San Francisco, April 22 (IANS) German automaker Volkswagen has agreed to fix or buy back nearly half a million diesel cars sold in the US but fitted with illegal emissions software. The settlement between Volkswagen…
Tehran, April 22 (IANS) Iranian on Thursday strongly condemned US Supreme Court on the ruling obliging Iran to pay almost $2-billion in frozen assets to US families as compensation, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. In…
Riga, April 22 (IANS) Latvia has banned women from wearing the Islamic full-face veil in public, despite only three people being known to wear them in the entire country. Authorities say the new legislation was…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A court here has sentenced a man convicted of rape to seven years rigorous imprisonment, stating that a rapist leaves a scar on a woman’s cherished possessions like dignity, honour,…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) British liquor major Diageo plc on Thursday contested the Debt Recovery Tribunal’s jurisdiction to attach the $75 million deal it signed with industrialist Vijay Mallya his…
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,…
Dehradun/New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) In a major blow to the BJP-led central government, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday set aside President’s Rule in the state, restoring Congress leader Harish Rawat as the chief…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The BJP government will move the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Uttarkhand High Court verdict setting aside President’s Rule in the state, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said….
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Telecom regulator TRAI on Thursday defended, in the Supreme Court, its decision to impose call drop penalty on the telecom service providers (TSP) describing it as a “least invasive way…
New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards ceremony in New Delhi on Nov 23,2015.(Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Former Rajya Sabha MP and…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a PIL seeking directions to restrain the AAP government from regularising any unauthorised colony with…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the “competent authority” to tell it if it was going to ensure air connectivity between Delhi and Shimla as it hoped that…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) With an increase in people suffering from schizophrenia in India and ignorance of their families about their medical condition, health experts have urged the government to build more and more…
Dehradun, April 21 (IANS) In a major blow to the BJP-led central government, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday set aside President’s Rule in the state, restoring Congress leader Harish Rawat as the chief minister,…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday hailed as a victory of democracy the ruling of the Uttarakhand High Court setting aside the imposition of President’s Rule in the state. “Congress is proud…
Madrid, April 21 (IANS) Spain will house 200 Syrian refugees at the start of May, acting Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said on Thursday. In declarations published on the website of Spanish state broadcaster, RTVE,…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday said it was not surprised at the Uttarakhand High Court decision setting aside imposition of President’s Rule in the state. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya…
New York, April 21 (IANS) Garment workers face daunting challenges to unionization and remain at risk of interference and threats by factories, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. The Bangladesh government should urgently remove legal…
Kabul, April 21 (IANS) The Afghan government should deliver on promises to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s analysis of the grave crimes committed in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch and the Transitional Justice Coordination Group…
Dehradun, April 21 (IANS) Uttarakhand’s ousted Congress chief minister Harish Rawat on Thursday hailed the high court decision to axe President’s Rule in the state as a victory for the people. “Uttarakhand has got justice,”…