Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Thursday brought mixed news for Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, who is facing nepotism charges. While she got a huge relief in court, with a division bench of the Kerala High…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Ahead of Friday’s judgment in a rape case against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in Haryana’s Panchkula and the thousands of his supporters massing there, the Railways said it…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court judgment on right to privacy, saying it heralds a new era for individual rights, personal liberty and human dignity. In…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the right to privacy, saying the decision was “a major blow to fascist forces” and the rejection…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government has always held the Right to Privacy was a fundamental right. Quoting from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s speech in…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that with the Supreme Court ruling that right to privacy is a fundamental right it would be possible to ask the apex court…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah on Thursday moved an application seeking to appear before the court through video-conference apprehending he could be attacked by other inmates in the lock-up or…
Jakarta, Aug 24 (IANS) Sharia police on Thursday set up checkpoints to implement Islamic law across Indonesia’s Aceh province. The checkpoints are part of a programme conducted monthly by the Sharia police, a department under…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) In a major boost to individual freedom, the Supreme Court on Friday declared that right to privacy was a fundamental right and protected as an intrinsic part of life and…
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) The White House is set to issue a guidance on President Donald Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military that gives the Pentagon six months to oust “non-deployable” transgender service members,…
London, Aug 24 (IANS) Ninety-seven per cent of international students leave the UK after finishing their studies, suggesting that levels of immigration in the Britain are much lower than previously thought, new figures issued on…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Keeping in view the gravity of the situation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to provide additional forces ahead of a judgment by a CBI court…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Hailing the Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq, the CPI-M has alleged that the BJP was trying to impose a uniform civil code on people. “The BJP is trying to…
Aizawl, Aug 24 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has accepted the resignation of Minister Buddha Dhan Chakma who was critical of his stance on the Chakma people, while stressing that his government did not…
Dhaka, Aug 24 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Thursday declared a Canadian oil explorer’s deals with two state-owned enterprises as illegal. The High Court division bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice Mustafa Zaman…
Brasilia, Aug 24 (IANS) The Brazilian government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon rainforest to open up the area to mining despite strong opposition from environmental activists, the media reported on Thursday….
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress legislator M. Vincent, who was arrested on charges of sexually harassing and stalking a 51-year-old woman in Kerala, obtained conditional bail on Thursday, officials said. The Thiruvananthapuram Principal Sessions Court…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Welcoming the Supreme Court judgment declaring privacy as a fundamental right, industry body Nasscom and the Data Security Council of India on Thursday said the judgment will ensure the protection…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Thursday appealed to his followers to maintain peace, ahead of the judgment by a CBI court in a rape case against him. And ending…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling that the right to privacy is a fundamental right. “We welcome this verdict,” Banerjee tweeted. In a landmark…