MEA revokes Vijay Mallya’s passport
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The external affairs ministry on Sunday revoked the passport of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes Rs. 9,000 crores to various banks in India and is currently residing in Britain….
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Mum ‘had to dump breast milk’ at Heathrow Airport
London, April 24 (IANS) A US mother-of-two has spoken of her frustration that she was forced to dump 14.8 litres of breast milk at security at London’s Heathrow Airport. In an open letter posted on…
Almost month after Dalit woman’s rape, accused surrenders
Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) Almost a month after a young Dalit woman was dragged out of her office and later allegedly raped in Punjab’s Muktsar district, the main accused, Jagdeep Singh, has surrendered, police said…
GST, Enemy Property Bill among key bills on parliament’s agenda
Indian Parliament. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Important legislation, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, Enemy Property Bill, Railways Appropriation Bill and Afforestation Fund Bill, besides the ratification of President’s…
Rawat cabinet decisions during one-day rule null and void
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,…
Government taking action on taxi surge-pricing, HC told
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The city government has informed the Delhi High Court that it was taking strict action against app-based taxi aggregators, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly overcharging and arbitrarily applying surge…
Uttarakhand HC hearing on rebel MLAs’ disqualification on April 25
Dehradun, April 23 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday deferred till April 25 its decision on the disqualification of nine rebel Congress legislators by the assembly speaker. The case will be heard again in…
West Bengal: Epicentre Of Indias boom in sexual slavery
By Himadri Ghosh Kolkata: Over nine years since 2005-06, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 76 percent, hiding darker changes that evolved in concert with this economic transformation. One of those is a 20 percent…
Two brothers beaten to death by family in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, April 23 (IANS) Two brothers were killed and three of their family members were critically injured when a neighbouring family attacked them in Gurgaon city of Haryana, police said on Saturday. Ajay Kumar and…
Court to consider charge-sheet against Pachauri on May 14
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A court here on Saturday set May 14 for considering charge-sheet filed against environmentalist R.K. Pachauri accused of sexually harassing a colleague in The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Metropolitan…
Shiv Sena rejects party activist’s ‘chappal’ threats
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Saturday distanced itself from its senior leader, Haji Arafat Shaikh, who threatened to “welcome with slippers” prominent woman activist Trupti Desai if she dared to enter the…
SpiceJet sacks pilot for sexual harassment
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Saturday said that it has sacked a commander-level pilot on charges of sexual harassment. The pilot was sacked after an internal complaint committee found him…
Spanish priest, 90, gets Indian citizenship after 38 years of struggle
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) After a long struggle of 38 years, a 90-year-old Spanish Jesuit priest — who has lived and worked in the country for 67 years — was finally granted Indian citizenship here…
Two live hand grenades found in Varanasi court
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Two live hand grenades were found on Saturday in an unclaimed bag in the Varanasi district court premises, leading the police to cordon off the area and suspend the court’s work….
Migrant crisis: Merkel visits Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan) (wyl) Berlin, April 23 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials will on Saturday visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old migrant deal. The visit…
Centre issues notification for protection of Good Samaritans
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The government on Friday issued a notification for the protection of Good Samaritans in the wake of the Supreme Court (SC) direction on helping accident victims. The Supreme Court had…
SC to hear MCA plea for holding IPL matches in Maharashtra
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, on Monday, the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) plea against the Bombay High Court order asking the Indian cricket board to shift all the 12 IPL…
Reprieve for Modi government as Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand court order
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The nearly month-long political flux in Uttarakhand continued on Friday as the Supreme Court stayed till April 27 the judgement of the state high court quashing imposition of…
TERI should have ousted or suspended Pachauri: Lawyer
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A day after environmentalist R.K. Pachauri ‘stepped down’ from TERI’s governing council, lawyer Vrinda Grover on Friday said he should have been asked to step down by authorities or suspended…
Man who hurled shoe at Kejriwal gets interim bail
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted interim bail to a man who hurled a shoe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference earlier this month, as he…