Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) A Mumbai Special Court on Wednesday awarded life sentence to three of the accused for the 2002-03 triple bombings here that claimed 12 lives. The three are the prime accused Muzammil…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan’s opposition parties have criticised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to form a judicial commission to probe his family in ‘Panama Papers’ revelations….
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) Pakistan carried out 326 executions in 2015, the highest ever recorded in the country, Amnesty International reported. Amnesty International organisation said at least 1,634 people were executed globally last year –…
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) A Mumbai Special Court on Wednesday awarded life sentence to three of the accused for the 2002-03 triple bombings here. The three include the prime accused Muzammil Ansari. Four others were…
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) A Mumbai Special Court on Wednesday awarded life sentence to three of the accused for the 2002-03 triple bombings here. The three include the prime accused Muzammil Ansari. Four others were…
Tokyo, April 6 (IANS) A Japanese high court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal from local plaintiffs filed last year and opted aggainst granting an injunction to suspend the operation of two nuclear reactors restarted at…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined an interim stay on the Enforcement Directorate’s order to provisionally attach the properties of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s son and daughter…
Los Angeles, April 6 (IANS) A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that automaker Porsche was not responsible for the November 2013 car crash that left actor Paul Walker and a friend killed, the media…
London, April 6 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras discussed over phone the implementation of the recent European Union (EU)-Turkey agreement on migrants, the Downing Street said. Cameron in…
Zagreb, April 6 (IANS) Croatia will take in less than 500 refugees from Turkey as part of an agreement between the European Union and Turkey, Croatian Foreign Minister Miro Kovac has said. Croatia has agreed…
Bengaluru, April 5 (IANS) British liquor major Diageo Plc on Tuesday filed objections against the Debt Recovery Tribunal’s March 7 order to stop paying liquor baron Vijay Mallya $75 million (Rs.515 crore) as part of…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday counselled the various parties before it seeking the guidelines for curbing racial comments and jokes on Sikhs and a clampdown on websites carrying Sikh-centric jokes…
The Hague, April 5 (IANS) The International Criminal Court on Tuesday threw out the case against Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto. The presiding judge declared it a mistrial because of a “troubling incidence of witness…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heltulla on Tuesday said the role of the state governments in the implementation of welfare schemes for the minorities was indispensable. She sought the help…
New Delhi April 5 (IANS) Terming children “important national assets”, a court here has ruled that “concept of welfare and well-being of children is basic for any civilised society” as it directed Rs.1 lakh as…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that one report of a test on Maggi noodles by the government research institute has shown that the lead content was within permissible…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A now-deceased underworld don, a politician, industrialists and an ex-cricketer are among those with alleged off-shore links, even as the agency that helped them set up the entities stonewalled New…
Ranchi, April 5 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday instructed the officials to favour Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) in allocation of ration shops in order to curb curruption. “Majority of the complaints coming…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s son and daughter on Tuesday challenged in the Delhi High Court the Enforcement Directorate’s order to provisionally attach their properties in a money laundering…
Geneva, April 5 (IANS) The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said 172,089 refugees and migrants have reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2016 while 714 individuals have died attempting to do…