German anti-immigrant leader booked for hate speech
German far-rightist leader Lutz Bachmann is booked for triggering anti-immigrant crimes through hate speech. He is the founder of the anti-Muslim organisation, named Pegida. The prosecution alleges that the forty two year old leader raised...
Violent protests prompt centre to pull back new EPF rule
Following unexpected backlash from the trade unions and employees, the centre government on last day dropped the new, controversial, Employment Provident Fund rule. Earlier, in a notification published on February 10, the centre government...
UN representatives make a surprise visit to Libya
Offering enormous support to the new, so called, puppet government in Libya, the two prominent representatives of United Nations have made a surprise visit to the war distorted country. Since the toppling of Gaddafi government...
Patel reservation row: violence erupts in Gujarat; parties play blame game
A peaceful demonstration demanding suspension of the sedition charges against the Patel agitation leader, Hardik Patel, turned violent when police authorities blocked the protesters from marching towards the state prison. On the wake of unexpected...
Guatemala’s ex-President accepted bribe, alleges commission
Guatemala anti-corruption commission alleged that ex-supremo Otto Perez Molina has accepted bribe from a Spanish port conglomerate. Along with the former Supremo, his close aid, Vice-President Roxana Baldetti, is also implicated in the corruption case. It...
Kirpal Singh’s family meets home minister; demands fresh autopsy
Kirpal Singh’s family met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh demanding immediate action of the central government. Kirpal Singh, an Indian prisoner in infamous Lahore Jail, had reportedly died of heart attack on last Monday. But,...
Macedonian president gives pardon to corrupted politicians
Putting its European Union membership ambition in jeopardy, Macedonia gives pardon to the politicians involved in an infamous corruption scandal. Media reported that Macedonian Supremo Gjorge Ivanov has decided to stop investigations and other proceedings...
India, Maldives to strengthen bilateral relationship
In a bid to tackle the growing Chinese influence in Indian Ocean region, Indian has strengthened its relationship with Maldives. The island holds a strategical position in the Indian Ocean region. Since the arrest of...
Amidst crisis Ukraine PM plans to resign; IMF may withhold aid money
Amidst mounting political uncertainty in the former soviet region, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is planning to resign from the top post. Reports say that the Ukrainian parliament will select a new supremo on today....
SC withdraws controversial order on private medical admission
Aiming to reduce corrupt admission-practices in the private medical sector, the Supreme Court of Indian on last day decided to review a controversial judgement announcing a common eligibility test irrelevant. In mid-2013, a beach headed...