Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) A miffed Karnataka would challenge the setting up of the Cauvery River Management Authority (CRMA) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) by the Centre in the Supreme Court as they were…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) The US has moved Pakistan from a watch list to another group of countries that have taken significant steps to curb human trafficking, a report has revealed. “The government of Pakistan…
Kolkata, June 30 (ANS) There is need to sensitise the society at large rather than hardening the laws and punishments to tackle gender-based violence, according to a panel of Calcutta High Court judges. “The only…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he plans to announce his pick for a new Supreme Court Judge on July 9 after narrowing down his list of nominees. He made the…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to delay the sentencing of former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as his office as both parties were not ready with any decision on the…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) The Organization of American States (OAS) approved here on Friday a Mexican-sponsored resolution that denounces US President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has led to the separation of hundreds…
Brussels, June 30 (IANS) France will not build migrant control centers on its territory given that, unlike Greece Italy and Spain, the country was not on the front-line of the migrant crisis, French President Emmanuel…
Brussels, June 30 (IANS) The European Union is to set up migrant control centers that will ostensibly serve to differentiate between refugees, who will have the right to protection from the bloc under international law,…
Tripoli, June 30 (IANS) More than 100 migrants are feared dead after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the Libyan navy said on Friday. The navy also recovered the bodies of three children,…
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) A court in Pakistan on Friday allowed former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to contest the upcoming elections from his home constituency, overturning an election tribunal’s decision to disqualify him. Abbasi…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) In a major relief to lakhs of commuters, the Delhi High Court on Friday restrained a section of the Delhi Metro employees from going on a proposed strike from Friday…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Activists from Assam’s Barak Valley on Friday urged the Central government to close the “detention camps” set up for those identified as “illegal immigrants” and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) In wake of Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announcing replanning the redevelopment project involving axing down of 17,000 trees here, Delhi’s ruling AAP on Friday demanded that the…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Friday sent a legal notice to the BJP’s Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta and MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa as well as rebel AAP leader…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Ahead of a proposed indefinite strike by Delhi Metro employees from Saturday, the Delhi High Court on Friday restrained them from doing so “till further notice”. The Delhi Metro Rail…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Indians who have illegally stashed unaccounted money in Swiss banks would face harsh penal proceedings under the black money law after Switzerland starts sharing details of accounts from next year…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Central government is likely to support a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy, nikah halala (a requirement for a divorced couple to remarry), nikah mutah…
Ranchi, June 29 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday extended, by six more weeks, the provisional bail of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, who has been convicted in four fodder scam cases since 2013 and…
Guwahati, June 29 (IANS) A total of 28 organisations on Friday staged a demonstration here, protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) called for a ‘Jan Satyagraha’ on Friday…
Panaji, June 29 (IANS) Roy Naik, son of former Goa Home Minister and current Congress MLA Ravi Naik, was grilled for an hour and a half by Crime Branch officials on Friday in connection with…