HC seeks response from UP on Gorakhpur deaths
Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on the deaths of over 70 children, including infants, at a hospital in…
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Don’t turn Jayalalithaa’s house into memorial: Niece
Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s niece J. Deepa and nephew J. Deepak have laid claims to her Poes Garden residence, which Chief Minister K. Palaniswami has said will be…
Several immigrant camps in Paris evacuated
Paris, Aug 18 (IANS) French police and social services authorities on Friday evacuated several camps, housing more than 1,000 immigrants, in Porte de la Chapelle, Paris. The illegal camps posed significant risk to the security…
Sixth Australian MP in eligibility trouble
Canberra, Aug 18 (IANS) A sixth Australian MP will have her eligibility for office decided by the nation’s High Court on Friday over the issue of dual citizenship, the media reported. Senator Fiona Nash revealed…
Kill us here but don’t send us back: Rohingya refugees
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Anxiety is writ large on the faces of over 3,800 Rohingya Muslims living in this city amid reports that the Indian government is planning to deport them. They…
Superstar Dileep’s bail plea posted for Tuesday
Kochi, Aug 18 (IANS) The bail plea of superstar Dileep, that was supposed to come up on Friday at the Kerala High Court here, has been postponed for Tuesday. The prosecution requested for the postponement…
SC grants Rs 10 lakh compensation to HIV+ rape victim who became pregnant
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday granted Rs 10 lakh compensation to a rape victim who became pregnant but could not undergo an abortion even though she had approached the Patna…
GJM chief discharged in Madan Tamang murder case
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) A city court on Thursday discharged GJM chief Bimal Gurung in the Madan Tamang murder case while directing that charges be framed against 47 other accused. The Sessions Court discharged Gurung…
60 killed in Philippines war on drugs
Manila, Aug 17 (IANS/MAP) At least 60 drug suspects have been killed here in the last three days as President Rodrigo Duterte’s fierce war on drugs and crime intensifies. Police killed at least 28 people…
SC seeks report on probe into bomb conspiracy in Rajiv Gandhi assassination
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central government to inform it about the investigations carried out into the conspiracy behind making of belt bomb used by suicide bomber Dhanu…
Trump calls removal of Confederate monuments ‘so foolish’
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced the removal of monuments dedicated to Confederate leaders as “sad” and “so foolish”, days after white supremacists and neo-Nazis took to Charlottesville, Virginia, to…
Court verdict in rape case against Dera chief on August 25
Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) A Special CBI court in adjoining Panchkula in Haryana will pronounce its verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on August 25. After hearing…
Malegaon blast: SC reserves order on Purohit’s bail plea
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved order on a plea for bail by retired army officer Prasad Shrikant Purohit, the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast which killed…
Himachal HC asks CBI to complete probe into gang-rape case in two weeks
Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) Pulling up the CBI over the slow pace of investigation in the gang-rape and murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Shimla district, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday granted it…
SC orders status quo on admission to medical courses in TN
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that there could be no “compromise on intellect” as it ordered status quo on admissions to undergraduate medical courses in Tamil Nadu. “You can’t…
HC raises questions on youngsters playing Blue Whale
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday raised questions over youngsters committing suicide while playing the Blue Whale Challenge online game, asking how people are getting influenced by it. A division…
Lesbian Hindu, Jewish women wed in Britain
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain’s first interfaith lesbian wedding. Kalavati Mistry and Miriam Jefferson met more than 20 years ago…
Trump adviser calls white nationalists ‘clowns’
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has attacked white nationalists as “clowns” as the fallout from violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, continues. “Ethno-nationalism — it’s losers,” Bannon reportedly said in an…
Hong Kong democracy campaigners jailed over anti-China protests
Hong Kong, Aug 17 (IANS) Three pro-democracy Hong Kong student leaders were jailed on Thursday for their roles in a protest at the start of a 79-day anti-government occupation known as the umbrella movement, the…
Malala Yousafzai gets into Oxford University
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will be studying in Oxford University. “So excited to go to Oxford!! Well done to all A-level students — the hardest year. Best wishes for…