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Trying our best to implement SC verdict: Kerala IG on Sabarimala row
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Few hours after two women from Andhra Pradesh were barred from entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala Inspector General (IG) S Sreejith on Sunday said that the police is making all efforts to implement the Supreme Court's ruling on allowing femal
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J-K municipal elections: Polling for first phase in 422 wards begins
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Amid terror threats and boycott calls by separatist groups and the two main regional parties, the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polling for the first phase of municipal elections in 422 of the 1,145 ward
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Nitish praises Bihar's poor women for timely repaying loans
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday praised woman self-help groups (SHGs) of the state for timely repaying their bank loans.
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RPF alerts Kerala over movement of Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has alerted the Kerala authorities to watch out for the movement of a large number of Rohingya refugees in groups with their families to Kerala.
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Supreme Court allows women of all age groups to enter Sabarimala Temple
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday removed all restrictions imposed by Sabarimala Temple with regard to entry of women between the ages of 10 to 50. While pronouncing the order Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said that the ban in place violated Constitut
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Militants in Afghanistan can disrupt upcoming Presidential polls: Russia
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The high activity of armed groups in Afghanistan can disrupt the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the country, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan, India, Iran, China back creating terrorist database
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghanistan, India, Iran and China have supported creating a joint terrorist groups database with Russia, Russian Security Council spokesman Evgeny Anoshin said on Wednesday.
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Baloch woman activist hits out at Pak for gender inequality
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 25 (ANI): A Baloch woman political activist has hit out at Islamabad for allowing religious groups to launch an assault against women's freedom throughout Pakistan, especially in Balochistan.
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Voting begins in high-stakes Maldives elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 23 (ANI): Voting officially began in the Maldives amid fear of rigging and violence by the country's opposition parties and international monitor groups to sway the results in favour of incumbent President Abdulla Yameen.
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Mumbai: Sound system owners 'unhappy' over ban during Ganeshotsav, Navratr
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): The owners of Mumbai-based DJ groups and sound service providers are unhappy with the Bombay High Court's decision to not provide them with interim relief on the ban on sound systems during Ganeshotsav and Navratri in the state.
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Iran remains leading state sponsor of terrorism: US
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): United States counterterrorism officials have said that despite major strides in combating and regaining territories from terror groups such as Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda, the terror landscape has grown more complex.
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Breast cancer screening not linked to life expectancy
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 13 (ANI): According to a recent study, fewer and fewer women died from breast cancer in recent years, but surprisingly, the decline has been just as large in the age groups that are not screened. The decline is, therefore, due to better treatment and not screening
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