Kohima, Feb 22 (IANS) Former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court Uma Nath Singh was sworn in on Friday as the chairperson of Nagaland’s first Lokayukta. Justice Singh was administered the oath of office by…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre not to take any coercive action against a Pakistani woman, who was asked to leave the country by the Ministry of…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Besides Twitter, the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology (IT) will also summon Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to hear them on alleged bias towards certain type of posts, panel chief Anurag…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Tribal Affairs Ministry on Friday said that it will defend the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act in order to safeguard the interests of the tribals in the…
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) A two-day electronic dance music festival Sunburn Klassique will be held in Goa from February 23 as scheduled, ruled the Bombay High Court bench on Friday. The bench headed by Chief…
Dehradun, Feb 22 (IANS) The Uttarakhand Assembly on Friday passed a bill to enact stringent laws in the wake of the recent hooch tragedy that left dozens of people dead. The Uttarakhand (the United Provinces…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an end to the practice of post-retirement jobs for judges as it affects judicial neutrality. He…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police (DGPs) in states and union territories to take prompt action to prevent threats, assault, intimidation and…
Beijing, Feb 22 (IANS) China has banned gender discrimination practices in recruitment to boost career opportunities for women. No requirements for gender should be included in any recruitment plans or interviews, according to a document…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to inspect the site where Agra Municipal Corporation has proposed…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside a Central government notification restricting manufacture, sale and distribution of an anti-diabetic medicine by pharmaceutical company Lupin Ltd. Gluconorm P 30, a…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday moved an application in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Centre to stay an AirAsia India plea seeking permission…
Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, two former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers, on Friday welcomed a Supreme Court direction on protection of Kashmiri students outside the state. An apex court bench…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said the collegium recommendations for the appointment of judges to different High Courts was being cleared by the government and only 27 recommendations were pending….
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday extended the interim bail granted to Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena till February 25 in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar also…
San Francisco, Feb 22 (IANS) Intense protests over workplace misconduct and discrimination in the #MeToo era have finally brought the curtains down on the controversial forced arbitration policy at Google offices across the globe. In…
Nashik, Feb 22 (IANS) Dramatic developments, including an unprecedented post midnight ‘peasant rally’ addressed by Maharashtra Ministers, led to a mammoth “long march” of farmers from Nashik to Mumbai being called off early on Friday….
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) For photographer Juhi Saklani, life can persist in most unexpected places, like a grand tree braving traffic, pollution, and dirt of a busy Delhi road, what she…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday told Minerva Punjab FC to await the ruling of a committee appointed by I-League on the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) refusal to postpone…
Ranchi, Feb 22 (IANS) Former Bihar Minister Illiyas Hussain and four other accused were awarded five years imprisonment while a contractor was sentenced to seven years in jail in connection with a coal tar scam…