Nayapara (Bangladesh), Sep 5 (IANS/AKI) Around 123,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar in the past 10 days amid an accelerating influx, the United Nations said on Tuesday. “UNHCR is…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that though Parliament was conscious of its social obligations and would take a call to put an end to child marriages, the…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to pay “special attention” to the children in the areas hit by natural calamities including floods that are…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Tuesday told a court that it has received raw video footage from various news channels of the incident when few people allegedly raised anti-national slogans at…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The NITI Aayog on Tuesday released the National Nutrition Strategy aimed at bringing nutrition to the centrestage of the National Development Agenda. The strategy lays down a road-map for effective…
Paris, Sep 5 (IANS) A Paris court has awarded 100,000 euros (92,000 pounds) to Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine Middleton in damages after ruling that topless pictures of her published in a French…
Chandigarh, Sep 5 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to the Haryana government to sanitise Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Sirsa town in the state and appointed a Court…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Myanmar, the Indian and Assamese governments on Tuesday made it clear that Rohingya Muslims who have entered India to escape violence in their…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Immigrant Rohingya Muslims on Tuesday staged protest at the Jantar Mantar here against persecution of the community in Myanmar and demanded that the Indian government must intervene to save them….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday declined to hear a plea by Vikram Bakshi of Connaught Plaza Restaurants Ltd challenging the termination notice of the franchise agreement by…
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to Myanmar amid a raging crisis involving Rohingyas in the country’s Rakhine state. Soon after his…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday defended the government’s decision to deport Rohingyas, saying they were illegal migrants who did not have same rights as any…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its reply on the bail plea of alleged hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on September 11, state-run IDBI’s plea seeking restoration of insolvency proceedings against Jaypee Infratech that was put on hold a day ago by the top…
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) The NIA on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone-pelters in Kashmir in connection with an ongoing probe into terror funding to stoke unrest in the Valley. A National Investigation Agency…
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Two women loco pilots Pooja and Priyanka on Tuesday gave Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath a ride on Lucknow Metro on its inaugural run in…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Centre and the Assam government on Tuesday made it clear that Rohingya immigrants from Myanmar have to return to their native country. The assertion came on a day the…
Canberra, Sep 5 (IANS) The High Court of Australia on Tuesday began a two-day hearing on the legality of a postal survey which is crucial in determining whether same-sex marriage will be legalised in the…
Hong Kong, Sep 5 (IANS) Authorities in Hong Kong on Tuesday replaced a 24-hours BBC World Service radio channel, that has been running for 39 years, with China National Radio’s Mandarin-language broadcast. An online petition…
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) Students in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam and Pulwama districts took to the streets on Tuesday to denounce attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. On Monday, similar protests were held in Tral…