Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Dehradun, May 9 (IANS) A day ahead of the crucial test vote in the Uttarakhand assembly, the Supreme Court on Monday did not accept the plea…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday indicated of considering to modify its order banning registration of new diesel luxury cars and SUVs with an engine capacity of over 2,000 cc in…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on a PIL seeking a probe by the agency against the people named in the Panama Papers….
Kathmandu, May 9 (IANS) A writ petition was on Monday filed in Nepal’s Supreme Court against the nine-point agreement reached last week between Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Pilot projects for introducing Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) benefits for auto-rickshaw drivers and rickshaw pullers will be launched soon in New Delhi and Hyderabad, parliament was told on Monday. “Pilot…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators in Uttarakhand will not be able to vote in the floor test by ousted chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday, with the Supreme Court giving…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) While issuing notice on their plea challenging their disqualification, the Supreme Court on Monday gave no relief to nine Congress rebel MLAs seeking to vote during the confidence motion by…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the defence ministry on a plea seeking direction to declare unconstitutional the eligibility conditions barring entry of married woman law graduate…
Brussels, May 9 (IANS) Four people are going on trial in Belgium on Monday accused of being part of a group linked to Islamists who attacked Paris and Brussels. Police broke up the cell when…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court will pass an interim order at 4 p.m. on Monday on nine Congress MLAs, who were disqualified by the Uttarakhand assembly speaker, challenging a state high court…
Patna, May 9 (IANS) A Bihar court on Monday rejected the bail plea of jailed RJD legislator Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused of raping a schoolgirl, police said. A court in Biharsharief, the district headquarters of…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the CBI on a PIL seeking a probe against the people named in the Panama papers. An apex court bench of Justice…
Hyderabad, May 9 (IANS) A city court on Monday postponed till May 25 its order on the quantum of sentence for industrialist Vijay Mallya in two cheque bounce cases filed against him by the GMR…
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) In a signal that China may soften its stand against the social networking giant Facebook, the Beijing High Court has ruled in favour of the Cupertino-based company, saying that a Chinese…
Gurgaon: The nine rebel Congress MLA`s from Uttarakhand camping at a hotel in Gurgaon on March 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear later Monday a plea by…
London, May 9 (IANS) BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and will be expelled over his reporting. He was one of three BBC staff, along with producer Maria Byrne and cameraman…
By Tanay Sukumar Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only one that claims more women than men, according to national…
London, May 9 (IANS) BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and is to be expelled from the country over reporting. The country’s National Peace Committee told a press conference Monday in…
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan authorities are set to hang two murder convicts on Tuesday, whose execution was deferred last month. The hanging of retired Zaffar Iqbal was postponed twice last month. On April 25,…
Mexico City, May 9 (IANS) A driver for the ride-hailing service Uber was arrested for raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City. The driver was arrested on Sunday after a criminal judge ordered…