Bhopal: Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti during a press conference in Bhopal on Feb 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Union Water Resources Minister Uma…
Zagreb, March 9 (IANS) Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia on Wednesday started implementing border restrictions to reinstate the Schengen rules, which means the effective closure of the Balkan route against refugees. This measure does not entail…
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) China is set to draft its first law to boost the country’s film industry, a growing sector in the world’s second largest movie market, National People’s Congress (NPC) chairman Zhang Dejiang…
London, March 9 (IANS) All deaths in Britain’s hospitals will be examined by a second doctor unconnected to the patients treatment, the media reported on Wednesday. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told The Guardian he will…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) An Indian medical student, who was in a state of coma after being attacked by unidentified miscreants in a Russian city, has…
Moscow, March 9 (IANS) A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two journalists addressed the court on Wednesday and said she would continue a hunger strike she has been on for…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in a criminal defamation case filed by…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in a criminal defamation case filed by union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Seoul, March 9 (IANS) A South Korean cable channel news anchor was summoned on Wednesday over unauthorised use of exit polls during the 2014 local election, prosecutors said. Sohn Suk-hee, who heads JTBC’s news reporting…
Canberra, March 9 (IANS) The Catholic Church of Canberra has created a separate body to handle sexual abuse complaints in a transparent manner, after the Vatican’s Finance Minister George Pell admitted paedophilia cases in Australia…
Tokyo, March 9 (IANS) Japan on Wednesday defended its 1947 Imperial House Law, which allows only a male to succeed the Chrysanthemum throne, following its criticism in a UN committee report. The law is not…
Tokyo, March 9 (IANS) A Japanese court on Wednesday issued an injunction to suspend operations of Takahama No.3 and No.4 nuclear reactors in Fukui prefecture. It is the first such injunction for reactors currently in…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya on a plea by a consortium of 17 banks led by the SBI seeking his personal…
Imphal, March 9 (IANS) Irom Sharmila, who has been on fasts unto death since November 4, 2000, to demand the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, has rejected state Social Welfare Minister…
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) A Chinese couple was sentenced to three years in jail for selling their new-born daughter online to buy an iPhone and a motorbike with the funds, a media report said. The…
Istanbul, March 9 (IANS) Turkish and Greek prime ministers said on Tuesday that they are determined to prevent illegal traffickers and migration in the Aegean Sea bordering the two countries. “Turkey and Greece share the…
Toronto, March 9 (IANS) The government of Canada announced an ambitious plan for 2016 immigration levels on Tuesday, aimed at reuniting more families. Ottawa plans to welcome between 280,000 and 305,000 permanent residents by the…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) A Delhi court here began the trial against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and arms dealer Abhishek Verma for allegedly writing a forged letter addressed to then prime minister Manmohan Singh…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking the larger pictorial warning on the packaging of tobacco products and promulgation and implementation of the…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of showing gross disregard for the Women’s Reservation Bill. “This government has shown gross disregard towards the Women’s Reservation Bill,…