Justice Sen communal, can’t be judge: CPI-M
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The CPI-M on Friday condemned Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen of the Meghalaya High Court for making what it said were communal observations and said he had lost the moral right…
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Taiwanese cabinet passes bills banning foreign-funded election ads
Taipei, Dec 14 (IANS) Taiwan’s government on Friday approved two draft amendment bills banning political ads funded from abroad, including China, amid suspicions that Beijing interfered in the local elections held in November. In a…
Migrant caravan: Guatemalan girl dies in US custody
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border with her father died hours after being taken into custody, US Customs and Border Protection has said. The girl, who arrived…
Palaniswami urges PM to withdraw Dam Safety Bill, calls it unconstitutional
Chennai, Dec 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Dam Safety Bill, 2018 introduced in the Lok Sabha as it impinges on the state’s rights…
Karnataka to seek review of NGT order on lake revival
Bengaluru, Dec 14 (IANS) Karnataka will seek a review of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) December 6 order asking the state government to deposit Rs 500 crore in an escrow account for the revival of…
Khashoggi killing: US Senate passes resolution condemning Saudi Crown Prince
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The US Senate has passed a resolution blaming and condemning Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, ratcheting up pressure on President Donald Trump…
Congress insists on JPC on Rafale deal
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused the government of trying to hide its “theft” in the Rafale deal behind a court ruling that did not wish to intervene in a defence…
Anil Ambani hails Rafale verdict, says establishes falsity of allegations
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment in the Rafale deal, saying it has conclusively established “complete falsity of the wild, baseless and politically motivated”…
SC judgement on Rafale incorrect: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Prashant Bhushan, lawyer-petitioner in the Rafale jet deal case, on Friday termed as “totally incorrect” the Supreme Court judgment junking the plea for a court-monitored probe into the purchase of…
Rahul Gandhi tarnished India’s image, must apologise: Rajnath
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The government on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the nation on the Rafale jet deal and tarnishing the country’s image internationally, and demanded an apology from its President Rahul…
Indian Prabhu Ramamoorthy gets 9 years in jail for sex assault on US flight
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) A 34-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a US flight early this year. Prabhu Ramamoorthy, living in the US…
Account removal, information requests up from India: Twitter
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Indian government made information requests for 355 Twitter accounts in the January-June 2018 period while law enforcement agencies in the country asked the micro-blogging platform to remove 237 accounts…
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. after the opposition as well as the treasury benches’ members created ruckus on Rafale fighter jet deal issue among others. Soon after the…
SC junks pleas against Rafale deal
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday junked petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the Rafale jet deal saying that there was “nothing questionable” in the decision-making process and the bench was not…
BJP-called Kerala shutdown begins
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 (IANS) The dawn-to-dusk Kerala shutdown called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest the death of a Sabarimala devotee on Friday was a near success amid a few stray incidents of…
Senate votes to end US military support for Saudis in Yemen
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The US Senate voted on Thursday in favour of a bill asking the Donald Trump administration to end the military support it is providing to Saudi Arabia in the latter’s war…
Strasbourg shooter killed after 48-hour manhunt: Minister
Paris, Dec 14 (IANS) The shooter, who killed three people at a Christmas market in France’s Strasbourg on Tuesday, has been killed, 48 hours after the attack, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has confirmed. Cherif…
Multiple locations in US receive email, phone bomb threats
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) Multiple institutions across the US on Thursday received emails and phone calls threatening bomb attacks, which caused evacuations and law enforcement actions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement…
Strasbourg shooting suspect killed by police: Report
Paris, Dec 14 (IANS) The man responsible for the Strasbourg terror attack was killed by police on Thursday, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Cherif Chekatt, 29, is accused of killing at least…
Fifth person detained in connection with Strasbourg shooting
Paris, Dec 14 (IANS) A fifth person was arrested and placed in police custody on Thursday in connection with the gunman who killed three people and wounded many others near the Christmas market in France’s…