Washington, April 11 (IANS) Dylann Roof, who shot nine people to death in a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Monday to state charges in the killings, a media report said. Roof…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Neil Gorsuch was on Monday sworn in as the newest member of the US Supreme Court judicial body that will soon rule on a number of divisive issues including voting and…
Stockholm, April 11 (IANS) The hearing of Rakhmat Akilov, the main suspect of Friday’s truck attack here, will be held on Tuesday, the Stockholm district court said on Monday. Akilov, 39, is the man who…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court will examine whether persons who are disqualified to be the office bearers of the state cricket associations could be their nominees to attend the annual or the…
Geneva, April 10 (IANS/AKI) In a rare move, the United Nations on Monday urged the European Union to stop transferring asylum-seekers to Hungary, criticising the country’s new policy of holding men, women and children in…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Stressing that Aadhaar is completely “safe, secure and robust”, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday slammed the opposition for trying to paint it as a “tragedy” to the country….
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Triple talaq, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy violate Muslim women’s right to equality and dignity and are not protected by the right to profess, practise and propagate religion under Article 25(1)…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet before a city court against three more accused in the Khagragarh blast in West Bengal over two and a half…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked why youths aged 13 to 20 years were part of the protesting crowds in Jammu and Kashmir, and sough the assistance of members of…
Washington, April 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as 113th justice of the Supreme Court on Monday. The Senate confirmed his nomination 54-45 on Friday, after a…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday restrained DPS World Foundation from using the trade name “DPS” in its operation as it is a registered trademark of Delhi Public School Society….
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said he welcomed the Centre’s move to facilitate a meeting between Punjab and Haryana on April 20 on the SYL canal issue. The central…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) More than 1,500 children gathered at the Raj Ghat on Monday to urge global leaders to give a reprieve to children from the devastation of wars and conflicts. Leading the…
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Punjab’s opposition party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday said the killing of Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere in November 1984 was “most certainly a genocide”. SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal,…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A local court on Monday granted interim bail to real estate company Unitech’s Managing Directors Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra for three months. The Economic Offences Wing had booked Sanjay…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted interim bail to five persons, among them Jindal Steel’s advisor Anand Goel, in a coal block allocation case against former Congress MP Naveen Jindal…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the validity of the Indus water treaty between India and Pakistan, observing that the treaty has proved to be good for…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A court here on Monday fixed April 24 to consider the CBI chargesheet against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others in a disproportionate assets case. The Central Bureau…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes has decided to take up with the AIIMS authorities the issue of a resident doctor’s sacking over a pregnant staff nurse’s death during…
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) A fresh autopsy was conducted on Monday on the body of a Dalit youth who died under suspicious circumstances in Peddapally district of Telangana. Following the Hyderabad High Court orders, the…