Lucknow, July 11 (IANS) The Chief Executive Engineer (CEE) of the Meerut Cantonment Board has been sent to a 14-day judicial custody over an incident where four people were killed during the demolition of a…
Jerusalem, July 11 (IANS) Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on Sunday that he had ordered to open an initial probe amid criminal allegations against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The attorney general did not…
Bhubaneswar, July 10 (IANS) Even as Odisha’s tribal welfare minister on Sunday said he was unaware of the killing of five tribal villagers in Kandhamal district, the Congress and the BJP flayed the Navin Patnaik’s…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government appealed for calm on Sunday as six more people died in unending demonstrations against the killing of a top militant leader, taking the…
Nay Pyi Taw, July 10 (IANS) Hundreds of people took to the streets of Yangon on Sunday to oppose a government order that media and the public use the phrase “Muslims in Rakhine State” to…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A Delhi court on Sunday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and six others to one-day judicial custody in a corruption case. The duty Metropolitan Magistrate…
Kathmandu, July 10 (IANS) After getting its first woman President and first woman Parliament Speaker in 2015, Nepal is all set to get its first woman Chief Justice with Justice Sushila Karki expected to take…
Itanagar, July 10 (IANS) Educationist Joram Begi was on Sunday sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh by Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, who is also the acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. Begi,…
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) Alleging human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan on Sunday demanded “a fair and impartial” plebiscite to resolve the Kashmir dispute. The Foreign Ministry said the “extrajudicial killing” of Hizbul…
By Parmod Kumar and Garima Tyagi New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court verdict saying the army should not use excessive force in its counter insurgency operations has not gone down well with the…
Guwahati, July 9 (IANS) Backed by the National Federation of New States (NFNS), a few ethnic groups of Assam and other parts of the northeastern region — the Bodos, Karbis, Kokborok and the Kukis –…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A third of the world’s child brides are in India with about half of Indian women having married before they turned 18, said United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “Adolescents (10-19…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her displeasure over two-wheeler users not wearing helmets, Kolkata police on Saturday imposed a “no helmet no petrol” rule forbidding petrol…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday asked liquor baron Vijay Mallya to personally appear before it on September 9, after allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday asked liquor baron Vijay Mallya to personally appear before it on September 9, after allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea to withdraw the exemption given…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) A social group on Saturday started an online petition to press for the release of Hamid N. Ansari, a Mumbaikar who is languishing in a Pakistani jail since nearly four years….
By Arul Louis Minneapolis (US), July 8 (IANS) The protests against encounter-style police killings of an African American in a suburb here and another in Louisiana spiraled into a terrorist attack that took the lives…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) In a set-back to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere with the Delhi High Court reserving its order on the dispute between the…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) In a setback to the government and the armed forces, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled the army cannot use excessive force during counter-insurgency operations in areas declared disturbed under…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 (IANS) Keeping a promise made to the state’s women in the Left Democratic Front election manifesto, state Finance Minister Thomas Issac, in his maiden budget presented in the assembly on Friday, announced…