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Mumbai, Sep 13: The father of the seven-year-old boy murdered at the Ryan International School in Gurgaon today approached the Bombay High Court seeking to oppose the pre-arrest bail pleas of the trustees of Ryan International Group. The group's CEO, Ryan Pinto, and his parents -- Augustine Pinto, the founding chairman of the group, and Grace Pinto, its managing director -- had earlier approached

Yangon, Sept 13: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has scrapped plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly later this month, her spokesman said Wednesday, as the Nobel laureate faces intense global scrutiny over the Rohingya refugee crisis. "The state counsellor won't attend the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly," said government spokesman Zaw Htay, using Suu Kyi's formal title

Gurgaon, Sep 12: The seven-year-old boy, found murdered inside his school, was not sexually assaulted and died of excessive bleeding, the doctor who conducted the post-mortem said today. In a related development, the Bombay High Court granted interim protection from arrest to Ryan International Group's founding chairman Augustine Pinto and his wife and managing director Grace till tomorrow in

New Delhi, Sept 13: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the minimum cooling period of six months for granting the decree of divorce under the Hindu law can be waived by a trial court if there was no possibility of cohabitation between an estranged couple. The 1955 Hindu Marriage Act provides for a statutory cooling period of six months between the first and the last motion for seeking divorce

Beijing, Sep 12: A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for forming online discussion groups to teach Quran in China's volatile Xinjiang province. Huang Shike was found guilty of illegally using information on the internet, according to the verdict released by the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture branch court of Higher People's Court of Xinjiang. "Huang, by preaching and

Geneva, Sept 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government of India on Tuesday reacted strongly to remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on the issue of deportation of Rohingya Muslims. Ambassador Rajiv K Chander, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, expressed disapproval of the remarks of Al Hussein, who had criticised New Delhi

Geneva, Sept 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government of India on Tuesday reacted strongly to remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on the issue of deportation of Rohingya Muslims. Ambassador Rajiv K Chander, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, expressed disapproval of the remarks of Al Hussein, who had criticised New Delhi

New Delhi, Sept 12: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said his organisation does not support trolling and aggressive behaviour on the net as it amounts to “hitting below the belt.” He was speaking at an interactive session in New Delhi with foreign diplomats from more than 50 missions. “Trolling amounts to hitting below the belt. We do not support those who display such aggressive nature. We do

Ahmedabad, Sept 12: Gujarat Congress on Tuesday said that it would provide unemployment allowance to youth in the state if elected to power in the forthcoming Assembly elections slated for this year-end. “After 22 years of power, the BJP that promised 50 lakh jobs has ended up seeing 30 lakh unemployed youth in the state. The economy is in doldrums and business in dumps. The agriculture growth has

Lucknow, Sept 12: After renaming 'Mughalsarai' railway station as 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar', chief minister Yogi Adityanath led-Uttar Pradesh government may soon rechristen Allahabad as 'Prayagraj'. An indication to this effect was given by the office bearers of All India Akhara Parishad (AIAP), an apex body of Hindu seers and saints after their meeting with CM Yogi on Tuesday. The AIAP