New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments over the deplorable condition of the inhabitants of the drought-hit districts of…
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law prevents women from entering places of worship and there should be no gender discrimination as…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined a plea seeking to raise the retirement age of the apex court judges asking the petitioner if he wanted the judges to continue for…
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law prevents women from entering places of worship and there should be no gender discrimination as…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The rule requiring that packets of tobacco products carry larger pictorial health warning will increase smuggling into India of foreign cigarettes that come without such a warning, said a farmers’…
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) A special court here has convicted including Indian Bank’s former chairman and managing director M.Gopalakrishnan and five others in a fraud case and sentenced them to two years rigorous imprisonment, a…
Nicosia, April 1 (IANS) At least 27 refugees, among them six women and three children, were saved overnight from a drifting Turkish-registered fishing boat off the coast of Cyprus, authorities said on Friday. Cyprus’s Defence…
New Delhi: Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila who was acquitted by a Delhi court in a 2006 case of attempt to suicide when she was undertaking a fast until death at Jantar Mantar; in New…
Lucknow, April 1 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Friday took a grim view of the state-level Yash Bharti awards given to 46 persons and sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) A petition was filed on Friday at the Calcutta High Court for a court-monitored probe into the flyover tragedy here that has claimed 24 lives so far. Filed before the bench…
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) The family of one of the victims of Gulshan-e-Iqbal park attack in Lahore, capital of Punjab province of Pakistan, said it will move the court against police. The bruised and battered…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The requirement that 85 per cent of the display area of packets of all tobacco products should carry pictorial warning of cancer has come into force from Friday According to…
Patna, April 1 (IANS) With a partial liquor ban coming into force in Bihar from Friday, thousands of ‘desi’ liquor shops in villages across the state will go ‘dry’. The Indian-made foreign liquor, however, will…
Brasilia, April 1 (IANS/EFE) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the case concerning former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will remain under its jurisdiction, thereby removing it from federal Judge Sergio Moro, who…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom Sharmila. “Following the order of a Delhi court acquitting…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The central government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that in pursuance to its March 17 order, the status quo in respect of the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL)…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The head of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Thursday promised “appropriate action” over the attack on three Muslim boys after they refused to shout “Mata ki Jai”. Chairperson…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may impose environment compensation charge (ECC) on registration of SUVs and luxury diesel cars in case it lifts its order banning registration…
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) In a major relief to 9,455 junior basic training (JBT) teachers selected by the previous Congress government in Haryana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday vacated the stay on…
Ranchi, March 31 (IANS) A Jamshedpur court on Thursday acquitted Chief Minister Raghubar Das in a case of violation of the model code of conduct. Das and three Bharatiya Janata Party workers were accused of…