United Nations, Aug 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will participate in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil. The ceremony will be held…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered additional compensation to the victims and families who have suffered loss of life, injuries and damage to property during the 2007-2008 anti-Christian violence in…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict whether a lawmaker, who has been expelled from his party, could suffer disqualification under anti-defection law for defying the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) In a landmark move, the central government on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to give the transgender community a separate identify and also remove all stigma associated…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday appointed former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju as the head of a legal panel to guide the board in understanding…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha panel constituted by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to probe Bhagwant Mann’s alleged breach of parliament security is of unanimous view that the Aam Aadmi Party MP is “misusing…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday fixed August 4 for pronouncing the quantum of punishment for movie director Mahmood Farooqui, convicted for the rape of an American woman, after her counsel…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A CBI court here on Tuesday granted bail to Tarun Sharma, the former Assistant Director of Value Added Tax Department, in a corruption case involving the Delhi Chief Minister’s former…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Tuesday sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and six others to life imprisonment till death in the…
Hyderabad, Aug 2 (IANS) The Telangana government on Tuesday scrapped the TS EAMCET-II 2016 examination in wake of leakage of the question paper last month and announced schedule for fresh exam for admission to medical…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi government to soon ban Chinese kite string and permit string made only of cotton or other natural fibre. A division bench…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday fixed August 4 for pronouncing the quantum of punishment for Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of the 2010 Hindi film ‘Peepli Live’, convicted for the rape of…
Shimla, Aug 2 (IANS) In a setback to the state government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal case registered against state cricket body chief and BJP MP Anurag Thakur on charge…
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) There is no ‘matka’ gambling centre operating in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the assembly on Tuesday against the backdrop of an ongoing police investigation into the matter. “There is…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Tuesday sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and six others to life imprisonment till death in the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Ahead of taking up the GST bill in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Tuesday circulated the amendments to the draft leislation among the members of the house. Some members,…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Tuesday sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and six others to life imprisonment till death in the…
By Chaitanya Mallapur As thousands of laid-off Indian workers in Saudi Arabia were said to be without food, 87 per cent of complaints received from Indian workers at Indian missions across nine countries were from…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee with top secret security clearance is set to face up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to being an agent of…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday that the central government at present has no proposal to impose liquor prohibition across the country. Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj…