Status of energy sector in India highly uneven: PM Modi
AMN Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the status of the energy sector in India is highly uneven and stressed on the need to develop energy infrastructure and access…
J&K: JeM chief Khalid gun down by security forces
Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Abu Khalid was killed in an encounter with security forces at Ladoora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in Jammu & Kashmir. According to police sources, Khalid was…
Big demonstration against Catalan independence in Barcelona
WEB DESK / AMN Thousands of people today marched in Barcelona to demand Catalonia rejects independence and stays with Spain. March organisers Societat Civil Catalana claimed 930,000 people turned out,…
Nobel prize in economics goes to to Richard Thaler
AMN / The Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for his contributions to behavioural economics. Swedish Academy of Sciences Secretary Goeran Hansson…
12 die as boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes off Bangladesh
WEB DESK At least 12 people died and scores were missing after a boat packed with Rohingya. Bangladesh authorities said, the boat sank near Shah Porir Dwip, on the southern…
SC refers to Constitution Bench plea over conversion of Parsi woman
AMN / NEW DELHI The Supreme Court today referred to a five-judge Constitution bench the question whether a Parsi woman automatically gets converted to Hinduism after marrying a Hindu man…
Delhi HC grants 6 months to Centre to look into accounts of political parties
AMN The Delhi High Court on Monday granted six-months time to the Centre to look into accounts of political parties for traces of foreign funds. A bench of Acting Chief…
SC bans sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR till 31st Oct
Our Correspondent / New Delhi The Supreme Court today extended its order of last November banning the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR till the 31st of this month.A bench headed…
Godhra case: Gujarat HC commutes death sentence of 11 convicts into life imprisonment
AMN The Gujarat High Court today commuted the death sentence of 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case to life imprisonment. The high court also upheld the life…
Sudan to extend unilateral ceasefire with rebels
Sudan will extend a unilateral ceasefire with rebels until the end of December. State news agency SUNA reported on Sunday, just days after the United States lifted 20-year-old sanctions tied…