Tag: national
LS Takes Up Maternity Benefit Bill For Debate
The Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for discussion a bill to increase the maternity leave of women to 26 weeks from the present 12 weeks.....
Americans Shouldn't Expect 'absolute Privacy', Says FBI
FBI Director James Comey warned that Americans should not have expectations of "absolute privacy" after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).....
Punjab Battle: AAP Upbeat As Akalis, Congress Keep Up Bold Face
Third time lucky, third time unlucky or making it in the first attempt. This sums up the political fortunes of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress and the AAP respectively as Punjab prepares to count the votes of 117 assembly seats on Saturday.....
Stop Running 'shop Of Secularism', Owaisi To Congress
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Congress of running a "shop of secularism" and asked the party to end this....
SC Reserves Order On Plea Against Vijay Mallya
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea of a consortium of banks, led by State Bank of India, that $40 million, which liquor baron Vijay Mallya had allegedly transferred to his children, needed to be brought back. ....
Masood Azhar, Three Others 'proclaimed Offenders' In Pathankot Case
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and three others were on Thursday declared 'Proclaimed Offenders' in the Pathankot airbase attack case by a special court in Mohali town of Punjab.....
Modi Greets CISF On Raising Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on its 48th Raising Day and hailed it for securing the countrys key establishments. ....
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Separatists Put Under House Arrest In Srinagar
Senior separatist leaders in the Kashmir Valley were placed under house arrest and heavy deployment of security forces was made to prevent protests after Friday's congregational prayers in Srinagar.....
Pakistan Adopts Hindu Marriage Law
The Pakistani parliament has adopted the landmark Hindu Marriage Law to regulate the community's marriages in the country. ....
SC Dismisses Plea Against Padma Vibhushan To Dhirubhai Ambani
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea for quashing a government notification to confer Padma Vibhushan in 2016 on late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries Ltd.....
