Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Friday took a grim view of the state-level Yash Bharti awards given to 46 persons and sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on…
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) The family of one of the victims of Gulshan-e-Iqbal park attack in Lahore, capital of Punjab province of Pakistan, said it will move the court against police. The bruised and battered…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Etched in Indian viewers’ memory as the demure Draupadi in B R Chopra’s “Mahabharat”, actress-turned-BJP candidate Roopa Ganguly is determined to draw attention to “big issues”, rather than…
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) Odia communities across the country and abroad on Friday celebrated Utkal Divas to mark the formation of Odisha state on linguistic basis in 1936. The foundation day of Odisha is celebrated…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The requirement that 85 per cent of the display area of packets of all tobacco products should carry pictorial warning of cancer has come into force from Friday According to…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Calling the Kolkata flyover tragedy an “act of fraud protected by the West Bengal government”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sought a CBI inquiry into the incident. Addressing mediapersons…
Brasilia, April 1 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) ruled that it would be taking immediate charge of a corruption investigation into former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, removing Judge Sergio Moro from the case,…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sought a CBI inquiry into the collapse of a flyover here that killed 23 people, and said the corrupt nexus between the West Bengal…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday gave his nod to an ordinance to authorise expenditure beyond April 1 in Uttarakhand, which is under central rule, official sources said. “The president signed…
By Arun Kumar Washington, April 1 (IANS) As leaders from over 50 nations gathered here to discuss nuclear terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a call to drop the notion that terrorism is someone else’s…
Brasilia, April 1 (IANS/EFE) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the case concerning former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will remain under its jurisdiction, thereby removing it from federal Judge Sergio Moro, who…
Washington, April 1 (IANS) The US and Saudi Arabia on Thursday imposed sanctions jointly on four individuals and two organisations, aiming to disrupt terrorism fundraising operations in South Asia and the Middle East, according to…
Riyadh, April 1 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday joint actions with the US to tackle fund raising for and support of terrorism, Saudi Press Agency reported. The two countries will sanction four individuals and…
Brussels, April 1 (IANS) The transfer of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to France could take place “very soon”, the Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported on Thursday, citing a collaborator of his lawyer Cedric Moisse. According…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday banned exit polls between April 4 and May 16 during which polling will be held for assemblies of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom Sharmila. “Following the order of a Delhi court acquitting…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched the ‘Greening Delhi’ programme by planting trees, and promising that PWD roads will be vacuum cleaned in two months. “Apart from restoring…
Ankara, March 31 (IANS) At least seven police officers were killed in car bomb attack on an armored police vehicle in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, media reports said. Moreover, 27 others including 13 policemen were…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a visit to the US, spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday and assured “all possible support” in the wake of a flyover…
Gurgaon, March 31 (IANS) Several industrial workers’ unions in Haryana on Thursday protested against amendment bills passed in the state assembly, saying they will empower industrialists and badly harm the rights of the labour class….