Cairo, May 9 (IANS) The Egyptian prosecution referred 67 Muslim Brotherhood loyalists to a criminal court over charges of involvement in the assassination of the country’s top prosecutor last year. Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat was…
Panama City, May 9 (IANS) Panama authorities on Monday will begin transferring 3,400 US-bound Cuban migrants to Mexico who were stranded without papers. “The transfer of thousands of Cubans stranded in the province of Chiriqui…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat during his first cabinet meeting after Uttarakhand High Court set aside President’s Rule in the state, restoring him as the chief minister, nearly a month after he was ousted,…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur addresses at the inauguration of the Joint Conference of CMs & Chief Justices of HCs, in New Delhi on April 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Cuttack, May…
Imphal, May 8 (IANS) Women activists on Sunday tried to storm the offices of the ruling Congress and the BJP here in Manipur demanding to know the two parties’ stand on the Inner Line Permit…
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Unidentified assailants gunned down social media campaigner and civil society activist Khurram Zaki on Saturday night in Pakistan’s Karachi city. Central District SSP, Muqadas Haider told Dawn online that four suspects…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Gender neutrality is required in corporate India to reduce the attrition of female staff, social activistg Kian Bedi, a former top cop, said here on Saturday. “Gender Neutrality is much…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A court here on Saturday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using the word “thulla” to describe policemen….
Cairo, May 7 (IANS) An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to death six people, including two Al Jazeera journalists, who were accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar. The case of jailed former president Mohamed…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A court here on Saturday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly using the derogatory word “thulla” to describe policemen. The court was hearing a defamation complaint…
Gurgaon: The nine rebel Congress MLA`s from Uttarakhand camping at a hotel in Gurgaon on March 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday reserved pronouncement of its verdict…
Nairobi, May 7 (IANS) Kenya will close all refugee camps, a move that would displace more than 600,000 people living there, the government announced. The decision taken on Friday includes Dadaab, the largest such camp…
New York, May 7 (IANS) A San Francisco federal judge on Friday ruled against a request by Facebook to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the social networking giant’s photo tagging system violates user privacy. The…
Washington, May 7 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Friday called on Congress to pass legislation that would help law enforcement crack down on tax evasion. “I am calling on Congress to pass new legislation…
Istanbul, May 7 (IANS) Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, journalists from Turkeys Cumhuriyet newspaper, have been convicted on charges of “revealing state secrets” and sentenced to over five years in prison by an Istanbul court….
Florence (Italy), May 6 (IANS/AKI) Migration is a “battle to be won” that is “full of challenges”, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday, after Pope Francis earlier chided Europe for failing to welcome…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission member Justice Cyriac Joseph (retd) has urged the Election Commission for separate queues for senior citizens during the Kerala assembly polls on May 16. In his…
Vatican City, May 6 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Friday said he longed for a Europe that does not criminalise migrants, urging its leaders to “tear down walls” and build a fairer and more inclusive society….
Panaji, May 6 (IANS) Unattached Goa legislator Atanasio Monserrate, accused of ‘buying’ a minor girl and subsequently raping her, was on Friday remanded in three-day police custody by a trial court here. Judicial Magistrate (First…
Perumbavoor (Kerala) May 6 (IANS) Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark on the Jisha murder case was “unfortunate”. Addressing a National Democratic Alliance rally at Palakkad, Modi said…