New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The row between Punjab and Haryana on the former’s decision to enact a law denotifying the 5,300 acres of land acquired for Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal on Monday reached the Supreme…
Ghaziabad, March 14 (IANS) A CBI court here on Monday extended the judicial remand of Noida’s former chief engineer Yadav Singh till March 26 in a corruption case. Yadav Singh was presented in the court…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was questioned here on Monday by a team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with corruption cases lodged against him. The Nationalist Congress…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Art of Living (AoL), headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on Monday, said it was committed to setting up a bio-diversity park at the Yamuna floodplain. “We…
Bangkok, March 14 (IANS) Eleven illegal migrants were found hiding in the luggage compartment of a Bangkok-bound tour bus in Thailand’s Mae Sot district on Monday. The nine men and two women were found during…
Islamabad, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court of Pakistan will commence hearing 10 appeals instituted against military court convictions of militants from Wednesday, the media reported on Monday. The appeals will be taken up by…
Berlin, March 14 (IANS) Germany’s anti-migration party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), has recorded remarkable gains in Germany’s regional elections on Sunday and is able to break into three more German state parliaments, according to…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) Chinese lawmakers have filed 462 motions to the secretariat of the fourth session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), an official said on Sunday. According to Kong Ping, an official…
Indore, March 13 (IANS) Hindus and Muslims in this Madhya Pradesh district have in a precedent-setting act resolved through mutual agreement a land dispute that had evaded a judicial solution for the past 25 years….
Allahabad: President Pranab Mukherjee addresses during inauguration of the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of the High Court of Judicature, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on March 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS/RB) Allahabad, March 13 (IANS) Expressing his concern over…
Nairobi, March 13 (IANS) Kenya is drafting a bill that will allow nationals serving jail terms in foreign countries to be repatriated to serve the remaining years or months of their sentence in local jails,…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) A Kerala Women’s Commission member on Sunday welcomed the RSS’ stand favouring entry of women into temples. Lissy Jose, in a release issued here, said she welcomes the stand of the…
Mumbai: Businessman Vijay Mallya during the Kingfisher Ultra Indian Derby at the race course in Mumbai on Feb. 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) A city court here has issued non-bailable warrants against…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) Chinese courts have concluded 19,000 criminal cases involving environmental pollution and undermining resources in 2015, up 18.8 percent year on year, a report of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said Sunday….
Cairo, March 13 (IANS) An Egyptian man has been sentenced to three years in jail for “insulting the women of Upper Egypt” and spreading false news on Facebook that threatened public peace. According to dailynewsegypt.com,…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) A report by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on Sunday said the country will set up an international maritime judicial centre in its latest bid to protect national sovereignty and maritime…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) Chinese courts convicted 1,419 criminals of harming state security, including taking part in terrorist attacks and secessionist activities, in 2015, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said on Sunday. Chinese courts concluded the…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The AYUSH ministry on Saturday expressed “anguish” at the mischievous misinformation being spread in a section of media and social media and termed as “fabricated” a purported RTI reply that…
New Delhi/Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to inaugurate the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Allahabad High Court, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. He will be accompanied by…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday said education can bolster India’s economy and enable social justice. “The road to sustained economic growth, inclusive development and social justice passes only…