By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Sep 15 (IANS) It was in 1905 that the first Nobel Prize for Peace was won by a woman, Bertha von Suttner. Since then, there have been 15 others who have…
San Francisco, Sep 15 (IANS) Three former Google employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the tech giant accusing it of discriminating against women when it came to pay and promotions. According to a report…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Sep 15 (IANS) Pakistani-origin actress-director Iram Haq’s film “What Parents Will Say”, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, is a bold take on female oppression among south Asian families….
Mexico City, Sep 15 (IANS) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto asked the US to find a permanent solution for the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, most of which are of…
Tehran, Sep 15 (IANS) Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri and his Turkish counterpart General Hulusi Akar warned against the “repercussions” of the scheduled Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum. In a…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) MNREGA daily wagers continued their agitation for the fourth consecutive day here on Thursday in protest against delayed wages and in support of their demand for an increase in wages….
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday clarified that the affidavit on Rohangiya refugees attributed to it is still being worked upon and that it was inadvertently served on the counsel for petitioner…
Jabalpur, Sep 14 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta has pronounced four-year jail term and Rs 30 lakh fine each for two sons of a Public Works Department Superintending Engineer, since deceased, in a disproportionate assets…
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday scrapped the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial) preliminary examination following an inquiry report on leaking of a question paper. The High Court Registrar-General on…
Ahmedabad, Sep 14 (IANS) Gujarat Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel here on Thursday launched a three-day ‘sankalp yatra’ to press for his long-pending demand of reservation to the Patel community in government jobs and educational…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it had dropped the proposal to bring a law to decriminalise begging and said the Delhi government could formulate a…
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed an anticipatory transit bail plea of trustees of Ryan International Schools but granted conditional interim stay on their arrest till 5 p.m. on Friday….
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a status report on appointments to the NGT after the government said the process of appointing judicial and expert…
Nuh (Haryana)/Jaipur, Sep 14 (IANS) With Rajasthan Police giving a clean chit to all the six accused named by Pehlu Khan in his dying declaration, the family of the dairy farmer from Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Nuh…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Members from various bank associations, including the All India Bank Employees Association, will march to Parliament on Friday opposing the government’s new banking policies. The protest will be held against…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) After its earlier plea was set aside, the Sharad Yadav-led JD-U faction on Thursday again staked claimed over the party symbol, asking the Election Commission for a month’s time to…
Chennai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered that a floor test should not be held till September 20 for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E.K. Palaniswami to prove his legislative majority. The…
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday refuted reports that he had struck a deal with top Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to provide a pathway to citizenship for young…
Nuh (Haryana), Sep 14 (IANS) With Rajasthan Police giving a clean chit to all the six accused named by Pehlu Khan in his dying declaration, the family of the dairy farmer from Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Nuh…
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory transit bail plea of the trustees of Ryan International Schools but granted a conditional interim stay on their arrest till 5 p.m….