London, Dec 21 (IANS) A gay man is resisting extradition to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where homosexuality is a crime because he fears he could be tortured and punished disproportionately, the media reported on Monday….
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cannot intimidate him and his party by filing a court…
New York, Dec 21 (IANS) Illegal online pharmacies are using Twitter to promote prescription drug abuse of controlled substances, a new study has found. “This study is the first to establish an empirical link between…
New York, Dec 21 (IANS) A security researcher who unearthed a major Instagram hole has got into trouble with Facebook that accused him of unethical behaviour. Wesley Wineberg, a well-known bug hunter, was checking the…
Tokyo, Dec 21 (IANS) Japan’s health ministry conducts a probe into a pharmaceutical firm over its suspected mishandling of a potentially lethal toxin which can be used for biological warfare. The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, also…
Patna, Dec 21 (IANS) An FIR has been filed against former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s daughter regarding her daughter-in-law’s death in Gaya district, police said on Monday. A case was lodged against Sunaina…
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) The criminal justice system in Pakistan is “quite unfriendly to child rights”, said a daily on Monday after a case was registered against a three-year-old child. An editorial “Children Of Crime”…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea opposing the release of a juvenile convict in the December 16 gang-rape case, saying he cannot be kept in a juvenile home…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint…
Panaji, Dec 21 (IANS) In a late development, Chennaiyin FC’s marquee player Elano Blumer was arrested and subsequently released on bail, for allegedly assaulting FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar after the Indian Super League (ISL)…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses during the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture – 2015 organised by All India Radio in New Delhi, on Oct 26, 2015….
Delhi: Father of the Dec. 16 gang-rape victim during a press conference in New Delhi on Dec. 16, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The parents of December 16, 2012, gang-rape victim…
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday directed the additional chief secretary (home) to probe an alleged assault on a senior journalist in the central jail in Patiala. Badal…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) The juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape was today released and sent to an NGO at an undisclosed destination with police no longer guarding him, amid continued protest by…
Port-of-Spain, Dec 20 (IANS) Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner will have to wait until January 22 to learn whether the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago will hear his appeal against extradition to the United…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Sunday wrote to the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) requesting it not to go ahead with the release of the teen convict in the…
Colombo, Dec 20 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has said it has launched a probe into a bid to bribe members of the national cricket team to under-perform in a recent Test match against the…
Dubai, Dec 20 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) immigration authorities in Dubai have fined Pakistan International Airlines for allowing a female passenger to travel on the passport of a male person, sources said. A…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal late on Saturday filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court against the release of the juvenile convict in Nirbhaya gang rape…
New Delhi/Lucknow, Dec 19 (IANS) In a fresh twist to the appointment of the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta, the Supreme Court has stayed the oath-taking ceremony of the new ombudsman, Justice (retd.) Virendra Singh, which was…