New York, Dec 18 (IANS) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he would push to legalise recreational marijuana in 2019, a move that could generate over $1.7 billion in sales annually. The highly anticipated…
Sabarimala, Dec 18 (IANS) Four transgenders draped in sarees, who were earlier denied permission to visit the Sabarimala temple on Sunday, completed their darshan of the Lord Ayyappa shrine on Tuesday after securing permission a…
San Francisco, Dec 18 (IANS) With efforts to reform a European Union tax law not bringing the desired results, France is going to introduce from January 1, 2019 a digital tax on technology giants such…
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government is equally considerate towards all minorities and the state never denies shelter to anyone. On the issue of migration, she…
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that her government is equal towards minorities and ready to give shelter to international immigrants. “Today is #MinorityRightsDay. We are all equal…
Wellington, Dec 18 (IANS) New Zealand will hold a referendum in 2020 to decide on the legalisation of recreational marijuana, Justice Minister Andrew Little announced on Tuesday, a week after Parliament gave the green light…
United Nations, Dec 18 (IANS) An overwhelming majority of the UN member states on Monday voted in favour of the Global Compact on Refugees, affirming international solidarity and cooperation for refugee protection and host community…
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) India on Monday expressed relief at Pakistan’s decision to release on Tuesday an Indian national lodged in a Pakistani jail for six years on alleged espionage charges. “We have received…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Monday gave its approval to amend two existing Aadhaar laws giving preference to the people to voluntarily share the biometric identity card while obtaining new mobile…
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) After carrying out multiple search operations at several locations of foreign exchange dealers and agencies across the city last week, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expecting the volume of monthly transactions…
Chennai, Dec 17 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday banned the sale of medicines online till the central government notifies the regulations. The court set January 31, 2019 as the deadline for the central…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday sought to justify the ordinance on triple talaq and said the Bill that would replace it would ensure gender equality and the…
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Legislators are servants and not slaves of people, the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday said. It gave the ruling while dismissing a petition filed last month by…
Lucknow, Dec 17 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar on Monday attacked the Congress for carrying out a “campaign full of lies” on the Rafale fighter jets purchase and demanded an…
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (IANS) Terming it as a case of justice finally delivered to the victims of one of the worst instances of communal violence in independent India, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here on…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) After a complete washout of the first week of the winter session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed little business although it passed the Transgender Persons Rights Bill…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Modi government’s gross mishandling of the situation in the Kashmir Valley is hurting India, the CPI-M said on Monday, adding that the killing of unarmed protesters by security forces…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (IANS) Four transgenders, who were denied permission to visit the Sabarimala temple a day ago, on Monday got the sanction to pray at the temple, said one of them. Speaking to the…
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (IANS) Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday demanded that action be taken against the Gandhis, alleging that the family extended political patronage to the perpetrators of the 1984 Sikh…
Budapest, Dec 17 (IANS) About 10,000 people have been rallying over the weekend in the Hungarian capital here against new labour laws, which have been labelled “slave laws” by opponents, media reported. According to the…