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'Caste slur' row: Chandigarh Police use water cannons as AAP protests Bajwa remark

India, Feb. 9 -- Chandigarh Police used water cannons to disperse Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers heading to the Sector 8 residence of Punjab leader of opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa after they att... Read More


Digital arrest cases: SC directs MHA to adopt RBI's SOP on cyber frauds

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to formally adopt and implement, across the country, the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the R... Read More


Former BJP members join JMM ahead of Municipal Elections

Sahibganj, Feb. 9 -- As the date for the municipal elections draws closer, political activities in the districts have intensified. In a political development, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Distr... Read More


Himanta Biswa Sarma reacts to Asaduddin Owaisi filing case on his 'point-blank' video: 'Arrest me'

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday reacted to AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi's case over a now-deleted video, saying he was "ready to go to jail." As reported b... Read More


''Gunda Raj' inside courts is failure of rule of law": SC on alleged attack at Tis Hazari

India, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday strongly condemned incidents of violence within court premises, terming them as "gunda raj" and a clear failure of the rule of law, while hearing a mention... Read More


Supreme Court sentence lawyer to three year imprisonment for contempt

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court has sentenced an attorney-at-law to three years' imprisonment after finding him guilty of contempt of court. The Court imposed a three-year term of imprisonment... Read More


Asaduddin Owaisi files complaint against Assam CM over 'violent' video

Hyderabad, Feb. 9 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, February 9, filed a complaint against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for posting a "viol... Read More


AIDA seeks GST cut on flex-fuel vehicles, expansion of ethanol dispensing infrastructure

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- India's distillery industry has urged the government to cut goods and services tax (GST) on flex-fuel vehicles to boost ethanol consumption, as the country faces a surplus of etha... Read More


Sritharan publicly declares readiness to resign as MP if accusations are substantiated

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- Member of Parliament S. Sritharan has stated that he is ready to step down from his parliamentary position if the claim made by his party's General Secretary, M. A. Sumanthiran, t... Read More


Manjusha Nagpure of BJP elected as the Mayor of Pune

Pune, Feb. 9 -- Manjusha Nagpure of the BJP was elected unopposed as the Pune Mayor on Monday. Parshuram Wadekar-originally from the RPI and elected on the BJP symbol-was elected as Deputy Mayor. NC... Read More