October and November last year, the media reported on Tuesday. The 27-year-old was arrested following an investigation by…
Imphal, Aug 9 (IANS) Rejecting appeals from some to continue her protest, Irom Sharmila told a court here on Tuesday that she will end her fast that began in 2000 against the Armed Forces (Special…
Imphal, Aug 9 (IANS) Manipuri political activist Irom Sharmila will break her 16-year long hunger strike against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act on Tuesday. Sharmila has been campaigning against AFSPA — which provides special…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh (UP) police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the prime accused along with two other accomplices in last month’s Bulandshahr gang rape of a woman and her teenage daughter….
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday announced a week of mourning and a three-day strike to express solidarity with lawyers, mediapersons and others…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal incurred the highest expense during the assembly polls with Rs 25.26 lakh, 90 per cent of the expenditure limit set by the poll panel. The…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed, by voice vote, the Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 that seeks to provide better medical care to mentally-ill besides ensuring their basic rights. The…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday has asked the AAP government to come up with suggestions to prevent accidents due to use of Chinese kite string as the state government…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of a rice mill owner due to alleged police torture in Rampur district….
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Ridiculing the CBI over its failure to crack the Rabindranath Tagore Nobel theft case, former West Bengal minister and Saradha scam accused Madan Mitra on Monday questioned his continued detention in…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has told the Supreme Court that ponzi schemes do not fall under its regulatory regime and it was for the state…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Monday sought a report from the Bulandshahr SSP on the gang rape of a woman and her minor daughter last month and asked the state government…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed, by voice vote, the Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 that seeks to provide better medical care to mentally-ill besides ensuring their basic rights. The…