New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Ahead of the CBI court verdict which is likely this week in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the central government has provided…
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) The BJP Kisan Morcha, the farmers wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Wednesday accused the West Bengal government of compelling farmers in the state to sell paddy at a lower…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, one of India’s largest Muslim groups, on Wednesday described the Supreme Court decision on instant divorce as violative of the “Shariah” and a matter of “grave concern”…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday said it will frame on September 14 charges against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a criminal defamation complaint. Metropolitan…
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) Hurriyat leaders on Wednesday announced an elaborate protest programme to protect article 35A that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement the Hurriyat said: “Any meddling with state…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Thursday whether right to privacy is a fundamental right – that would have a bearing on the challenge to the validity of…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The sub-categorisation within Other Backward Class (OBC) will help the most backward sections in getting benefits of the reservation especially government jobs, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday adjourned, to September 11, hearing in the defamation complaint filed by Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain against sacked colleague Kapil Mishra. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala…
Raigad (Maharashtra)/Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) After remaining in jail for nine years, Lt. Col. Prasad S. Purohit — one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast — walked out of Taloja prison in…
Kochi, Aug 23 (IANS) In major relief to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the state High Court on Wednesday exonerated him in the SNC Lavalin case, relating to an agreement inked 20 years ago with…
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has defended his white supremacist response to the Charlottesville violence — omitting that he blamed “many sides” for the clashes — and also threatened to shut down…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The government is going to set up a commission to implement sub-categorisation within the central government reservation bracket for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed Lt. Governor Anil Baijal’s order cancelling the allotment of a bungalow at 206 Rouse Avenue that houses the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) headquarters….
Kochi, Aug 23 (IANS) In major relief to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the state High Court on Wednesday exonerated him in the SNC Lavalin case, relating to an agreement inked 20 years ago with…
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government, if necessary, to make sure his proposed wall along the Mexican border is approved and funded by lawmakers. The President…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram has said that two other kinds of talaq in the Muslim community were also a challenge to gender justice and equality. “Greater clarity today. Only…
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 23 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, who faces nepotism charges, was on Wednesday rapped by a division bench of the Kerala High Court, which refused to remove the observations made by a…
Kochi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday exonerated Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin case.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s response on a plea filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for alleged filing of a false affidavit by him…
Sydney, Aug 23 (IANS) The Australian government on Wednesday confirmed that a group of Cuban refugees entered the country under the immigration agreement signed with the US during the Barack Obama administration. Officials said 17…