Asha Kiran Home deaths: HC to hear PIL on February 17
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) In the wake of deplorable conditions at the Asha Kiran Home for the mentally challenged, where 11 inmates have died over the past two months, a PIL was filed in…
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Ruling NPF accuses government employees of funding Nagaland agitation
Kohima, Feb 15 (IANS) The ruling Naga People’s Front on Wednesday accused some government employees of funding the indefinite shutdown imposed by the tribal groups across Nagaland over Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang decision to conduct…
Sasikala back in jail, AIADMK infighting rages
Bengaluru/Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala, held guilty for corruption, on Wednesday returned to the Bengaluru jail as the battle for supremacy in the AIADMK continued in Tamil Nadu. Sasikala, 59, was…
SC’s Constitution Bench to hear pleas on Delhi government’s powers
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a Constitution Bench a batch of petitions filed by Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal-led government over conflict with the Centre over the powers to administer…
Clear backlog of jobs for visually impaired: Himachal CM
Shimla, Feb 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday directed the state administration to clear the backlog of jobs for the visually impaired. At present, there is a backlog of 163 jobs…
Journalist’s murder: SC directs Shahabuddin be shifted to Tihar jail
New Delhi/Patna, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin be shifted from Bihar’s Siwan jail to Tihar jail here on the plea of the widow…
One administration can’t change Mexico-US relationship: Envoy
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) With US President Donald Trump’s talk of making Mexico pay for a wall he plans to build along the border, deporting undocumented immigrants and revisiting the Nafta, the Latin American…
Victims’ families welcome SC’s order on Shahabuddin
Patna, Feb 15 (IANS) Chandrakeshwar Prasad, father of three brothers allegedly killed at the instance of mafia don-turned-politician Shahabuddin, and Asha Ranjan, wife of slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in Bihar’s Siwan district, have expressed happiness…
Pakistan court issues bailable warrant against cop in Sarabjit case
Lahore, Feb 15 (IANS) A Pakistani court has issued a bailable arrest warrant against a top police official for not appearing before it in the trial proceedings of Indian national Sarabjit Singh’s murder in 2013,…
Goa liquor traders demand denotification of highways
Panaji, Feb 15 (IANS) A newly-formed forum of liquor vendors in Goa on Wednesday demanded denotification of state and national highways in the state, in order to insulate liquor outlets along the major roads from…
Allahabad HC issues notice to Mayawati, brother
Lucknow, Feb 15 (IANS) In a major setback to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati in the midst of the crucial assembly polls, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued notice to her with regard…
My husband is safe, BSF trooper’s wife tells court
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The wife of BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that she had met her husband and was convinced that he was safe. Yadav, whose…
Journalist’s murder: SC directs Shahabuddin be shifted to Tihar jail
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the shifting of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin from Bihar’s Siwan jail to Tihar jail here on the plea of the widow…
Sasikala leaves for Bengaluru as SC refuses more time to surrender
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Wednesday headed for Bengaluru as the Supreme Court rejected her plea seeking more time to surrender after it upheld her conviction in a disproportionate…
Sasikala appoints nephew Dinakaran as party Dy General Secretary
Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Wednesday appointed nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran as party Deputy General Secretary, ahead of preparing to surrender before the court. The appointment of her nephew in the…
Burundi asks refugees to return home
Kampala (Uganda), Feb 15 (IANS) The Burundian government has started a regional campaign to ask the country’s refugees to voluntarily return home despite tension in the east African country, a media report said. Government officials…
Tibetan PM seeks Japan’s support
Tokyo, Feb 15 (IANS) Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan administration in India, on Wednesday urged Japanese lawmakers to back the ‘middle-way approach’ of autonomy for the Tibetan people. Addressing the Japanese Parliament, Sangay…
SC directs Shahabuddin to be shifted to Tihar Jail
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the shifting of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin from Bihar’s Siwan jail to the Tihar Central Jail here to ensure a free…
I met my husband, BSF trooper’s wife tells HC
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The wife of BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that she had met her husband and was convinced that he was safe. Yadav, whose…
SC refuses Sasikala more time to surrender
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a plea by AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala seeking more time to surrender after it upheld her conviction in a disproportionate assets case by…