Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 123,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, a UN official said here on Tuesday. Joseph Surjamoni Tripura, the UNHCR spokesperson in Bangladesh,…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Sep 5 (IANS) Female disciples or ‘sadhvis’ of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect were forced to seek ‘mafi’ (pardon) from its chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, at his whims and…
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Upset over charges brought against senior doctors of a state-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad, where 49 infants died within a month, all government doctors in the district went on mass…
Canberra, Sep 5 (IANS) Australia’s highest court on Tuesday began hearing legal challenges against a national vote on same-sex marriage. The government plans to hold a non-binding postal survey from next week to gauge support…
New York, Sep 5 (IANS) The US state of New York will sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the US illegally as children, officials said….
Cape Town, Sep 5 (IANS) The South African government refuted claims that foreign nationals in South Africa, and in particular Somalians, are being killed every second day in Cape Town. “The discourse of Somalian isolation…
Nairobi, Sep 5 (IANS) Kenya’s electoral body on Monday set October 17 for a repeat of presidential elections following the directive from the Supreme Court on Friday last week. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of complaints received by internet majors like Google, Yahoo and Facebook and instant messaging application WhatsApp in India regarding uploading of objectionable contents…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, on September 11, a plea seeking direction to the Central government not to deport about 40,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar. Directing the hearing…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Mumbikars will have a noisy immersion of Lord Ganesha’s idols on Tuesday as Supreme Court on Monday restored the Central government’s notification empowering the state government to declare certain areas…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to decide on challenge to provisions of the new real estate law which mandates builders to register their ongoing projects…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the city government and Director General of Prisons while hearing a plea challenging the guidelines that deprive women convicts from the…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought swift resolution of 30,000 cases of different administrative departments that are pending in courts. “There are 30,000 pending cases. It’s a recurring…
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Eight persons, including some lawyers, were injured on Monday when an elevator at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) court here suddenly came crashing down from the fourth floor, police said. All…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Cell for IPR Promotions and Management (CIPAM) has launched a social media campaign to promote Indian Geographical Indications (GIs) with “#LetsTalkIP”, an official said on Monday. The initiative, designed…
Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said some “objectionable items” were seized during searches at and sanitisation of 117 ‘Naam Charcha Ghars’ of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda in Haryana…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday said it would be “highly improper” on its part to hear pleas challenging the exception in law that protects a husband from being tried…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for having delayed in responding in a Rs 10 crore civil defamation suit…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) In relief to a group of flat owners/buyers in projects of Jaypee Infratech, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) order appointing an insolvency resolution…
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) A five-member delegation on Monday met West Bengal Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi and urged him to ensure physical and economic security to triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan after the Supreme Court…