Islamabad, May 24 (IANS) At least five navy officers were given death sentence by a Pakistani Navy court for planning to hijack a warship and attack one of the US Navy’s refuel ships in 2014….
Patna, May 24 (IANS) A Bihar court on Tuesday refused to hear the bail plea of JD-U legislator Manorama Devi who has arrested last week for harbouring her son Rocky Yadav after he allegedly killed…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday began questioning Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat in an alleged political horse-trading case, in the wake of a “sting” video showing him offering…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking 100 percent cut in supply of water to the liquor industry in Maharashtra so that millions of people faced…
Melbourne, May 24 (IANS) The Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, will formally apologise to the state’s gay population on Tuesday for past laws that criminalised homosexuality. Andrews is expected to address the Victorian parliament in…
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS) A man, who jumped into the lions enclosure at Jawaharlal Nehru Zoological Park here to shake hands with the big cats, was on Monday sent by a court here to two…
Rome, May 23 (IANS/AKI) An Italian navy vessel on Monday rescued 385 migrants from the Mediterranean on Monday including 42 women and 40 children, among them a newborn baby. “They are all in good health,…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Cochin Devasom Board to maintain status quo, thereby asking it not to melt down the existing traditional golden headgear of the Sreepoornathrayeesha deity…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Monday favoured an increase in the number of tourist vehicles going to Rohtang Pass from Manali, while the Him Aanchal Taxi Operators Union told the Supreme Court…
Shillong, May 23 (IANS) Justice Ved Prakash Vaish was on Monday sworn-in as the new judge of the Meghalaya High Court. Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari administered the oath of office to Vaish, who was earlier…
Ankara, May 23 (IANS) The first world humanitarian summit opened in Turkey on Monday with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging governments, aid groups, the private sector and other stakeholders to act to improve the…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A court here on Monday deferred, to September 26, the hearing in the coal block allocation case in which former prime minister Manmohan Singh was summoned. “Proceedings in the present…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the Delhi University on the procedure being followed in the admission process through sports quota, while hearing a plea seeking…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the Italian government’s plea seeking permission to allow a murder-accused Italian marine, Salvatore Girone, return home till arbitration proceedings at an international tribunal…
The Supreme Court of India (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday the Italian government’s plea for relaxation of bail conditions of its marine, Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone,…
Rome, May 23 (IANS) Italy said on Monday it had petitioned India to implement a ruling by an arbitration tribunal in The Hague to allow Italian marine Salvatore Girone return home. The foreign ministry in…
By Saumya Tewari Female contestants increased across the four states that went to polls recently – but not legislators – and three times as many women contested in Kerala compared to the 2011 elections, according…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Nyaya Bharti, the corporate initiative by Bharti Enterprises to provide legal assistance and aid to underprivileged undertrials across the country, on Monday said it has facilitated eight deserving undertrials’ release…
Aizawl/Agartala, May 23 (IANS) The Mizoram government has taken a fresh initiative to take back the tribal refugees sheltered in seven north Tripura camps for the last 19 years, officials said here on Monday. “Mizoram…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The government on Monday barred Indians from travelling to Libya in view of the security situation in the North African country. In view of prevailing security situation in Libya, security…