New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Leaders of women farmers from different parts of the country have gathered here for an interface with various government agencies to demand they be legitimately recognised as farmers and that…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Asserting that protection of property and places of worship was an essential part of secularism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said religious places damaged in the 2002 post-Godhra violence would…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday framed charges against Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal and others in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here. Additional…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday urged the Punjab and Haryana High Court to take suo motu cognisance of a news report quoting BJP President Amit Shah as allegedly suggesting that the…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The central government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that criminalizing marital rape may destabilize the institution of marriage apart from being an easy tool for harassing husbands. In…
Berlin, Aug 29 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called on Turkey to release German citizens held in pre-trial detention without justification and urged Ankara to respect the principles of the rule of law….
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Declaring that the government has comfortably met the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection targets, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday released the new indirect tax collection figures for the…
Tehran, Aug 29 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Ministry has voiced concerns over Myanmar’s continued crackdown against Rohingya muslims, the media reported on Tuesday. “The government of the Islamic republic of Iran is extremely worried by the…
Kochi, Aug 29 (IANS) In a rare case of handing out ‘punishment’ to a Vice Chancellor, a court of the Kerala Chief Justice on Tuesday ordered the Kottayam-based Mahatma Gandhi University Vice Chancellor Babu Sebastian…
New Delhi, Aug. Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea by Vikas Yadav seeking the recall of the order upholding 25 year jail term for his involvement in Nitish Katara murder…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) The ungodly acts of rapist Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his penchant for making films and acting as the hero in them…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Indian Income Tax department has slapped a penalty of Rs 7,900 crore on the tax demand of the same amount on CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd for the sale of…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday put Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal on trial in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here after formally framing…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday rejected the bail pleas of Vikas Barala, the son of Haryana BJP President Subhash Barala, and his friend Ashish Kumar, who were arrested for stalking and…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana’s Sirsa district on Tuesday got 18 minor girls taken out from the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) sect headquarters near Sirsa town to undergo a medical examination. “Eighteen girls,…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to pay full compensation for rebuilding the religious structures that were damaged during the…
Kochi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Kerala High Court here on Tuesday turned down a third bail plea by Malayalam actor Dileep, who has been in custody for over seven weeks in a kidnapping case. Disposing…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Self-styled godman Rampal of Haryana, whose private army and aides had fought a pitched battle with police in November 2014 to prevent his arrest, was on Tuesday acquitted in two criminal…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Sticking to her promise made on Independence Day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that a Pakistani baby who is in a critical condition will be given a…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Authorities in Haryana’s Sirsa relaxed curfew in the town limits on Tuesday although the area around the Dera Sacha Sauda sect headquarters on the outskirts remained tense. The curfew relaxation, from…