Khalid, Anirban get six month interim bail
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition. Both have been asked to furnish a…
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SC allows photos of governors, CMs, ministers in ads
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday also allowed use of photos of the governors, chief ministers and central and state cabinet ministers or minister incharge of the department concerned in government…
10 Iranians, a Pakistani detained in Kerala prison to be set free
Kochi, March 18 (IANS) A special NIA court has set free 10 Iranians and a Pakistani national who were detained in July last year by the Coast Guard and Kerala Police off the coast of…
Khalid, Anirban get six month interim bail
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition. Both have been asked to furnish a…
Khalid, Anirban get six month interim bail
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges of sedition. Both have been asked to furnish a…
Roja not allowed to attend Andhra assembly, YSRCP complains to governor
Hyderabad: YSRCP MLA RK Roja who was suspended from Andhra Legislative Assembly for one-year talks to press after High Court quashed the ban in Hyderabad, on March 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS)…
Jewish leaders to boycott Trump event
Washington, March 18 (IANS) Rabbis and Jewish religious leaders are planning to boycott US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s speech to a pro-Israel conference here, accusing him of encouraging hatred, CNN reported on Friday. Trump is…
Britain rail passengers to get more help in securing refund
London, March 18 (IANS) British authorities have promised to provide millions of rail passengers more help in claiming refund when their train is delayed or cancelled, the media reported on Friday. The Office of Rail…
Australia sentences three over female genital mutilation
Canberra, March 18 (IANS) An Australian court on Friday sentenced three people to a maximum 15 months in prison in the country’s first criminal prosecution for female genital mutilation. Former midwife Kubra Magennis, 72, and…
ED gives extension to Mallya to appear on April 2
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has accorded a two-week extension to business tycoon Vijay Mallya to appear before the agency in connection with a money-laundering case, official…
Chile lawmakers lift abortion ban
Santiago, March 18 (IANS) Chile’s lower house of Congress has approved a proposal that lifts a ban on abortion in cases of rape, when there is health risk for the mother, or when the foetus…
Toshiba US subsidiaries under probe
Tokyo, March 18 (IANS) Japanese tech giant Toshiba on Friday admitted that its American subsidiaries are being investigated by the US Justice Department for an accounting scandal that was recently revealed. Toshiba representatives said the…
Australia tightens laws on state sales
Sydney, March 18 (IANS) Months after a decision to lease Darwin’s port to a Chinese company, the Australian government on Friday announced it will step up its scrutiny of the sales of state infrastructure to…
China to adopt national standard on lab animal welfare
Beijing, March 18 (IANS) China is set to adopt its first national standard on laboratory animal welfare and ethics by the end of this year, the media reported on Friday. The draft, which is available…
SC allows photos of governor, CM, ministers in ads
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the publication of the photos of governor, chief minister and the ministers of the department concerned in government advertisements. The apex court…
Musharraf leaves for Dubai to ‘seek medical treatment’
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf talking to the media during a press conference in New Delhi on November 17, 2012. (Photo: PP Sarkar/IANS) Islamabad, March 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday left…
SGPC seeks clampdown on websites carrying Sikh-centric jokes
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee – the highest temporal body of Sikhs – to suggest the areas where it could give direction for curbing…
SC asks TRAI if it is inclined to review call drop penalty
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the telecom regulator TRAI whether it would relook its decision imposing penalty on the telecom service providers for call drops in the wake of…
Pakistan government allows Musharraf to go abroad for treatment
Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) The Pakistani government has allowed former President Pervez Musharraf to travel abroad for medical treatment, the country’s Interior Minister said here on Thursday. The decision came a day after the Supreme…
Court sets aside Roja’s suspension from Andhra assembly
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court on Thursday set aside the suspension of opposition YSR Congress Party legislator R. K. Roja from the Andhra Pradesh state legislative for one year. Passing interim orders…