Новости за 29.03.2016

Senior Congress leader and party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi has written an article in the latest edition of pro-RSS journal 'Organiser' on the issue of sedition and free speech.

The Opposition BJP on Tuesday staged A walk in the state assembly on the issue of reports of fresh developments in the case registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh.

Union Minister Najma Heptulla on Tuesday launched an entrepreneurship and skill development initiative under Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) programme to train members from minority communities in cosmetology and natural care and cure.

A ruling JD(U) legislator's alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi created ruckus in Bihar Assembly on Tuesday during a debate on the Appropriation Bill 2016 which was later passed by voice vote amid boycott by NDA members.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and asked him to intervene on the NDA government's budget proposal to impose one per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for Brussels for the first leg of his three nation tour of Belgium, United States and Saudi Arabia.

A song lampooning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was broadcast on a German public television satirical show has sparked a diplomatic spat between Berlin and Ankara, sources on both sides confirmed today.

More than two thousand cases were registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) in children's courts between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015 while the average percentage of conviction of cases is about two per cent.

A senior US diplomat said on Tuesday that if North Korea keeps advancing its weapons programs, the US will be compelled to take defensive measures that China will not like.

A 30-year-old man was burnt alive allegedly by his wife's paramour and an associate at a park in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri area, police said on Tuesday.

The passengers and crew were unharmed. Eighty-one people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, were on board the Airbus 320.

The repairing work at one of the glorious wonders of the world, Taj Mahal, has reportedly caused damage to the vertex of its south western minaret.

A high-level Congress delegation today met President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention to protect the duly-elected non-BJP governments in states, alleging that after Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand party dispensations there could be targeted.

Independent MLA from Achalpur Bacchu Kadu on Tuesday allegedly slapped B R Gavit, deputy secretary, General Administration Department (GAD) over latter not allowing lawmakers associate to live in government quarters.

To keep a close watch on the polling process in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, the Election Commission on Tuesday said it has put in place multiple monitoring mechanisms like like webcasting and video cameras in the polling booths.

The astronaut, who captured the eruption of volcano from the space, shared the gorgeous photo on his Twitter.

Brazil`s largest party announced on Tuesday it is leaving President Dilma Rousseff`s governing coalition and pulling its members from her government, a departure that cripples her fight against impeachment proceedings in Congress.

All 25 students and two faculty members of University of Hyderabad were released from jail here Tuesday night, nearly a week after they were arrested during a police crackdown on the campus.

The BJP on Tuesday approached the Election Commission against what it called the "reprehensible and unethical acts of the West Bengal government of the Trinamool Congress".

Florida police on Tuesday charged Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with simple assault in connection with an incident earlier in the month involving a reporter.

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra on Tuesday said if a left and democratic government comes to power in the state, it will withdraw from the Supreme Court the case on the land acquired for the Tata Motors factory in Singur.

The admissions will start from May. DU admits 54,000 undergraduate students in various courses across over 60 colleges.

Expert terms Facebook users as "products" of the company who are working for free.

The proposed rules come as China increases censorship across the board, ratcheting up already strict limits on access to online content and stepping up pressure on the media to toe the government line.

Turkmenistan also wasted a penalty early into the match with Arslan shooting the ball wide off the target in the 21st minute.