A Russian court on Monday sentenced a former policeman, described as the country’s “most prolific mass murderer in modern time”, to a second life imprisonment for committing 56 murders, while he is already serving one for killing 22 women, the media reported. Mikhail Popkov, 53, was found guilty of murdering 56 women near the […]
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to respond to a plea seeking directions to allow the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah. The court was hearing a plea seeking directions for framing of guidelines to ensure the entry of women and declare […]
.The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) on Monday served notice to absconder diamantaire Nirav Modi, his family members and his companies to recover over Rs 7,000 crore owed to the Punjab National Bank (PNB). The notice by the DRT-1 Registrar, A. Murali, came six months after the beleaguered PNB had moved the tribunal in July to […]
Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha is all set to resign from the Union Council of Ministers on Monday, BJP sources said. The sources said that Kushwaha, who has been at loggerheads with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the seat sharing formula in Bihar […]
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to dissolve the state assembly and impose Governor’s rule. “We are not inclined to entertain,” said a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul as senior counsel Jaideep Gupta told the bench […]
Fears over a rise in global trade protectionist measures and a possible crude oil production cut by the OPEC pulled the barometer S&P BSE Sensex index lower by over 570 points on Thursday. Market observers said the Indian stock indices fell in line with their global peers in Asia and Europe even as outflows of […]
Climate consciousness across the globe is on the rise, but there is still a considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures, a UN report said on Thursday. “A considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures that should be put in place to prepare communities for […]
Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur has been given a clean chit in a Punjab government-appointed magisterial probe into the Amritsar train tragedy on Dusshera evening in which 60 people died, sources said here on Thursday. The probe, conducted by Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner B. Purushartha, has indicted Saurabh Madan Mithoo, the son […]
Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were critically injured on Thursday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Police sources said the incident took place in Sunderbani sector. “Pakistan forces targeted two forward locations of the LoC manned by the BSF and Army. Two BSF troopers were […]
India on Thursday described as unfortunate Pakistan’s attempt to politicise the issue of opening of the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the opening of the corridor was a fulfillment of a long-pending demand of the Sikh community. “It was unfortunate that Pakistan has attempted to politicize a […]