Johannesburg [South Africa], May 17 (ANI): Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Italian Open with a thigh injury during her second-round tie against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni on Tuesday, hours after learning she would not be granted a wild card into the French Open.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday announced a landmark five-year partnership with Microsoft Corporation, who will be providing a grant of USD 5 million to support the work of the UN Human Rights Office.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Berating the brutal gang-rapes that have sent shock waves to the nation, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday urged the government to grant capital punishment to every rapist in every rape case.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 12 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to sand mining baron J. Sekhar Reddy and his associates in a money laundering case.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): The Lucknow bench on Friday upheld its earlier decision to not grant bail to alleged rape accused Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati.
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to grant an urgent hearing over a plea challenging the government's notification to make Aadhaar mandatory in order to avail various government schemes.
New Delhi [India], May 09 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant permission to abort the pregnancy of an HIV infected rape victim and directed the Bihar government to give her a compensation of Rs. 3 lakh.
Moscow [Russia], May 9 (ANI): German authorities have decided to grant asylum to Turkish soldiers and officials stationed at NATO bases, who have been termed as disloyal officials by Ankara after a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 4 (ANI): The Madurai Branch of the Madras High Court on Thursday granted an interim stay on the personal appearance of actor Kamal Haasan in connection with a case against him for allegedly hurting Hindu religious sentiments.
New Delhi [India], May 4(ANI): A Delhi Court granted today bail to Chhattisgarh bureaucrat Babu Lal Agrawal and others in connection with alleged bribery case on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs. one lakh each.