Sedition law under review, Rijiju tells Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The law on sedition is under review of the Law Commission and the home ministry has asked for a report on the issue as soon as possible, Minister of State…
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Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Trinamool sting issue
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed acrimonious scenes during the zero hour over a sting operation in West Bengal as members from the Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of…
Latest Reunion Island debris ‘unlikely’ from MH370
Canberra, March 16 (IANS) Australian officials leading the search into missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Wednesday expressed doubt that the debris found recently on the Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is part of…
TMC sting issue referred to Lok Sabha’s ethics panel
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday referred the matter related to a sting operation against certain Trinamool Congress leaders to the Ethics Committee for investigation. She made an announcement…
US student sentenced to 15 years of labour in Pyongyang
Pyongyang, March 16 (IANS) US student Otto Frederick Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for anti-North Korea crimes, the Supreme Court of North Korea said on Wednesday. Warmbier, 21, was a student…
Take steps to check misuse of drugs: Himachal HC
Shimla, March 16 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has rapped the central and the state government authorities on the misuse of oxytocin and directed for measures to regulate the manufacture, import and distribution of…
India frees nine Pakistani fishermen
Islamabad, March 16 (IANS) At least nine Pakistani fishermen were released by India as a goodwill gesture, Pakistani media reported. According to the Edhi Foundation, the Pakistani fishermen were handed over to Pakistan Rangers officials…
Trinamool, CPI-M members clash in Rajya Sabha over sting
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed acrimonious scenes during the zero hour over a sting operation in West Bengal as members from the Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of…
BJP shielding anti-nationals: Kejriwal
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP of shielding those “who raised anti-national slogans on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus here. BJP is most anti-national of all….
Student leader in UP announces reward for cutting Owaisi’s tongue
Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) A student leader of a Meerut college has announced a reward of Rs.21,000 to anyone who cuts the tongue of AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi. Dushyant Tomar, a former president of the…
22 killed in Ecuador military plane crash
Quito, March 16 (IANS) A military aircraft crashed in the Ecuadorian province of Pastaza, killing all 22 people on board, officials said. The accident occurred on Tuesday when the soldiers were to conduct a parachuting…
Delhi-Howrah route train services restored
Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) Rail traffic on the Delhi-Howrah line was restored on Wednesday after two wagons of a goods train that derailed in Uttar Pradesh were removed from the track , a railway official…
22 dead in Ecuador military plane crash
Quito, March 16 (IANS) A military aircraft crashed in the Ecuadorian province of Pastaza, killing all 22 soldiers on board, military sources said. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa confirmed the crash on his official Twitter account…
Italian court rejects appeal by jailed former Berlusconi aide
Rome, March 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation on Tuesday threw out an appeal by Marcello Dell’Utri, a former top aide to ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi, confirming his seven-year jail term for complicity with the…
Teacher fired in Italy for ‘sexting’ pupils
Venice, March 16 (IANS/AKI) A teacher has been sacked from a technical high school in Italy for sending sexually explicit text messages to pupils, a media report said. The headmistress of the Musatti high school…
Gujarat Police uncover major kidney racket
Ahmedabad, March 15 (IANS) Police in Gujarat’s Anand stumbled upon a major inter-state racket in trafficking of human organs, bringing 13 people to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Tuesday for forensic examination on suspicion that…
Hardik denied bail by Surat court
Patidar Anamat Sanghursh Samiti (PASS) leader Hardik Patel. (File Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, March 15 (IANS) Quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel was on Tuesday denied bail by the court of principal district and sessions judge of…
CBI files chargesheet against Noida ex-officials for corruption
Ghaziabad, March 15 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against then Noida authority chief engineer Yadav Singh and 13 others, including his wife and former officials, on charges of corruption that caused a…
JNU denies media reports on rustication of students
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday denied media reports that a high-level inquiry committee had recommended the rustication of five students from the university. “It is not true. Not at all…,”…
Bhujbal sent to two days’ ED custody
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) A court on Tuesday sent former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who was arrested on corruption charges, to two days custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED had interrogated…