Hindu hardliners defy Supreme Court order to stop women entering Sabarimala temple
Nilakal, Kerala: Conservative Hindu groups prevented women from entering Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, in defiance of the Supreme ...
Maldives’ president says preparing to step down with no regrets on any decision
Male: The president of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen, said on Wednesday he had no complaints or reservations about any of his ...
M.J. Akbar resigns
New Delhi: Union minister M.J. Akbar resigned on Wednesday to fight accusations of sexual harassment from more than a dozen women ...
UN Security Council asked to meet on Myanmar atrocities report
The United States and eight other countries on Tuesday requested a UN Security Council meeting on Myanmar to hear from a UN ...
Attack on Crimea college kills at least 17
At least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded, most of them teenagers, after an attack on a college in Russian-annexed ...
Anna Burns wins Man Booker Prize
Author Anna Burns on Tuesday became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain’s renowned ...
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan steps down, early polls on cards
Yerevan, Oct 16 : Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned on Tuesday, seeking an early parliamentary election.
He pledged ...
NGT fines Delhi govt Rs 50 crore for not taking action against illegal steel pickling units
New Delhi, Oct 16 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Tuesday fined the Delhi government Rs 50 crore for not taking action against ...
Kejriwal says his party don’t run from donations of ‘corrupt millionaires’
New Delhi, Oct 16: Sounding the poll bugle for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched ...
Germany deports associate of Sept. 11 hijackers to Morocco
Berlin: Germany has deported a Moroccan associate of the Sept. 11 hijackers after he served most of a 15-year jail term for helping ...