New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A day after the apex court waived call drop penalties from telecom service providers, Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced a 25 percent more stringent voluntary call drop benchmark. It said…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Elite educational institutes like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) should have no place for caste discrimination, but this prevails in an “overt and covert” manner in the varsity,…
By Tanay Sukumar Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of Census data. Higher education levels have helped in…
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Bhumata Brigade President Trupti Desai and a few activists were allowed to pray at the famous Haji Ali Dargah shrine on Thursday amidst tight police security. Accompanied by police, Desai and…
Rome, May 12 (IANS) The Italian parliament has approved same-sex marriages in a confidence vote, ensuring that the civil unions bill will become law. After the approval on Wednesday, landmarks across Rome from the Colosseum…
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. (File Photo: IANS) Brasilia, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a last-ditch appeal by President Dilma Rousseff’s administration against impeachment proceedings in the Senate, which is to vote…
Kolkata: Actor Amitabh Bachchan during inauguration of a jewellery store in Kolkata, on May 8, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a plea by income tax…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) notification obligating telecom service providers (TSPs) to compensate consumers for dropped calls. Striking down…
Rome, May 11 (IANS/AKI) Police said they arrested 13 people in Sicily on Wednesday for allegedly abetting illegal immigration and holding Somali migrants hostage to extort money from them. The arrests followed a probe of…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) In a relief that has eluded Sahara chief Subrata Roy for over two years, the Supreme Court on Wednesday extended his parole till July 11, if he promises to deposit…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh challenging ED’s…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Telecom operators heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday with the Supreme Court scrapping the watchdog’s order on compensating subscribers for call drops even as the government assured mobile phone…
New Delhi/Dehradun, May 11 (IANS) A day after ousted Chief Minister Harish Rawat won the trust vote, the union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday revoked President’s Rule in Uttarakhand to pave…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police while taking cognisance of a letter by one of its judges about the “poor” response…
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) A special court hearing treason charges against former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf declared him an absconder on Wednesday, almost two months after he left the country for medical treatment abroad. The…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped Haryana, Gujarat and Bihar on the drought issue and directed the Centre to convene an urgent meeting with their chief secretaries to assess the…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Telecom operators heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday with the Supreme Court striking down the watchdog’s order to compensate subscribers for call drops, and said the real issues needed…
New Delhi/Dehradun, May 11 (IANS) A day after ousted Chief Minister Harish Rawat won the trust vote, the union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday revoked President’s Rule in Uttarakhand to pave…
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) In a major twist in the Sheena Bora murder case, driver Shyamwar Rai, one of the four prime accused, here on Wednesday expressed a desire to turn approver and sought the…
Hyderabad, May 11 (IANS) A court on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment seven members of a “snake gang” involved in dacoity, extortion and other crimes by threatening the victims with snakes. The main accused, Faisal…