Talks on terrorism can go ahead with Pakistan: India
AMN / NEW DELHI India Thursday said talks and terror cannot go together but talks on terrorism can go ahead with Pakistan. Replying to a media query in New Delhi,…
Ecuador grants citizenship to Julian Assange
WEB DESK Ecuador has granted citizenship to Julian Assange. Ecuador Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa announced this today. Espinosa informed that Assange, an Australian, became an Ecuadoran citizen on December…
1984 riots: Justice (retd) SN Dhingra to head SIT probe
AMN / New Delhi Justice (retd) Shiv Narayan Dhingra of the Delhi High Court will head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which will re-investigate 186 cases related to the 1984…
Koregaon Bhima Violence: 3 persons arrested
AMN In Maharashtra, Pune police have arrested three more people from Ahmednagar district in connection with the death of a man during Bhima-Koregaon clashes. Superintendent of Police Suvez Haque said…
Delhi HC dismisses plea for withdrawal of coins with religious symbol
AMN The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea seeking withdrawal of coins having religious symbols embossed on them, saying it does not dent the secular fabric of the country.…
Mullaperiyar dam: SC asks Centre, TN, Kerala to set up panels
AMN / NEW DELHI The Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to set up three separate committees to exclusively deal with any…
Menstruation taboo kills another woman in Nepal
Kathmandu The last time anyone saw Gauri Kumari Bayak alive, she was gathering grass and firewood. Considered impure because she was menstruating, she was about to sleep outside in a…
US urges Iran to release agitationists
Web Desk The United States has demanded that the “brutal” leadership of Iran release all those arrested during recent anti-government protests, the BBC News reported on Thursday. A White House…
RBI not associated with Aadhaar security aspects
AMN / MUMBAI The Reserve Bank of India has clarified that neither the central bank nor its researcher was in any way connected to a study on security aspects of…
BJP, SAD welcome SC decision for new SIT to probe in 1984 riots
AMN Delhi BJP and its ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have welcomed a Supreme Court order to set up a new SIT to probe 186 anti-Sikh riots cases. Delhi BJP…