Caracas, April 20 (IANS) Hundreds of anti-government opposition protesters in Venezuela clashed with security forces at various points around capital city Caracas on Wednesday. The police fired tear gas to disperse them and blocked their…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, April 19 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered all industries around the highly-polluted Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru to be shut and imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on anyone found dumping…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived the conspiracy charge in the Babri Masjid demolition case against BJP and VHP leaders including L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, triggering calls for…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Union Minister Uma Bharti, who had announced a visit to Ayodhya to offer prayers to Ram Lala, cancelled her programme on Wednesday after the Supreme Court revived the conspiracy charge…
Ahmedabad, April 19 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad President Pravin Togadia on Wednesday demanded that the Centre approach Supreme Court’s larger bench on the Babri Masjid conspiracy case and a new law to facilitate construction of…
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme’s decision to revive the trial against senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi, Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar for conspiracy to…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court, while restoring the criminal conspiracy charge in the Babri Masjid demolition case against senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and others, described it as a…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will examine constitutional validity of the Citizenship Act’s Section 6A providing granting citizenship to migrants from then East Pakistan who had…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A group of activists on Wednesday alleged that the central government is “hollowing” MGNREGA through measures like mandatory linking to Aadhaar, compensation and the suppression of its wage rates. According…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday prohibited the Maharashtra government from granting permission for sand mining on the river beds. The green panel gave the decision following the state…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the city police about immediate measures they can take for the safety of women in the national capital. A division bench of Justice…
Washington, April 19 (IANS) Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal, who was found guilty of trying to torch two dogs has been ordered by a Manhattan judge to do five days of community service after he agreed…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday signed execution orders of 30 hardcore terrorists who were awarded death sentence by military courts of the country, the military said. “These…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Taking a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has faced repeated attacks from the BJP for “minority appeasement”, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said she would…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Both the prosecution and the defence in a money laundering case related to 2G spectrum allocation, in which former Telecom Minister A. Raja is an accused, concluded their respective arguments…
Augusta (Italy), April 19 (IANS/AKI) A ship docked at the Sicilian port of Augusta on Wednesday with 453 boat migrants on board including “many” women and children, as well as seven corpses recovered during a…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the government to approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for securing release of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav — who triggered a political uproar when his video clip on “substandard food” served to BSF men went viral in January — was on Wednesday…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) In its continuing campaign against black money stashed away abroad, the government on Wednesday approved amendments to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Portugal, an official said….
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) BJP leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday said she would not resign as Union Minister and that the charges of conspiracy in the Babri Masjid demolition case have not yet been…