India

The Madras High Court on Thursday said "liquor is an essential commodity for 30 per cent of people in Tamil Nadu and hence government-run Tasmac shops vending liquor in retail could not be ordered by it to be closed during the funeral ceremony of former P...

Yakub Memon's lawyer Anand Grover had argued that a death row convict is entitled to 14 days reprieve after rejection of mercy plea for various purposes.

An amount of Rs 984.53 crore is being spent for development in the tribal areas during 2015-16. Rs 47.36 crore was being spent on construction of roads, bridges, buildings and Rs 68.01 crore in education and health sectors, he added.

Supreme Court rejecting relief to Yakub Memon, the countdown for the hanging of the only death-row convict of 1993 Mumbai blasts case on Thursday has started at the Nagpur Central Prison.

Memon would be hanged on Thursday morning as the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected his plea seeking stay to the execution.

"Yakub was hopeful of some kind of relief from the Supreme Court and also from his mercy petition with the President," said Memon's lawyer.

The US company bribed the ministers to win consultancy for water augmentation and sewerage line project executed under JICA (Japan International cooperation agency) funding.

This mercy petition comes even as a three-member bench of the Supreme Court is currently hearing his plea against his death warrant.

Amid tight security arrangements, a batch of 449 pilgrims on Wednesday left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas.

The award is given to five Asians for the their exemplary work every year.

Groundbreaking HIV researcher Dr Suniti Solomon, the first to bring to the world the prevalence of the infection passed away at her residence in Chennai.

Samajwadi Party said it will ask Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to name the 35-km long coastal road, that will connect the island city with Kandivali in North Mumbai, after former President late APJ Abdul Kalam.

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday rapped the Delhi Metro and civic authorities for shifting responsibility from one to the other over removal of construction debris in the national capital.

Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Seven people, including a senior police officer, three home guard personnel and three civilians, were killed in the terror attack.