Bombay HC stays Maharashtra govt’s decision to give 16% reservation t...
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday stayed Maharashtra government’s decision to give 16 per cent reservation to Marathas in public service and educational institutions. The HC also stayed state’s decision to provide 5 per cent reservation to Muslims in public service, but allowed... read more »
How Kunal Ghosh got medicines? CBI to ask jail authorities
KOLKATA: Voicing concern over the alleged suicide attempt made bySaradhaponzi scam accused and suspended Trinamool Congress MPKunalGhosh, the special crime branch of CBI on Friday said it will ask jail authorities how he got access to the medicines. It is a matter of “great concern” and... read more »
In Hastings, 63 people cured of deadly Ebola
Hastings (Sierra Leone): In a town called Hastings in western Sierra Leone a battle every bit as deadly as the Norman Conquest is being fought every day against the Ebola virus. The west African settlement has little in common with its southern English namesake, where William II of Normandy... read more »
Kerry to meet Abbas as new Israeli settlements fan tensions
JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State John Kerry is set for talks on Thursday (Nov 13) with the Palestinian leader on easing regional tensions, after Israel approved new settler homes in east Jerusalem despite mounting unrest. The new settlement construction was announced on Wednesday just hours after... read more »
Alleged Serial Stowaway Marilyn Hartman Arrested for 3rd Time This Month
Repeat stowaway Marilyn Hartman was arrested today at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on a criminal trespass charge, according to police. It was the third time the 62-year-old, who... read more »
Three day talks between India, Pakistan ended inconclusively
The three-day talks between India and Pakistan here over designs of Kishan Ganga Dam and four other hydroelectric power projects at the Jhelum and the Chenab rivers respectively has ended... read more »
People facing criminal, corruption charges should not be made ministers: Supreme Court
New Delhi: In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition calling for removal of tainted Cabinet ministers, saying the Prime Minister should take a call on... read more »
Congo confirms first Ebola cases
The deadly Ebola virus has emerged in another African country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing two people in a remote region where many others have fallen sick, the Congo... read more »
6.0 quake rattles Bay Area, sending about 170 people to hospitals
e little-known West Napa Fault shook for about 20 seconds early Sunday, enough to leave the San Francisco Bay Area with its biggest earthquake in 25 years — wrecking historic wine country... read more »
