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…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to place before it the report on “Women and Law ” by a high level committee that had undertaken the assessment of…
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) The Haryana cabinet on Monday cleared the bill that proposes to provide reservation to five communities, including the politically-dominant Jat community. The bill is likely to be brought in the state…
By Sahana Ghosh Hyderabad, March 27 (IANS) If India strives to “get it right” for its children in their first decade — ensure nutrition, health, sleep, education — when they are most vulnerable to trauma,…
United Nations, March 26 (IANS) Indian-origin law professor Surya Deva has been appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council as an adviser on human rights and multinationals and businesses. The Council approved in Geneva…
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 26 (IANS) Policemen, who cracked down on…
Howrah: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee with Vaishali Dalmiya, daughter of Jagmohan Dalmiya and cricketer turned politician Laxmi Ratan Shukla during an election campaign in Howrah of West Bengal on…
Golaghat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with AGP leaders PK Mahanta and Atul Bora during a BJP rally at Bokakhat in Golaghat district of Assam on March 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Bihpuria (Assam), March 26 (IANS)…
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 26 (IANS) A local CBI court on Saturday extended by three days the judicial custody of former Noida Chief Engineer Yadav Singh who was arrested last month by the agency on…
Washington, March 26 (IANS) A high-ranking US Navy captain has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail for passing classified information to a Malaysian defence contractor. Daniel Dusek provided the information in exchange for…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that there was an emergency like situation in the University of Hyderabad, the NHRC on Friday issued notices to the HRD ministry, Telangana…
Noida: People throng the office of Ringing Bell to buy its newly launched “Freedom 251” smartphone on Feb 18, 2016. The Noida-based startup’ website to crash within hours of opening up for pre-order. It claims…
Gurgaon, March 25 (IANS) Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday did not appear before the one-man Commission of Inquiry probing the grant of licences to some entities in Gurgaon’s Sector 83, including…
Gurgaon, March 25 (IANS) The state information commissioner in Haryana has issued show cause notice to public information officer-cum-Gurgaon deputy district education officer (DEO) for not replying to a RTI request filed by an activist….
Imphal, March 25 (IANS) Manipur Police are looking for an advocate who forged a court order to draw Rs.17 lakh from the pension account of a former state legislator who had died 14 years ago….