Dehradun, March 29 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday directed ousted chief minister Harish Rawat to take a floor test in the assembly on March 31 to prove his legislative majority. The state came…
Ankara, March 29 (IANS) At least three Syrian refugee children were killed and six injured on Tuesday in a tent fire in Turkey, private Dogan news agency reported. The fire broke out in a refugee…
Dehradun, March 29 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday told former chief minister Harish Rawat to take a floor test in the assembly on March 31. The state came under President’s Rule two days…
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) A Special POTA Court on Tuesday found 10 accused guilty and acquitted three others for the triple bomb blasts that shook Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003 killing at least…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the CBI to file response to former union minister P.K. Thungon’s bail application and an appeal against his three and a half years’…
Tokyo, March 29 (IANS) Japan’s new national security laws have come into effect after being enacted last September, the media reported on Tuesday. The legislation allows Japan to use force by exercising its right to…
Chandigarh, March 29 (IANS) The Haryana assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill to provide reservation to Jat and other communities. There was immediate opposition to the bill from other communities. The Haryana Backward Classes…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Despite tougher laws enacted after the gruesome Nirbhaya gang-rape some three years ago, women in Delhi hardly feel safe, says a study that found 40 percent of the women surveyed…
Washington, March 29 (IANS) After successfully hacking into the encrypted Apple iPhone of one of a terrorist in San Bernardino, California shooting, the US Department of Justice has withdrawn legal action against the tech giant….
San Francisco, March 29 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) scraped its request for Apple Inc.’s assistance to hack into the phone of a terrorist killer. The federal government department, on behalf of the…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) In the first conviction in a coal block allocation case, a court here on Monday held Jharkhand Ispat Pvt. Ltd. (JIPL) and its two directors guilty of criminal conspiracy and…
Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted bail to 25 students and two faculty members of University of Hyderabad even as protest continued on campus and Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao appealed…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday gave the government more time to suggest ways and means for blocking child pornography in its all forms as it was told that due to…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of the visa to controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen and her prosecution for her utterances on Lord Christ and Mother…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday urged the NHRC to ensure justice to the families of two Muslims lynched in Jharkhand. In a letter to National Human Rights Commission chairperson…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government to place before it the report on “Women and Law ” by a high-level committee that had undertaken the assessment of…
Dhaka, March 28 (IANS) A court in Bangladesh on Monday rejected a petition which challenged a constitutional amendment that gave Islam the status of the state religion. The Bangladesh High Court in a hearing on…
Hyderabad: Students demonstrate against Hyderabad University Vice-Chancellor P. Appa Rao after he returned from a nearly two-month leave in Hyderabad, on March 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) A court here on Monday…
Hyderabad: Students demonstrate against Hyderabad University Vice-Chancellor P. Appa Rao after he returned from a nearly two-month leave in Hyderabad, on March 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) A court on Monday was…
Dehradun, March 28 (IANS) The Uttarakhand High Court (HC) on Monday began hearing a petition filed by the Congress against imposition of President’s Rule in the state on Sunday. Justice U.C. Dhyani is hearing the…