Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) An American student detained in North Korea confessed at a press conference in Pyongyang on Monday that he tried to steal a political banner from the hotel he was staying in….
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced a new amnesty scheme for those having unaccounted money to come clean by paying 45 percent of their undisclosed asset. Presenting his…
Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead man, in a case lawyers believe may be the world’s first. Daniel James Darrington, 39,…
Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) — that operates the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant — in the first criminal trial linked to the…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) making it mandatory for cellular operators to compensate subscribers for call drops. A division…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault…
Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been charged with two counts of impaired driving, a media report said. Burnaby RCMP detachment said…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said legal assistance cells would be set up at gram panchayat level to improve access to the justice delivery system to the poor and…
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) The house of Rajballabh Yadav, a Rashtriya Janta Dal legislator absconding after he was booked for allegedly raping a minor, was attached on Sunday, police said. The police move to attach…
Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) By Ashish Mishra and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Known as “App commissioner” in…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) The Bombay High Court has been petitioned against a Maharashtra government order leaving out Muslims from its new list of national leaders and heroes for celebrating their anniversaries and special days….
Zagreb, Feb 28 (IANS) Croatian interior ministry confirmed the country will introduce a quota for migrants and allow only 580 of them to cross its border a day, the media reported. The news was first…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A 19-year-old German national has complained to the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) via an e-mail that she was raped and assaulted by an auto-driver in the city on December…
Brussels, Feb 27 (IANS) Almost 2,000 people took to the streets here on Saturday in a demonstration in support of refugees’ rights, public broadcaster RTBF reported. The march in the Belgian capital was part of…
Union HRD Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) With the Congress deciding to serve a breach of privilege notice against the union minister Smriti Irani for allegedly…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Expressing alarm over prevalent malnutrition in the country, noted rights activist and public health expert Binayak Sen on Saturday called for a law for “Lokdroha” or those working against the interest…
Ghaziabad, Feb 27 (IANS) The defiling of a statue of the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar here has led to tension and heavy police presence. The police said that…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A court here on Saturday issued summon to former communication minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and four others in a money laundering case related to the Aircel-Maxis deal. After…
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) An all-women inquiry committee set up by the Haryana government to probe alleged mass gang rapes of women began its probe on Saturday, with a couple of witnesses claiming to have…
Bangkok, Feb 27 (IANS) A Buddhist temple in Thailand which houses 147 tigers as a tourist attraction has failed in its bid to register itself as a zoo, the media reported on Saturday. Wat Pha…