Male, April 11 (IANS) Some 183 Maldivian journalists have signed a historic petition urging authorities to tackle threats to press freedom, including the withdrawal of a bill criminalising defamation and ending impunity for crimes committed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The government will train 25 lakh disabled people in the next seven years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. “India believes in the…
Rohtak: People from Jat community stage a demonstration to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Rohtak on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) After denying outright any incidents of rapes…
Kochi, April 11 (IANS) The devaswom bench of Kerala High Court will on Tuesday take up a letter seeking the court’s intervention to take suo moto action in the temple fireworks tragedy saying that none…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday constituted a three-member committee to collect videotape footage of a sting operation in which several leaders of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress were allegedly shown…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Recalling its earlier order, the Supreme Court on Monday said admission to private medical colleges will be on the basis of entrance tests conducted under the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)….
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on his 190th birth anniversary. “Mahatma Phule was a stalwart ahead of his time, who gave…
Ghaziabad, April 10 (IANS) A former village head has been booked on charges of threatening Dalits in Bamheta locality in Ghaziabad, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The Dalits lodged a first information report…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A centre would soon be established to develop Indian sign language, and the government is “fully committed” to achieving empowerment and inclusion of…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The practitioner of ‘Bharatiya Chikitsa’ – Indian System of Medicine – such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Tibb and Unani medicine cannot practise modern scientific system of medicine including prescribing allopathic medicines,…
Dhaka, April 10 (IANS) Bangladesh’s apex court on Sunday deferred till May 3 the hearing on the review petition filed by war criminal — and chief of the country’s largest Islamist party — Motiur Rahman…
Dhaka, April 10 (IANS) Bangladesh’s apex court on Sunday deferred till May 3 the hearing on the review petition filed by war criminal — and chief of the country’s largest Islamist party — Motiur Rahman…
Kollam (Kerala), April 10 (IANS) The Kerala government on Sunday ordered a judicial probe into a temple fire tragedy here and announced Rs.10 lakh compensation to families of each of the dead. Chief Minister Oommen…
By Anurag Dey Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Once unknown beyond their immediate circles of family, friends and colleagues, they became crusaders due to difficulties and sorrow they experienced at a personal level. They all are…
Bhind (Madhya Pradesh), April 10 (IANS) The death of a young man here in police custody, allegedly because he was tortured, triggered public outcry on Sunday and caused the authorities to order a judicial inquiry….
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed It’s a common trend that where social, political and religious systems fail, the judiciary steps in – as in the case of the entry of women to the Shani Shingnapur temple….
NAY PYI TAW, March 11, 2016 (Xinhua) — Leader of Myanmar National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to attend a session of the House of Representatives (Lower House) in Nay Pyi…
Panaji, April 10 (IANS) Tourists planning to arrive in Goa on Monday are likely to be stranded at arrival points, with over 15,000 tourist taxis and auto rickshaws threatening to go off roads. The North…
Brussels, April 10 (IANS) Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini who was arrested on Friday in Brussels has confessed to investigators that he is “the man in the hat” caught in the Brussels airport security cameras…
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Legal services authorities across the country disposed of 2.2 crore cases including 1.61 crore cases in pre-litigation stage in the last one year, Chief Justice of India Justice T.S. Thakur said…