New Delhi: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda addresses at the launch of the âGIS-enabled HMIS application, self-printing of e-CGHS Cardâ, in New Delhi on March 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi,…
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) With the Manipur government forming an all-party committee to ensure central clearance of three contentious bills passed by the state assembly in August last year, four MLAs…
Agartala, May 21 (IANS) The president has appointed Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei as the new chief justice of the Tripura High Court, officials said here on Saturday. A senior judicial official of Tripura High Court said…
Vienna, May 21 (IANS) Austria received about 19,000 asylum applications by the end of April, an increase of almost 30 percent compared with the same period in 2015, according to official figures. The applications were…
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) announced a ban on shows dramatising crimes such as rape, murder, robberies and suicide. Addressing a conference on Friday, Pemra chairman Absar Alam said…
Mexico City, May 21 (IANS) Mexican druglord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will be extradited to the US, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced on Friday. The ministry said it has notified Guzman, who was recently moved…
Vatican City, May 20 (IANS/AKI) A true commitment to human rights means valuing each and every person as an individual, Pope Francis said on Friday. “The firm commitment for human rights springs from an awareness…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A court here on Friday dismissed the defamation case filed by a policeman against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for using a derogatory term against the men in khaki. Metropolitan…
Stockholm, May 20 (IANS) Homosexuality is just a trend among young people and it’s hard to remove yourself once you are in it, said a senior figure of the Church of Sweden, the world’s largest…
Rome, May 20 (IANS/AKI) Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday voiced “deep sadness” at the death of his friend Marco Pannella, the veteran Italian radical politician, rights campaigner and peace activist. “The Dalai…
Rome, May 20 (IANS/AKI) The deportation of a Moroccan couple accused of supporting the Islamic State brings to 88 the number of terrorism suspects expelled from Italy since last year, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said…
Chennai, May 20 (IANS) The elections to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu have been postponed further by three weeks, the Election Commission told Madras High Court on Friday. Meanwhile, demanding the polls…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A senior operative of the Indian Mujahideen, Abdul Wahid Siddibapa, was arrested after he flew in here in what was said to be “a carefully calibrated operation”. A court later…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A court here on Friday allowed CBI’s plea seeking further investigations in coal block allocation case allegedly involving former MP Naveen Jindal and others, and to record the statement of…
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) India’s first monorail here become an unviable venture notching a loss of Rs.159 crore (Rs.1.59 billion) in the past 26 months, besides a cost escalation of Rs.220 crore since the project…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A senior operative of the Indian Mujahideen, Abdul Wahid Siddibapa, was arrested here on Friday after being deported from Dubai. A court later sent him to a week’s NIA custody….
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on a petitioner in a criminal case for filing an erroneous English translation of a judicial order in Hindi…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea for ex post facto environment clearance for a hotel in McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh constructed in violation of Ministry of…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) On a day the Centre cleared an ordinance to defer NEET for a year, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the government must go ahead with the National…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The government on Friday cleared an ordinance to defer the implementation of NEET, following strong objections from some states over the efficacy of the common entrance test for under-graduate medical…