Govt cancels FCRA licences of over 11,000 NGOs
Government has canceled licences of over 11,000 NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, FCRA for failing to apply for their renewal within the deadline. The validity of FCRA registration…
BRICS Press Clubs Networks Launched
Russia Moots Free Visa Regime to Journalists By TN Ashok / New Delhi/ Russian Embassy Senior Counsel Karmalito has suggested a liberal visa regime for journalists to visit each others…
Protest in Jakarta against governor’s alleged blasphemous remarks
Tens of thousands of hard-line Muslims are marching against the Governor of Jakarta, demanding he is prosecuted for blasphemy. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian, is the first ethnic Chinese to…
South Korea President says scandal ‘my fault’, denies cult links
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye today agreed to be questioned in a formal corruption probe, portraying herself as an over-trusting leader who dropped her guard with a close friend arrested…
UK announces new visa policy for non-EU nationals
AMN UK has announced changes to its visa policy for non-EU nationals, which will affect a large number of Indians especially IT professionals. Under the new visa rules announced last…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan orders judicial probe into jailbreak, ‘encounter’
TIA NEWS Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered a judicial probe into the jailbreak by eight Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists from Bhopal and their…
Govt to improve health facilities for pregnant women
AMN / Union Health Minister J P Nadda today launched Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan in New Delhi to improve health care facilities for pregnant women. Under the scheme, pregnant…
LDF govt shielding accused in gang-rape: Opposition
Thiruvananthapuram/ UDF Opposition in the Kerala Assembly on Friday alleged that the LDF government is shielding the accused in the Wadakkanchery gang-rape case. The Opposition moved a notice for adjournment…
Kerala Police order probe into humiliation of rape survivor
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala police has ordered probe into humiliation of rape survivor by cops. The Kerala police was forced into action after a 35-year-old rape survivor revealed the horrors she had…
Maharashtra Police forms SIT to probe Buldhana minor rape case
The Maharastra police on Thursday arrested 11 staff members of a government-aided ashram school in Pala village of Khamgaon area over the sexual assault of minor student. The police said…