New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear in October a plea seeking the restoration of charges against Britain-based Hinduja brothers for their alleged involvement in the kickbacks in the purchase…
Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, has forwarded four references, prepared against the Sharif family, to its headquarters in Islamabad proposing seizure of the entire assets of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz…
San Francisco, Sep 1 (IANS) Soon after it was reported that US President Donald Trump may roll back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Legal Officer Brad…
London, Sep 1 (IANS) At least 8,500 people have died or disappeared while attempting to cross the Mediterranean since 2015, latest UN figures revealed on Friday. According to the figures released by the UN Refugee…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A court on Friday extended the judicial custody of three Kashmiri separatists arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir…
London, Sep 1 (IANS) A London-based Indian-origin doctor charged with 118 sexual offences, including one involving a 13-year-old girl, has been granted bail by a UK court. Manish Shah, 47, of Brunel Close, Romford, has…
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) on Friday started accepting applications from women to join the RAF Regiment — its ground-fighting force, the media reported. The Royal Air Force has become the…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) More than two decades after it triggered a political landslide, a case arising out of the hawala Jain diaries has been closed with a court discharging S.K. Jain, his employee…
Colombo, Sep 1 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Friday banned the use and manufacture of plastic shopping bags with immediate effect. Accordingly, the manufacture of food containers, plates, cups and spoons made from expanded…
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) People who were denied from entering the US under President Donald Trump’s first travel ban can now reapply for American visas, according to a settlement reached in a case that temporarily…
Mexico City, Sep 1 (IANS) Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai encouraged youngsters here to use social media platforms as a political weapon and on issues that they truly care about, such as equality,…
Beijing, Sep 1 (IANS) China’s top legislature on Friday passed a national anthem law to ensure its appropriate use, with violators set to face criminal prosecution or up to 15 days detention. The law will…
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) The US government has announced that it was ending a rule on gender gap wage data collection, a move supported by President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior White House advisor Ivanka…
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) The Haryana Police have issued ‘lookout notice’ against two close aides of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Dera Sacha Sauda chief convicted of rape, including a woman, police sources said on…
By Arul Louis New York, Sep 1 (IANS) Sikh campaigners who ran a $1.5 million TV campaign has said that it helped in increasing Americans’ understanding of the community even though the US is in…
Budapest, Sep 1 (IANS) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban asked the European Union to pay half of the costs of the country’s anti-immigrant border protection, Minister of Prime Minister’s Office Janos Lazar has said here….
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The coal workers’ unions and management of Coal India Ltd (CIL) could not reach consensus to sign a wage agreement, a union leader said on Thursday. “The National Coal Wage Agreement-X,…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Two children of Ishrat Jahan, one of the five petitioners who challenged the Triple Talaq practice in the Supreme Court, went “missing” on Thursday morning but were found by police and…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Indian arrivals to the US are projected to grow by 72 per cent from 2015 through 2021, an official of the US consulate here said on Thursday citing US Department of…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A BJP leader, seeking lifetime ban on convicted persons from contesting elections, on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the presence of nearly 34 per cent lawmakers with criminal background…