New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A court here on Monday sent four Kashmiri separatists, arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir, to 14-day judicial…
New York, Aug 14 (IANS) Several Twitter users called out the participants of the white nationalist rally in the US state of Virginia in which three people were killed and 19 injured, turning a day…
Canberra, Aug 14 (IANS) Catholic clerics should face criminal charges if they do not report sexual abuse disclosed to them during confession, an Australian inquiry recommended on Monday. It is among 85 new proposals following…
London, Aug 14 (IANS) Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at UK airports and on flights have risen by 50 per cent in a year. A total of 387 people were arrested between February…
Jammu, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said separatist leaders have no business talking about Article 35A as they do not believe in the Constitution of India. The…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court order staying a lookout notice against Karti Chidambaram in a 2G related matter….
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) In a major setback to the Subrata Roy-owned Sahara Group, the Bombay High Court on Monday put up its prestigious Aamby Valley property in Maharashtra for a public auction. The Official…
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Three days after a Supreme Court directive, the Bombay High Court on Monday put up the beleaguered Sahara Groups prestigious ‘Aamby Valley city in Lonavala for a public auction. The Official…
Los Angels, Aug 14 (IANS) Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, protesting white supremacists violence in Virginia the day before. Holding black placards with slogans like “White…
Riyadh, Aug 14 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s public prosecution has issued an order to summon a group of Twitter users who have been charged with criminal offence for promoting extremism, media reports said on Sunday. These…
New Delhi/Pune, Aug 14 (IANS) Prominent Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema Hind (JUH) on Sunday took out a peace march “to counter the rising religious hate crimes and intolerance as well as to spread the message…
San Francisco, Aug 13 (IANS) A Google engineer fired for criticising the tech giant for its diversity policy continued his blitz against the company and dubbed his former workplace a “cult”. According to an op-ed…
By Raja Bagga The annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) says that the average overcrowding rate in Indian prisons is 14 per cent. What the report does not reveal is that 149…
New York, Aug 13 (IANS) While transgender characters on fictional TV shows has the power to influence attitudes toward transgender people and policy issues, news coverage, even when pervasive, does not have the same effect,…
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) North Koreans are raised to be soldiers and “have no ounce of freedom”, according to a journalist who lived undercover in Pyongyang. “Their lives were completely mapped out according to the…
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) The white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia has left three people dead and more than 20 injured from incidents that included a car slamming into a group of people and a…
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) The US President Donald Trump will direct the trade representative (USTR) to determine whether to investigate China’s trade practices. This has triggered concerns that Washington may take unilateral moves harming China-US…
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) Without directly mentioning the Charlottesville incident, the US President Donald Trump on Saturday condemned the hate and violence after the state of Virginia declared emergency. The state declared the emergency after…
Nairobi, Aug 13 (IANS) Kenyan opposition coalition on Saturday said at least 100 people had been killed by the police responding to protests which erupted after the announcement of the presidential election results. The post-election…
Nairobi, Aug 12 (IANS) A human rights organisation on Saturday confirmed that at least 24 persons, including two minors, had been shot dead during the ongoing post-electoral protests in Kenya. The Kenya National Commission on…