Strasbourg, Feb 24 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government abused state secrecy in the CIA’s kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric who was spirited to his homeland for interrogation under torture, the European Court of Human rights has…
Havana, Feb 24 (IANS) The US Treasury Department has fined a French firm for doing business in US equipment with Cuba in violation of the United State trade embargo against the Caribbean island nation. CGG…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the bail plea hearing of JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, for February 29. Delhi Police told Justice Pratibha…
New York, Feb 23 (PTI) A 33-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over two years in prison and ordered to pay over USD 300,000 in fine for sending a malicious computer code to his…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing sedition charges for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans, have surrendered before police on Tuesday, sources said. A case…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb. Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it could not tinker with the functioning of the intelligence agencies – RAW, Intelligence Bureau and others – including the…
Busto Arsizio (Italy), Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Police in northern Italy on Tuesday arrested a Pakistani Muslim and five members of his family for allegedly enslaving his young wife, starving and keeping her prisoner and preventing…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Tuesday sought the reversal of its state high court verdict acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief…
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….
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, while agreeing to hear a plea filed by JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya seeking security before they surrender to court, asked them…
Shimla, Feb 23 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday reserved its order in a case of supply of contaminated water causing an outbreak of jaundice here. The court also directed the Post-Graduate Institute…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Pakistani law-enforcement agencies have conducted raids in various cities of the country’s…
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) With 19 lives being lost and property and assets worth thousands of crores being destroyed in just five days of mayhem in Haryana during the Jat agitation, the Punjab and…
Cairo, Feb 23 (IANS) Following a public outcry, Egyptian authorities have admitted that a military court “mistakenly” sentenced a four-year-old child to life in prison for “committing murder” when he was only one-year-old. The little…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Taking a u-turn from earlier position, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Tuesday said city police would oppose Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea in…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 23 (IANS) A task force of non-governmental organisations in Malaysia has said that some 7,000 Hindus living in the country are wrongly classified as Muslims on their national identity cards, the media…
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) A Mumbai court on Tuesday acquitted veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar from alleged involvement in an 18-year-old cheque bouncing case. Dilip Kumar, 94, was not present in the court when the…
Jakarta, Feb 23 (IANS) Indonesia has sunk 30 impounded foreign and local boats in its campaign against illegal fishing in its waters. Among the 30 scuttled empty vessels, 11 were identified from Vietnam, eight from…
Sydney, Feb 23 (IANS) The teenage bride of an Australian terror suspect was arrested by counter-terrorism police on Tuesday for possessing documents connected to an attack. New South Wales (NSW) counter-terrorism authorities arrested the teenaged…
Agartala, Feb 23 (IANS) A multi-layered security blanket has been thrown over tribal dominated and interior areas of Tripura for the elections on Wednesday in 528 of the 587 village committees under the Tripura Tribal…