Washington, April 8 (IANS) Arkansas is rushing to execute seven death row inmates in 11 days this month before the US states lethal drugs used in injections expire, the media reported. Arkansas officials blame the…
Lucknow, April 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh has ordered a probe into the sale of 21 sugar mills at a “throwaway” price by former Chief Minister Mayawati. The probe…
Shimla, April 8 (IANS) Jails in Himachal Pradesh are overcrowded with excess occupancy ranging between two and 122 per cent in the past three years, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said….
Washington, April 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and a Spanish chef settled a legal battle over a scrapped deal to open a restaurant in the Trump International Hotel in Washington. In a joint statement…
New York, April 8 (IANS) Twitter has dropped a lawsuit against the US government after the administration withdrew its demand for user data of an account critical of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. “Because the…
Washington, April 7 (IANS) The US Senate on Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch as the ninth justice of the US Supreme Court. The vote comes after the majority Republicans changed the rules to abolish the filibuster…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Friday told the Supreme Court that only BS-VI emission standards compliant vehicles should be allowed to be sold from April 1, 2020. The…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) A draft legislation to amend the Motor Vehicles Act to impose higher penalties for traffic rule violations and to protect Good Samaritans from legal harassment was taken up by the…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Taking suo motu cognizance of the lynching of a Muslim man by cow vigilantes in Alwar district of Rajasthan last week, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued…
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) In a first of its kind move in the country, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a much-anticipated bill seeking to protect journalists and media houses from attacks, with provisions…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday directed Chief Justices of 11 High Courts to act suo motu for the appointment of independent public prosecutors in special courts hearing cases of sexual…
Hyderabad, April 7 (IANS) A special court on Friday adjourned to April 21 the hearing on a CBI plea to cancel the bail of YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in an illegal assets case…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) The Congress on Friday slammed the CPI-M’s defence of the police action against the hapless mother of Jishnu Prannoy, an engineering student who, according to her, was “killed” by his college…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) A court here on Friday fixed April 10 to consider a CBI chargesheet against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others in a disproportionate assets case. The Central Bureau…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a Constitution bench a plea seeking citizenship status for the “displaced persons” belonging to minority communities of Bangladesh, who have taken shelter in…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The BJP on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities by AAP mentioned in the Shunglu Committee report that has accused the Delhi government of abuse of power…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from six states on a plea that has sought curbs on self-appointed cow vigilante groups indulging in violence. The cow vigilantes were attacking…
Panaji, April 7 (IANS) The campaign to save girl child has failed in Jammu and Kashmir as “bringing daughters into the world” is the last thing on the minds of people living in conflict-prone areas,…
Seoul, April 7 (IANS) Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung Group on Friday denied bribery allegations in his first court hearing held in relation to a massive corruption scandal that ousted President Park…
Shimla, April 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has not been able to demarcate 54 per cent of its forest area in 28 years and there are over 15,000 cases of encroachments despite high court strictures, the…