SC likely to hear plea to re-look NEET order
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear later on Friday the centre’s suggestion to hold NEET in one go — on July 24 — as it would be difficult for…
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Pyongyang sentences Korean-American for spying
Pyongyang, April 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court of North Korea on Friday sentenced South Korean man with American citizenship to 10 years of hard labour for espionage after he reportedly confessed to spying. Kim Dong-chul,…
UN condemns attack on mission compound in South Sudan
Juba, April 29 (IANS) The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemned an attack on its compound in South Sudan’s Bentiu region where a grenade partly damaged one of the containers located in the…
French protests against proposed labour reforms turn violent
Paris, April 29 (IANS) Violent clashes between riot police and demonstrators erupted during protest marches against proposed labour reforms across France with scores of youth arrested and several policemen injured. In Paris, a reported 60,000…
Why elderly denied entry for morning walk in JNU: HC to VC
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice chancellor to consider a representation of elderly residents who have been denied entry into the campus for morning…
India, Chile bound by extradition treaty, says SC
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that there was a binding extradition treaty between India and Chile as it dismissed a plea by French national Marie-Emmanue Vehroeven challenging the proceedings…
Submit proposal to curb delay in economic crime probes: HC to police
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday, taking note of the huge pendency of cases relating to economic offence wing (EOW) of Delhi Police, directed Special Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik…
SC paves way for NEET for aspiring medical students
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said students aspiring for admission to under-graduate medical courses will have to appear in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) as it declined…
High drama as women activists try to enter dargah in Mumbai
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) High drama and pandemonium prevailed as Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai and her band of around 50 women supporters tried to enter the famous Haji Ali dargah here on Thursday evening….
Health ministry welcomes SC order on NEET
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court order to conduct entrance examinations for admission to MBBS and post graduate medical courses through the National Eligibility cum Entrance…
Secure workers’ interest in bankruptcy code: Parliamentary panel
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) In a bid to protect the interests of workers of a company that has gone bust, the parliamentary panel on the bankruptcy code has said all social security funds due…
HC moved again over Delhi government’s school fee order
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Ryan International, a private unaided minority school, on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the city government order that private unaided schools allotted land by the DDA shall not…
NGT verdict next week, AoL denies backtracking on paying damages
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is likely to give its verdict next Wednesday on the Art of Living (AoL) causing ecological damage on the Yamuna banks in…
Visas not issued to two Chinese activists
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Following reports in the media that the government has revoked visas issued to two Chinese activists planning to come to India for a conference, it is reliably learnt that visas…
SC to hear plea against Sonia, Manmohan in chopper deal
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it would hear, next week, a PIL seeking the registration of FIR against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and…
NCA would be self-defeating exercise, Centre tells SC
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The government on Thursday opposed the plea for the setting of National Court of Appeal (NCA) with regional benches in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, saying that it would be a…
Dolkun Isa hid facts in visa application, says government
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The government on Thursday for the first time publicly commented on its revocation of visa to Germany-based dissident Chinese Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa, saying he suppressed facts while applying. Look,…
Assam Congress leader accused of rape, cheating denied bail
Guwahati, April 28 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Assam Congress leader Pranjit Choudhury, who is missing and reportedly on the run for more than three weeks after…
SC paves way for NEET for aspiring medical students
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said students aspiring for admission to under-graduate medical courses will have to appear in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) as it declined pleas for…
Making food grain available to needy point of concern: NHRC chief
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Indicating the urgent need of strengthening country’s food policies, Natiional Human Rights Commission chairman Justice (retired) H.L. Dattu on Thursday said there was an improvement in food grain production but…