Geneva, July 11 (IANS) UN human rights experts on Wednesday demanded that a Myanmar court drop charges against two Reuters reporters. The journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested in December and were…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) In a bid to minimise litigation pertaining to tax matters, the government on Wednesday decided it will not file any appeals in appellate tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A petition, filed in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, seeks the removal of certain content from “Sacred Games,” a web series by over-the-top media services provider Netflix, on the…
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The ED on Wednesday approached a special court here seeking its order to declare diamond merchants Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi — both accused in over Rs 13,500 crore…
Kochi, July 11 (IANS) The Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) on Wednesday said it did not agree with Malayalam movies superstar Mohanlal’s explanation for revoking the suspension of actor Dileep, an accused in the actress…
Berlin, July 11 (IANS) The sole survivor of post-war Germany’s deadliest neo-Nazi terror cell was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 10 people in a seven-year campaign of shootings and…
Panaji, July 11 (IANS) The Raj Bhavan in Goa on Wednesday told the State Information Commission that the office of the Governor does not come under the ambit of “public authority” and therefore the Raj…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday sought a report on the detention of over half a dozen children for nearly five hours in a school in Old Delhi over non-payment of…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A special court here on Wednesday sentenced former naval officer, Captain Salam Singh Rathore, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in the 2005 Naval War Room leak case. Central Bureau…
Kochi, July 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three of the four Malankara Orthodox Church priests who have been accused of sexually abusing a woman parishioner. As…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The centre on Wednesday said it was leaving it to the wisdom of the Supreme Court to decide if a law that criminalizes consensual gay sex was constitutionally valid. On…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A biography that traces Baba Ramdev’s rise from godman to tycoon has been caught up in a legal storm for over 11 months; Amish Tripathi’s upcoming book…
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) Hyderabad Police on Wednesday banished a Hindu religious leader from the city for six months for allegedly making provocative statements against other communities. Sri Peetham Swami Paripoornananda, who was under house…
Kochi, July 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three Catholic orthodox priests accused of sexually assaulting a woman from the same parish. (This story has not been…
Chicago, July 11 (IANS) The mayor of Chicago, the third biggest city in the US, has criticised President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policy as “cruel, unnecessary and unlawful”. Mayor Rahm Emanuel welcomed the decision by…
Rome, July 11 (IANS/AKI) Italian Coastguard’s Diciotto vessel carrying 67 rescued migrants will dock at an Italian port on Wednesday, Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said. The Interior Ministry said no Italian port had yet been…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a petition by former ISRO senior scientist, S. Nambi Narayanan, seeking probe for being allegedly falsely implicated in an espionage case…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday said late Supreme Court judge, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer was the judge who “believed in the human and the compassionate spirit…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A private school’s management was booked on charge of forcibly detaining over half a dozen minor children within its premises for five hours after their parents failed to deposit tuition…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to replicate London Transport Department’s steps to ensure hassle-free access to the differently abled to public transport. A…