Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) A US judge found former police officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder of an African-American man, the media reported. After the verdict on Friday, protesters and activists gathered outside…
San Francisco, Sep 16 (IANS) After revealing that fake Russian accounts bought nearly $100,000 of political ads during the 2016 US presidential election campaign on its platform, Facebook has handed over more details to American…
Baghdad, Sep 16 (IANS) The Parliament of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan convened for the first time after two years of suspension, and is scheduled to discuss referendum on independence of the Kurdish region. “The…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is extremely pessimistic about the situation in Mexico, describing it as on the verge of collapse amid a crisis as desperate as the…
Berlin, Sep 16 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the French government in its plans to reform the labour market, the media reported. Speaking at a joint press conference in Berlin along with France’s Prime…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed a resolution that condemns last month’s deadly violence staged by white supremacists in Charlottesville, in the US state of Virginia, the White House said. The resolution,…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Almost twice the number of MGNREGA workers have received their wages on time so far this year on account of use of digital technology and other measures, the Ministry of…
Rome, Sep 15 (IANS/AKI) A total of 100,325 migrants have arrived in Italy by sea this year till September 13 – around 23 per cent fewer than over the same period last year, the United…
New Delhi Sep 15 (IANS) About 15 Muslim NGOs under aegis of the All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam, a Sunni Sufi cleric organisation, on Friday held a protest at Jantar Mantar condemning “the despicable acts of…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central and all state governments on a plea seeking framing of non-negotiable child safety conditions and implementation of guidelines to protect…
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Expressing concern over Rohingya refugee crisis, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended support to the United Nations’ appeal to help the embattled community. “We do support the @UN…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Central government on Friday told the Supreme Court that so far no decision has been taken on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) mustard. Additional Solicitor General P.S….
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the high courts across the country to register suo motu PILs to identify and compensate the next of kin of the prisoners who died…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that population control, poverty alleviation and environmental protection were key to any country’s development. Addressing a delegation of Asian Population and Development…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The family of a dairy farmer murdered in Rajasthan allegedly by cow vigilantes has sought a court-monitored probe into the killing and demanded shifting of the case out of the…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined, for now, the realty major Unitech’s Managing Director Sanjay Chandra’s interim bail plea. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and…
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) In a massive blow to Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the review petitions filed by the deposed Prime Minister and his children against the July 28 Panama…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking a ban on the online Blue Whale game that has been blamed for the deaths of a…
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz on Friday slammed the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the review petitions filed by the family against the July 28 Panama Papers verdict…
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday ordered the Election Commission to dispose of the issues relating to the ruling AIADMK before October 31, a former parliamentarian of the…