New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Trouble for beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing charges of misapropriation of bank funds amounting to Rs.9,000 crore, mounted on Friday after the government suspended his diplomatic passport for four…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Tightening its noose on beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing probe on charges of misappropriating a Rs.9,000 crore bank loan, the government on Friday suspended his diplomatic passport for four…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The government on Friday suspended the diplomatic passport of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing an Enforcement Directorate probe on charges of misappropriating a…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The diplomatic passport of beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is currently in Britain, has been suspended with immediately effect for four weeks, the external…
Dhaka, April 15 (IANS) Bangladesh police has released four gay activists who were arrested for parading with rainbow colours to promote sexual diversity, in the midst of festivities marking the Bengali New Year. “The detainees…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Punjab province has passed a law governing marriage functions, disallowing dowry, unreasonable illumination, display of fireworks and causing nuisance to neighbours. The law was passed by the Punjab Assembly on…
Brasilia, April 15 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected a government injunction aimed at preventing an impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff. The impeachment debate in the lower house of parliament is due to start…
San Jose, April 15 (IANS) A group of around 100 Cuban migrants stranded in Panama protested near the country’s border with Costa Rica, demanding permission to let them continue their voyage towards the US. According…
Srinagar, April 14 (IANS) A rights group in Kashmir on Thursday accused security forces of virtual “abduction” of the father of the girl whose alleged molestation by soldiers led to violent protests and subsequently to…
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President M Hamid Ansari, the Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, M Venkaiah Naidu, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Vijay Sampla and Krishan Pal and other dignitaries pay tribute to Babasaheb on his…
Kochi, April 14 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday accepted the state government’s request to oversee the ongoing crime branch probe into the ‘illegal’ fireworks display at the Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam which…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday demanded reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country’s judiciary. “Why can’t people from lower caste occupy higher positions in the judiciary? Why…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has raised the issue of hike in the US visa fee for Indian technology professionals, which he said was targeted largely at the Indian IT (information technology)…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign manager will not be prosecuted on a charge of misdemeanour battery over allegations he grabbed the arm of a reporter. Trump campaign social media director…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government should have been more pragmatic before announcing prohibition as this cost Nagaland dearly in terms of revenue and only helped “bootleggers of neighbouring…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The sister of Kirpal Singh, the Indian who died in a Pakistani jail, met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, seeking his support for an early repatriation of his…
Beijing, April 14 (IANS) China on Thursday published a report on the human rights situation in the US. The report, titled “The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2015”, was released by the…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) The controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 has been approved by Pakistan’s National Assembly (NA). The bill approved on Wednesday, must also be approved by Senate before it can be…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The principle of ‘one state one vote’ may not be the best democratic thing, the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday as it said…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday launched an initiative to train and equip underprivileged women in urban areas with skills to find employment in the…