Washington, July 22 (IANS) The president of Fox News, Roger Ailes, resigned as the network’s chief after a number of female employees accused him of sexual harassment. The network’s parent company, 21st Century Fox, announced…
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal on Thursday cancelled their Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was due to be held on July 31 due to circumstances which have arose after the Supreme…
Imphal, July 21 (IANS) Tired of waiting for the government to provide them an alternate place for shops, around 2,000 women vendors on Thursday stormed three marketing complexes that were damaged in an earthquake in…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday sought to dispel the impression that the Narendra Modi government and the top judiciary were at loggerheads, saying that judicial independence was…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday posted for November 10 hearing on the plea of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas against lodging of an FIR in sexual harassment case by a…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A senior citizen, who was standing in queue to get his entry pass made for the Delhi High Court, died of heart attack on Thursday morning. Suresh Nayyar, 68, collapsed…
By Anand Singh and Ishan Sahni New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A 62-year-old man, suspected to be running a high-profile escort service in the capital’s upscale Safdarjung Enclave area, was arrested on Thursday on charges…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) The tiff between the media and lawyers in Kerala took a turn for the worse in the state capital on Thursday when lawyers threw stones at journalists in front of the…
Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees (ROC) appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016…
Johannesburg, July 21 (IANS) South African prosecutors said that they will appeal against Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius’s six-year sentence for murder, calling it “shockingly too lenient”. The National Prosecuting Authority said the sentence was “disproportionate…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) In hard-hitting remarks targeting the NDA government, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Thursday that mere bombastic words uttered loudly will not stop atrocities against the Dalits and minorities…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to the Chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation over the amputation of both hands of a girl following severe burn injuries…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) With an eye on better technology and competitive prices, the government is exploring possibility of involving start-ups to make EVMs with the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) units, which are…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A day before his scheduled visit to Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said an atmosphere of “oppression” prevailed across the western state and that people of all…
Una (Saurashtra), July 21 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that in his home state, the weak and the poor were being crushed, even…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A special court here on Thursday, posted for next week, the hearing on the bail plea of LIC agent Anand Chauhan after the Enforcement Directorate (ED), opposing the plea, told…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Amid protests in Uttar Pradesh after former BJP leader Daya Shankar Singh’s abusive remark against her, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that people from the weaker sections…
Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016 Summer…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday heard the lawyers of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Delhi government, who all sought to become parties in the Delhi Parliamentary Secretaries case,…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Attorney General and Maharashtra on a plea by a rape victim seeking termination of her 24-week-old pregnancy due to the abnormal…