Tokyo, March 21 (IANS) Japan’s governing and opposition parties have jointly submitted a bill to help maintain islands on the country’s border and keep them inhabited to secure the territory, the media reported on Monday….
New York, March 21 (IANS) Police in the US state of Tennessee have launched an investigation into a controversial Facebook photograph showing two young children with their hands and mouths bound and covered with duct…
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) The Indian Police Service (IPS) Association of Uttar Pradesh has rejected Justic Vishnu Sahay’s report on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots that have blamed former SSP Subhash Dubey for the violence that…
New York, March 21 (IANS) The animal right organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has reportedly filed an appeal against a lower court’s decision in January this year that declined to give…
Bhubaneswar, March 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission has sought an Action Taken Report from the Odisha government over river pollution by certain industries in the state. Hearing a complaint filed by human rights…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill passed by both the houses of parliament is expected to facilitate more foreign direct investments in the sector, developers say. According…
London, March 20 (IANS) TV cameras could be allowed into crown courts in England and Wales for the first time, as part of a pilot scheme proposed by the justice ministry, the media reported on…
Brasilia, March 20 (IANS) Brazil has been approved to conduct drug testing of athletes during the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games, the media reported on Sunday. Brazil was one of five countries ordered…
Islamabad, March 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s Sindh province has declared a public holiday on March 24 as a public holiday to mark the occasion of Holi – a religious festival of the Hindu community, the media…
Shimla, March 19 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Saturday suspended one-year sentence awarded to Congress legislator Asha Kumari in a land grab case dating back to 1998. Hearing the plea of the Dalhousie…
Lucknow, March 19 (IANS) Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur on Saturday called for judicial services to the people must be expedited and if needed, he was receptive to the idea of courts working in…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, who was arrested in February on sedition charges. Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Garg granted bail to Geelani,…
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) BJP MP from Baghpat had allegedly concealed information about unpaid dues to the city collector in his election affidavit, an RTI activist said here on Saturday. As per a reply under…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges. Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Garg granted bail to Geelani. On Friday, the Delhi…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A court on Saturday granted bail to former Delhi University professor S.A.R. Geelani, arrested on sedition charges. Additional Sessions Judge Deepak Garg granted bail to Geelani.
Lucknow, March 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is set to prioritise government jobs for acid attack survivors, an official said on Saturday. As a pilot project, the victims would be given priority in the Women’s Welfare…
European Council President Donald Tusk (Xinhua/Ye Pingfan/IANS) Brussels, March 19 (IANS) The European Union (EU) and Turkey managed to finalise their migration deal by the end of the two-day EU summit, with an aim to…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Renowned lawyer and activist Amal Clooney on Friday asserted that minority voice should always be protected in a society advocating a free speech. “The minority voice is the one you…
Noida, March 19 (IANS) Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission chairperson Sima Samar on Friday said Pakistan must know that the problem caused by it in Afghanistan will also reach them. “I believe that our neighbour…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition, triggering celebrations in the varsity and a…