Hasbro sues DC Comics over Bumblebee
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) Hasbro, owner of the Transformers brand, has filed a suit against Warner Bros and DC Comics over Bumblebee trademark. The lawsuit was filed on Monday. It claims that the DC…
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Whatever we did was right: Khattar on calls for resignation
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday rejected the Oppositions calls for his resignation in the wake of the Dera Sacha Sauda violence, saying his government reacted befittingly to…
US school coach gets 105 years in prison for molestation
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) A 44-year-old former US school coach was sentenced to 105 years in prison for molesting seven little girls at an after-school program at elementary schools in California. Ronnie Lee Roman got…
12 women awarded for ‘transforming India’
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Union minister Smriti Irani and Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday awarded 12 women from different parts of the country to recognise the transformational impact of their work…
Shimla gang rape-murder case: CBI arrests IG, seven other policemen
Shimla, Aug 29 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday arrested eight policemen, including an IPS officer, for the custodial death of one of the accused in the sensational gang rape and murder of a schoolgirl in…
Consideration on chargesheet against Kejriwal’s ex-secretary on September 11
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday said it will consider the chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and others in a corruption case on September…
BJP turning Article 35A into Hindu vs Muslim issue, says Omar
Jammu, Aug 29 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday accused the BJP of trying to turn the issue of Article 35A of the Indian Constitution into a Hindu versus Muslim…
Women farmers demand equal rights, land entitlements
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Leaders of women farmers from different parts of the country have gathered here for an interface with various government agencies to demand they be legitimately recognised as farmers and that…
Religious places damaged in post-Godhra violence to get ex-gratia: SC
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Asserting that protection of property and places of worship was an essential part of secularism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said religious places damaged in the 2002 post-Godhra violence would…
Delhi court frames charges against Yasin Bhatkal, others
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday framed charges against Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal and others in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here. Additional…
Congress urges HC to take cognisance of BJP chief’s remarks
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday urged the Punjab and Haryana High Court to take suo motu cognisance of a news report quoting BJP President Amit Shah as allegedly suggesting that the…
Criminalizing marital rape may become tool for harassing husbands: Centre to HC
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The central government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that criminalizing marital rape may destabilize the institution of marriage apart from being an easy tool for harassing husbands. In…
Merkel demands release of Germans unduly imprisoned in Turkey
Berlin, Aug 29 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called on Turkey to release German citizens held in pre-trial detention without justification and urged Ankara to respect the principles of the rule of law….
July GST collections target met with 64% compliance: Jaitley
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Declaring that the government has comfortably met the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection targets, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday released the new indirect tax collection figures for the…
Iran voices concerns over Rohingya muslims in Myanmar
Tehran, Aug 29 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Ministry has voiced concerns over Myanmar’s continued crackdown against Rohingya muslims, the media reported on Tuesday. “The government of the Islamic republic of Iran is extremely worried by the…
University VC ‘punished’ for contempt of court
Kochi, Aug 29 (IANS) In a rare case of handing out ‘punishment’ to a Vice Chancellor, a court of the Kerala Chief Justice on Tuesday ordered the Kottayam-based Mahatma Gandhi University Vice Chancellor Babu Sebastian…
SC dismisses Vikas Yadav’s plea to review sentence in Nitish Katara murder case
New Delhi, Aug. Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the plea by Vikas Yadav seeking the recall of the order upholding 25 year jail term for his involvement in Nitish Katara murder…
Rapist Dera chief’s ungodly acts, films got him harsher punishment
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) The ungodly acts of rapist Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his penchant for making films and acting as the hero in them…
I-T department imposes Rs 7,900 cr penalty on Hutchison
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Indian Income Tax department has slapped a penalty of Rs 7,900 crore on the tax demand of the same amount on CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd for the sale of…
Court frames charges against Bhatkal in terror case
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday put Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal on trial in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here after formally framing…