Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government acted illegally in prolonging the suspension of IPS officer Amitabh Thakur despite a contrary order of the central government, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has been told….
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) There is an all-pervasive oppression by the ruling class and we are confronting a bizarre reality now, said G. N. Saibaba, the Delhi University professor who was…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) There is an all-pervasive oppression by the ruling class and we are confronting a bizarre reality now, said G. N. Saibaba, the Delhi University professor who was…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court will examine if the Reserve Bank of India and the Centre could take shelter behind the confidentiality clause in the RBI Act for holding back…
Washington, April 12 (IANS) US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women’s equality in the country. The White House said the move on Tuesday…
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) China’s first labour arbitration case filed by a transgender man opened in a local arbitration commission in Guizhou province, amid increasing action by Beijing’s sexual and gender minority groups to defend…
Islamabad, April 12 (IANS) An Indian prisoner, Kirpal Singh, has died at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan, an official said. Singh was allegedly involved in a bombing at Faisalabad Railway Station in 1991. He…
Ottawa, April 12 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will offer a full apology for a government decision in 1914 to deny entry of Sikhs in the country. “As a…
United Nations, April 12 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for rooting out sexual exploitation and abuse at UN peace operations review held here on Monday. Speaking at “United Nations Peace Operations Review:…
Hyderabad, April 11 (IANS) Police in Telangana have filed charge sheet against MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in the alleged hate speech case. The state home ministry informed this to the High Court of Judicature here…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Hitting out at the RSS and the BJP, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that while his party was trying to destroy…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday constituted a three-member committee to collect video footage of a sting operation in which many leaders of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress were allegedly shown…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Days after women winning right to enter the Shani temple in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court on Monday asked what right the Sabarimala temple trust had to forbid women from entering…
New Delhi: Ved Prakash of the Aam Aadmi Sena who was detained while trying to throw a shoe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal when he was addressing a press conference in New Delhi in…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that the plea for SIT probe into the assault on JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others by some lawyers at Patiala House…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued a notice to the Kerala government over the temple fire tragedy that killed at least 109 people and left over 300 injured….
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday recalled its 2013 verdict quashing a Medical Council of India (MCI) notification mandating common National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) both for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and…
Cape Town, April 11 (IANS) Former South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday hailed a recent court ruling against incumbent President Jacob Zuma on his home upgrade case. The court ruled on March 31 that…
Cairo, April 11 (IANS) Egyptian former Minister of Agriculture Salah Helal and his deputy were sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday in a corruption case. Cairo criminal court found Helal and his deputy,…
New Delhu, April 11 (IANS) Nestle India on Monday said a central food-testing lab in Mysuru has found that all the 29 samples of popular snack Maggi have been found to be safe for consumption…