New York, April 16 (IANS) Women are at par with men in education but have failed to secure equal access to quality jobs and representation in the government, finds a global study that suggests the…
New York, April 16 (IANS) Women are at par with men in education but have failed to secure equal access to quality jobs and representation in the government, finds a global study that suggests the…
Washington, April 16 (IANS) The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and its White House candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Friday sued Arizona state on behalf of several voters who waited up to six hours…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The death of two Indian girl students in a Russian medical college hostel fire and that of a medical student from Srinagar in a Russian city will figure External Affairs…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Posing challenge to the second phase of odd-even scheme, the autorickshaw and taxi union of Delhi on Friday threatened to go on strike from Monday against the Arvind Kejriwal government’s…
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) A court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday convicted 12 people for the abduction and murder of Sourav Chowdhury, known for opposing hooch dens in the area. Additional…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Delhi government has banned all chewing tobacco products, including pan masala, gutkha, flavoured and scented tobacco and kharra, here for a year, an official said on Friday. The Department…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Hours after his diplomatic passport was suspended, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought a non-bailable warrant of arrest against liquor baron Vijay Mallya, official sources said here…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Trouble for beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing charges of misapropriation of bank funds amounting to Rs.9,000 crore, mounted on Friday after the government suspended his diplomatic passport for four…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Tightening its noose on beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, facing probe on charges of misappropriating a Rs.9,000 crore bank loan, the government on Friday suspended his diplomatic passport for four…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The government on Friday suspended the diplomatic passport of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing an Enforcement Directorate probe on charges of misappropriating a…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The diplomatic passport of beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is currently in Britain, has been suspended with immediately effect for four weeks, the external…
Dhaka, April 15 (IANS) Bangladesh police has released four gay activists who were arrested for parading with rainbow colours to promote sexual diversity, in the midst of festivities marking the Bengali New Year. “The detainees…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Punjab province has passed a law governing marriage functions, disallowing dowry, unreasonable illumination, display of fireworks and causing nuisance to neighbours. The law was passed by the Punjab Assembly on…
Brasilia, April 15 (IANS) Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected a government injunction aimed at preventing an impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff. The impeachment debate in the lower house of parliament is due to start…
San Jose, April 15 (IANS) A group of around 100 Cuban migrants stranded in Panama protested near the country’s border with Costa Rica, demanding permission to let them continue their voyage towards the US. According…
Srinagar, April 14 (IANS) A rights group in Kashmir on Thursday accused security forces of virtual “abduction” of the father of the girl whose alleged molestation by soldiers led to violent protests and subsequently to…
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President M Hamid Ansari, the Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, M Venkaiah Naidu, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Vijay Sampla and Krishan Pal and other dignitaries pay tribute to Babasaheb on his…
Kochi, April 14 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday accepted the state government’s request to oversee the ongoing crime branch probe into the ‘illegal’ fireworks display at the Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam which…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday demanded reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country’s judiciary. “Why can’t people from lower caste occupy higher positions in the judiciary? Why…