Bhopal/Dhar, Aug 12 (IANS) Social activist Medha Patkar on Saturday ended her 17-day fast to protest against the government’s ‘apathy’ towards resettlement of those affected by the increase in the height of the Sardar Sarovar…
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) A Muslim woman in the US has won $85,000 in damages from the authorities after her hijab was forcibly removed in police custody in 2016. During the incident, Kirsty Powell and…
Ranchi, Aug 12 (IANS) Amid protests by the opposition, the Jharkhand Assembly on Saturday passed the Religious Independence Bill, 2017, banning conversions, and an amendment to the Land Acquisition Act 2013, removing the need for…
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) With the discussion and execution of ideas around all-gender restrooms gathering steam across the world, a college student from West Bengal has taken it forward with the installation of innovative toilet…
Singapore, Aug 12 (IANS) An Indian origin man here was sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting and intimidating law enforcement officials who summoned him for smoking in an unauthorised area. Ramasamy Soogumar, 59,…
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Life across the Kashmir Valley and parts of the Jammu region was on Saturday adversely affected due to a shutdown called to protect Article 35A that gives special rights to Jammu…
Chandigarh, Aug 12 (IANS) In the aftermath of Varnika Kundu’s stalking by Haryana state BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son, scores of women here took out a protest march late in the night to drive home…
Sarajevo, Aug 12 (IANS) A film featuring a story about a Syrian refugee in the Finnish capital Helsinki opened the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival on Friday night. The film, “The other Side of Hope”, is…
Nairobi, Aug 12 (IANS) Violent protests broke out across Kenya on Friday night, moments after Uhuru Kenyatta was officially declared the winner of the presidential election held on Tuesday. The current President Kenyatta garnered 8.2…
Bogota, Aug 12 (IANS) Colombia’s Supreme Court said on Friday that it has issued subpoenas to President Juan Manuel Santos and several of his top aides to testify in a corruption case involving a senator….
Rome, Aug 11 (IANS/AKI) International charity Sos Mediterranee on Friday inked the Italian government’s code of conduct for migrant rescues in the Mediterranean, the Italian Interior Ministry announced on Friday. The Italo-French-German NGO’s signature brings…
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) An association of loudspeaker and lighting equipment suppliers in Maharashtra on Friday announced that they will not supply their equipment on August 15 to highlight the severe problems faced by them…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday set up a a six-member committee to ensure proper rehabilitation of Vrindavan’s “hapless widows”, saying they were “dealt with in a manner as if they…
New York, Aug 11 (IANS/WAM) The ongoing conflict and the breakdown of the economy have left more than a half million children in need of humanitarian aid in Libya, the United Nations children’s agency said….
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) A Mumbai NGO has demanded a ban on a prime time tele-serial “Pehredaar Piya Ki” for alleged vulgarity and promoting child marriage, an official said here on Friday. The Jai Ho…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said it would start hearing appeals in Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case from December 5 and that no adjournments will be allowed A three-member bench of…
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court seeking disqualification of Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif on similar grounds as the Supreme Court on July 28 disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Describing the impact of demonetisation on the Indian economy, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian said on Friday that there has been a 20 per cent reduction in cash in…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A court here has extended the judicial custody of Unitech Managing Director Sanjay Chandra and his brother Ajay Chandra, who were arrested on August 9 on the charge of cheating…
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Fresh protests erupted at Jadavpur University here on Friday with students agitating against the West Bengal government’s directive to replace the existing students union with a nominated students’ council. Students launched…