New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Women’s right to equal opportunities and a dignified life must be respected, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday on the eve of International Women’s Day. “On the occasion of International…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Delhi government is likely to take legal action against three news channels that allegedly ran doctored videos of the JNU controversy,…
Mumbai: Businessman Vijay Mallya during the Kingfisher Ultra Indian Derby at the race course in Mumbai on Feb. 7, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Director (ED) on Monday registered a…
Brussels, March 7 (IANS) Turkish and EU leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. The EU aims to stem the flow of…
Agra, March 7 (IANS) Following the death of a doctor and injuries to his daughter and her cousin after a car in the convoy of Union HRD minister Smriti Irani rammed into his motorcycle, people…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Commission for Women is seeking punishment for a police officer for causing “great offence” to a 15-year-old girl and her family by misnaming her as “Dharshita” (Bengali for…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Commission for Women is seeking punishment for a police officer for causing “great offence” to a 15-year-old girl and her family by misnaming her as “Dharshita” (Bengali for…
Pune, March 7 (IANS) About 200 members of women’s organisation Bhumata Ranragini Brigade (BRB) here on Monday left for Nashik city and resolved to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Trimbakeshwar Shiva temple, officials said….
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) India has long struggled to protect minority religious communities or provide justice when crimes occur, creating a climate of impunity, said a Pakistani daily which added that the need for India…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) National carrier Air India will celebrate the International Women’s Day on Tuesday by operating 20 domestic flights manned by all-women crew. “Air India will fly 20 domestic flights with all-women…
Hyderabad, March 6 (IANS) Ravela Susheel, son of Andhra Pradesh Social and Tribal Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Babu, was extensively grilled by police on Sunday after he surrendered in a molestation case. A court later…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Air India will celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday by flying 20 all women domestic flights. “Air India will be be flying 20 all women domestic flights on March 8…
Beirut, March 6 (IANS) Palestinian refugees in north Lebanon Tripoli held a sit-in on Saturday to protest the continuing reduction in medical and educational services. The services are supplied to the refugee camp of al-Beddawi…
Thrissur (Kerala), March 5 (IANS) A court here on Saturday directed a case be registered against a senior police official as his minor son drove an official vehicle. The Thrissur vigilance court gave this direction…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A court here on Saturday dropped charges against suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb maker Abdul Karim Tunda in 1998 case under the Explosive Substance Act – the fourth case he was…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Linking the issue of women’s empowerment with their numbers in parliament and state assemblies, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said it was impossible in the absence of their appropriate representation…
Bengaluru, March 5 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Saturday seized five two-wheeler taxis belonging to app-based cab aggregators Uber and Ola for violating the Motor Vehicles Act and operating without requisite permissions. “They (uberMOTO and…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri, accused of sexually harassing a former woman colleague, had written six poems aiming to express his “feelings”, praising the beauty of the victim who…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Emphasising the need to give appropriate representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said empowerment of women was not possible in absence of their…
Mumbai: Shatrughan Sinha at the Zee Cine Awards 2016 in Mumbai on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses media at JNU in New Delhi on March 4, 2016. (Photo:…