Blatter was fined 50,000 Swiss francs and Platini, who boycotted the ethics committee hearing as unfair, 80,000. The pair had been suspended in October while an investigation was carried out into a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.02 million) payment that football’s g ....

The Nepali Congress (NC) and representatives of the United Madhesi Democratic Front (UMDF) met at the residence of NC President Sushil Koirala’s residence at Maharjgunj here on Saturday. During the meeting, they held discussions on contemporary issues and the o ....

 Over 1,500 inmates of a camp of internally displaced persons in Konapulam, near Kankesanthurai, of the Jaffna district were taken by surprise on Sunday when President Maithripala Sirisena made an impromptu visit to their place and enquired on their well being. Givi ....

Colombia contestant Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo was already wearing the crown as this year’s Miss Universe winner when host Steve Harvey returned to apologize. A mystified Wurtzbach appeared stunned as she walked to the front of the stage alongside the crown-wear ....

The official Xinhua News Agency said rescuers retrieved one body in the early hours of Tuesday. It’s the first reported death from the disaster. The official China News Service said the number of the missing people went down to 81, from previous day’s 85, ....

The Republican presidential front-runner also took to Twitter to demand an apology from his leading Democratic opponent. She is crooked “She’s a liar!” Mr. Trump told more than 6,000 people at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also said Clint ....

 Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mounted a strong defence of his conduct in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) affairs both in and outside Parliament on Monday. He did so even as his party MP Kirti Azad persisted in demanding a time-bound Special Inv ....

 Putting the onus on lawmakers, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by the Delhi Commission for Women against the release of the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case. It observed: “We share your concern, but we cannot go beyond the law.” ....

The other names doing the rounds are that of S.R. Nayak, Chairman Karnataka State Law Commission and former Chief of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC), and Cyriac Joseph, Acting Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. Sources in the Law Depar ....

 Dismissing the theory that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose returned to India and lived the life of a monk, his grandniece has said that she does not believe this is true. “Understanding the man, what I know of the man, I do not believe this. If he could return to ....