Pala (Kerala) Oct 16 (IANS) Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested on September 21 on charges of raping a nun, walked out of the Pala sub-jail near Kottayam on Tuesday, a day after he was given…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Union Minister M.J. Akbar’s defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment, will be heard on Thursday, October 18. “The defamation case will be heard…
Dhaka, Oct 16 (IANS) A Dhaka court will announce its verdict on former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on October 29. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 in…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) A group of women journalists has written to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the dismissal of Union Minister M.J. Akbar, who has been accused of…
Beijing, Oct 16 (IANS) China on Tuesday said that re-education camps in Xinjiang, in which human rights organisations say close to one million ethnic Uyghurs are being held, were actually part of vocational training programmes…
Lahore, Oct 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s anti-corruption body was on Tuesday granted a 14-day extension in the remand of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shehbaz Sharif in a multi-billion rupee housing scam case. The former Punjab…
By Disha Shetty Bengaluru, Oct 16 (IndiaSpend/IANS) As the effects of climate change on livelihoods become more pronounced, especially for people involved in agriculture and fishing in South and South-East Asia, support for rebel groups…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) A panel of female journalists has written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the dismissal of Union Minister M.J. Akbar who has been accused of sexual harassment by a dozen…
Boston, Oct 16 (IANS) Harvard Universitys dean of admissions testified in federal court that in the interest of attracting a diverse student body, the school lowers its recruiting standards a bit for many students from…
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) A total of 245 children from separated undocumented immigrant families were still in US custody, officials said in a court filing. According to government figures, most of the 245 children in…
New York, Oct 16 (IANS) A federal judge has dismissed pornstar Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump. Daniels sued Trump after he said in a tweet in April that her story of…
United Nations, Oct 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for action to protect the rights of rural women and girls on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women. The empowerment…
Rome, Oct 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday vowed to end the trafficking of migrants to Italy, warning “the party is over” for those who profit from the criminal phenomenon. “Under…
New Delhi, Oct. Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that a person accused of moral turpitude involving kidnapping of a girl but subsequently acquitted cant be denied appointment as a judicial officer in…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a woman journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment, alleging that “scandalous allegations” have been…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A day after Union Minister M.J. Akbar said that charges of sexual harassment against him were “wild and baseless”, Ghazala Wahab, one of the journalists who had levelled the allegations,…
Gurugram, Oct 15 (IANS) Several Bar Associations in Haryana suspended work on Monday to protest against the attack on a judge’s wife and son which left the woman dead and the teen battling for life…
Shillong, Oct 15 (IANS) A lower court in Meghalaya on Monday deferred its verdict, for the third time, on former Bangladesh Minister Salahuddin Ahmed who was arrested three years ago for trespassing into India. Earlier,…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The CBI has submitted its closure report in the case over disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing from here in October 2016, the agency…
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) After Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation suit against journalist Priya Ramani for levelling allegations of sexual harassment, Ramani said Akbar is trying to “silence” the…