Brussels, May 3 (IANS) Visiting Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has snubbed a UN resolution backed by the European Union recommending an international probe into the situation in Rakhine state of the Southeast…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 3 (IANS) More than a week after the Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of T.P. Senkumar as Kerala’s Director General of Police, the state government on Wednesday moved the apex court to seek…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday fixed for May 6 the consideration of a chargesheet against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and others in a disproportionate…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ruled that Coal India Limited (CIL), the country’s largest miner, cannot revise the rates of loading and transportation by companies run by ex-servicemen without consulting the…
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) The CBI arrested an Income Tax Commissioner and five other senior officials here on Wednesday morning, official sources said. Among the arrested on the charges of graft was IT Commissioner (Appeals)…
Panaji, May 3 (IANS) Alleging judicial “interference” in matters ranging from dance bars to the Indian cricket, Goa’s lone Rajya Sabha member Shantaram Naik on Wednesday demanded a special session of Parliament to discuss the…
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Calcutta High Court Justice C.S. Karnan, whom the Supreme Court ordered to undergo a medical examination, is scheduled to visit a state-run hospital here on Thursday, a source said on Wednesday….
Washington, May 3 (IANS) A US white former police officer has pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges for killing unarmed black motorist Walter Scott in April 2015 in South Carolina. The charge carries a…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Prafulla Samantara, the recipient from Asia of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize and the face of a determined people’s resistance against bauxite mining in an Odisha forest, has…
San Francisco, May 3 (IANS) Rejecting claims that the code written by female engineers at Facebook gets rejected more often, the company has said that the analysis is “incomplete and inaccurate”. The Wall Street Journal…
Washington, May 3 (IANS) Major US airlines were grilled at a heated hearing on Tuesday, as lawmakers were pressing for better protection and service of aviation customers after a passenger was violently dragged off a…
Juba, May 3 (IANS) About 80 British troops arrived in South Sudan to provide engineering and medical support to UN mission (UNMISS), media reports said. UNMISS on Tuesday said the British contingent, proudly wearing their…
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) “Sarkar 3”, starring Amitabh Bachchan, got in a legal trouble after Narendra Hirawat & Co filed a case against the makers of the upcoming Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial. The makers have…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) A day after ordering Delhi Police to present seven Supreme Court judges before a psychiatric board, Calcutta High Court Justice C.S. Karnan on Tuesday ordered non-bailable warrants be issued against the…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday decided to itself inspect the most polluted stretch of Ganga river, between Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh — to get…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) As many as 54 attacks on journalists were reported in 16 months, mainly by “lawmakers and law enforcers”, a report compiled by media watchdog Hoot said on Tuesday, a day…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday chaired a meeting to discuss various aspects related to the proposed anti-corruption body Lokpal. The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday ordered Delhi Police to lodge a first information report and investigate allegations against Ansal Hi Tech Townships Limited over the delay in its plan to…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central government and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to fix emission standards of sulphur oxide and dioxide, and nitrogen oxide for industries…
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Tata Sons will seek necessary permissions to implement the June 22, 2016, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) award in the Tata-NTT Docomo case. The development comes after Delhi High Court…