Category: Immigration

Tobacco industry to halt production after 85 percent pictorial warnings

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Citing ambiguity on the enforcement of 85 percent pictorial warnings on packets of all tobacco…

9 years ago

HC seeks response on extension to UP chief secretary

Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response…

9 years ago

Punjab law axing water pacts breaches federal structure, Haryana tells SC

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Haryana on Friday told the Supreme Court that 2004 Punjab law terminating all water sharing…

9 years ago

Notice to health, commerce ministry over drug licence

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued notices to the commerce and health ministries…

9 years ago

Obsessed man gets life term for killing woman in Delhi

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A sessions court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing a…

9 years ago

NHRC notice to UP, MP on plight of drought-hit

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh and…

9 years ago

No bar on women’s entry to any place of worship, rules Bombay HC

Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law…

9 years ago

SC dismisses PIL seeking to increase judges’ retirement age

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined a plea seeking to raise the retirement age of…

9 years ago

Bombay HC paves way for women’s entry to Shani Shingnapur Temple

Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law…

9 years ago

Tobacco farmers’ group denounces new health warning rule

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The rule requiring that packets of tobacco products carry larger pictorial health warning will increase…

9 years ago

Indian Bank’s former CMD among six convicted in fraud case

Chennai, April 1 (IANS) A special court here has convicted including Indian Bank's former chairman and managing director M.Gopalakrishnan and…

9 years ago

27 refugees saved from drifting boat off Cyprus

Nicosia, April 1 (IANS) At least 27 refugees, among them six women and three children, were saved overnight from a…

9 years ago

Irom Sharmila continues fast in Imphal

Imphal, April 1 (IANS) Two days after her acquittal by a Delhi court, rights activist Irom Sharmila is continuing her…

9 years ago

HC seeks response from UP government on Yash Bharti awards

Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Friday took a grim view of the state-level…

9 years ago

PIL seeks court-monitored probe into Kolkata flyover collapse

Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) A petition was filed on Friday at the Calcutta High Court for a court-monitored probe into…

9 years ago

Lahore blast victim’s family harassed, to move court

Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) The family of one of the victims of Gulshan-e-Iqbal park attack in Lahore, capital of Punjab…

9 years ago

Larger pictorial warning on tobacco products comes into force

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The requirement that 85 per cent of the display area of packets of all tobacco…

9 years ago

No more liquor for Bihar villagers

Patna, April 1 (IANS) With a partial liquor ban coming into force in Bihar from Friday, thousands of 'desi' liquor…

9 years ago

Brazil Supreme Court asserts jurisdiction over Lula case

Brasilia, April 1 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the case concerning former President Luiz Inacio Lula da…

9 years ago

Drop all charges against Irom Sharmila: ICJ

New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop…

9 years ago



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