New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday set up a supervisory panel of two retired judges to scrutinise 241 cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi closed by a special investigation team (SIT) formed by the NDA government to re-investigate them. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked the supervisory […]
Beijing, August 17 : Asserting on the Doklam issue, state-run Chinese media said India should not determine the strategic posture between the two nations over a road along the border. Referring to the month-long standoff in the Doklam Plateau, an editorial piece in Global Times said, “India is so narrow-minded that it believes a road along […]
Hyderabad, August 17 : The family of a woman, hailing from Hyderabad, who allegedly faced mental and sexual harassment from her employer in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, has sought the help of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Speaking to ANI here, the elder sister of Humera, Reshma, said, “My sister is often beaten and is not […]
Lucknow, August 17 : The situation arising out of the devastating floods in Uttar Pradesh and the death of scores of children in a state-run hospital in Gorakhpur have suddenly galvanised the opposition Samajwadi Party into action. Thrown out of power by the saffron surge which saw the BJP and its allies pocketing 325 of […]
Karachi : Pakistan’s Test batsman Umar Akmal has claimed that chief coach Mickey Arthur abused him during an argument at the national cricket academy in Lahore. “I stand by what I told the media earlier today. Mickey Arthur first used poor language and then abused me. Inzamam bhai and Mushtaq bhai (Ahmed) are both witness to […]