Cape Town, March 15 (IANS) South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled that the government “acted unlawfully” by allowing South Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country during a summit last year…
Kolkata March 15 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld a central government notification authorising the Tea Board of India to take over the management/control of seven estates of the Duncans Industries Ltd, in…
Ranchi, March 15 (IANS) A man and his minor wife allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday while in police custody here, said a police officer. Mohammed Gaffar of Godda district was arrested here along with his…
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sent former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal to two days custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED had interrogated Bhujbal in various corruption cases…
Islamabad, March 15 (IANS) The Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to take steps to declare Holi, Diwali and Easter as holidays for minorities in the country. “This house is of the opinion…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A plea to cancel the six-month interim bail to JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case is likely to come up for hearing in the Delhi High…
Athens, March 15 (IANS) Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called on refugees on Tuesday to allow the Athens government to move them from Idomeni camp to reception centres, stressing that the borders are “closed” and…
Shimla, March 15 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government is taking steps for the extradition from Nepal of a man suspected to have stolen a centuries-old idol of Lord Raghunath, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh told the…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) An NSCN(IM) delegation met senior officials of the home ministry, including Naga talks interlocuter R.N. Ravi, on Tuesday to discuss crucial details of the peace accord inked on August 3,…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A plea seeking cancellation of the six-month interim bail to JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case is likely to come up for hearing in the Delhi…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea that sought action against JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on…
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The government wants to set up a separate High Court in Telangana and steps are afoot to ensure it, union Home Minister…
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday sought response from the central and the Uttar Pradesh governments on a police officer’s 91-day suspension from service. On the…
By Vinod Behl Once the the Real Estate Regulator (Regulation and Development) Bill, pending since 2013 is passed, the realty regulator proposed in it, along with reforms, will empower and protect property buyers and investors,…
By Prashant Kumar New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Uttarakhand BJP legislator Ganesh Joshi, who brutally thrashed and injured a police horse, is a “danger to society” and he must be sacked both from the legislature…
Brasilia, March 15 (IANS) A state court judge in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo has ruled that the corruption charges against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must be sent to a federal…
Dhaka, March 15 (IANS) The chief of Bangladeshs central bank resigned on Tuesday over a cyber heist involving over $80 million from its account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank. Governor Atiur Rahman tendered his…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking action against JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on a sedition charge for saying that the Indian Army…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central and state governments to frame required rules and regulations governing in-country and inter-country adoption of children under the existing laws. While asking…
(Photo: IANS) By Prashant Kumar New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Indian-Americans’ political preferences seem to be shifting in favour of the Republican Party, particularly Donald Trump, its front-runner for the White House. According to social…