Kochi, April 4 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday came down heavily over wastage of its time, and dismissed a plea by prime accused Saritha Nair for a CBI probe against Chief Minister Oommen…
Washington/New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and more than 100 other news organisations around the globe reveals the offshore links of some of the planet’s…
New Delhi, April 4 (IA NS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, accused of being associated with a front organisation of a banned Maoist outfit. The apex court…
Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued a contempt notice to a top Uttar Pradesh government official for not providing documents to IPS officer Amitabh Thakur with regard to a departmental…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) In the first conviction in a coal block allocation case, a special court here on Monday awarded four-year jail term to two directors of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt. Ltd., holding them…
Ankara, April 4 (IANS) The first ferry carrying migrants, mostly Pakistanis, deported from the Greek island of Lesbos docked here on Monday morning. The migrants will first go through the camps set up on the…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 4 (IANS) A day after a news channel claimed having a copy of a letter from solar scam co-accused Saritha Nair disclosing that Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy sexually abused her, Chandy said…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, facing a disproportionate assets case, on Monday had to face the Delhi High Court’s ire for seeking adjournment in the case. “Once you enjoy…
Ankara, April 4 (IANS) The first ferry taking migrants, mostly Pakistanis, deported from the Greek island of Lesbos docked here on Monday morning. The migrants will first go through the camps set up on the…
New York, April 3 (IANS) A US school teacher accused of calling at class 7 student a terrorist during a class discussion on India has been sent on leave following a demand for her ouster…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation is seeking the National Green Tribunal’s permission to submit a bank guarantee rather than paying in cash Rs.4.75 crore as “environmental compensation” for causing…
Patna, April 3 (IANS) After thousands of ‘desi’ liquor shops were closed in rural Bihar following a partial liquor ban effective last Friday, the Nitish Kumar government has banned sale of ‘toddy’ also. For millions…
Melbourne, April 3 (IANS) A violent brawl erupted outside the community event at the Melbourne Showgrounds on Sunday when a small group of anti-Islam protestors clashed with anti-racism activists. The fight came as hundreds of…
Houston (US), April 3 (IANS) A family in a US county is demanding that a teacher of a local middle school be fired after she called a class 7 student a ‘terrorist’. Twelve-year-old Waleed Abushaaban…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) A city court here on Sunday sent top Maoist leaders Bikas Hembram and his wife Tara to 14 days police custody. Claimed to be once close to now slain rebel chieftain…
Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) The appellate court here has deferred the hearing on a petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, to review the Supreme Court verdict upholding his death sentence….
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The new Pakistani woman is changing the face of the country and her status is undergoing a drastic makeover, says 24-year-old author Kanza Javed, who recently released…
New York, April 3 (IANS) An Arab-American family has requested for a formal apology from United Airlines after being removed from a flight which claimed was “discrimination at its finest”. After a discussion with a…
Ankara, April 3 (IANS) Protests broke out on Saturday in the western Turkish town of Dikili over government’s plan to build camps there for migrants to be returned from Greece under a deal with the…
Ahmedabad, April 3 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Saturday issued notice to Shyamal Sharma, wife of suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, to appear before it on June 15, 2016, in connection with a case…