Supreme Court pulls up Maharashtra for arresting woman, 80
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra government for keeping in illegal custody for four days two cable operators, including an 80-year-old woman allegedly for non-payment of...
View ArticlePolice, PAC to stage 1-day strike against UP government
Nearly three lakh non-gazetted police personnel in Uttar Pradesh have decided to proceed on a one-day strike in December to protest against sub-standard service conditions, a low pay scale and...
View ArticleHit-and-run case: Salman Khan plea in court to quiz Kamaal
Adding a twist to his appeal proceedings before the Bombay high court, Bollywood actor Salman Khan, sentenced to five-year jail term in the 2002 hit-and-run case, sought on Monday an examination of his...
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Syed Akbaruddin India’s new envoy at UN
Syed AkbaruddinSenior diplomat and former MEA spokesman Syed Akbaruddin is India’s new permanent representative to the UN, succeeding Asoke Mukerji.A 1985-batch IFS officer, Mr Akbaruddin is now an MEA...
View ArticleJD-U pitch for national-level anti-BJP pact
Upbeat over the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance’s landslide victory in Bihar, the JD(U) on Monday claimed it heralded an era of non-BJP politics in the country. It also sought to project Mr Kumar as a...
View ArticleDebate issues, but ‘cherish’ honours: President
Virtually disapproving of the returning of honours by writers and intellectuals, President Pranab Mukherjee said Monday such awards should be “cherished and valued” by recipients, and emotions should...
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PM Modi: New law to check graft, black money
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Delhi after the G20 summit in Antalya on Monday. (Photo: PTI) The government will soon bring a new law on public procurement to check corruption and domestic...
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Collector’s order on Chhat is not vague: High Court
File photo of a woman performing Chhat PujaHolding that the order passed by the collector of Mumbai in connection with organising of Chhat Puja is not vague and the word ‘celebrity’ does not required...
View ArticleNiti Aayog moves to tackle malnutrition
Concerned about growing cases of malnutrition across the country and to get a clear picture of action taken by states to counter the problem, the Prime Minister’s Office has mandated its think tank...
View ArticleRajnath Singh to visit China tomorrow
Home minister Rajnath Singh will arrive here on Thursday on a five-day visit to China for talks on a host of issues, including combating cross-border terrorism, as the two countries seek to step up...
View Article‘People still at risk of death from microbial diseases’
Despite the huge advances made in access to medicines in recent years, thousands of people — particularly babies, children, and mothers — are still at risk of serious illness or death from treatable...
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Intolerance worrying, says Hamid Ansari
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj meets vice-president Hamid Ansari in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Vice-president Hamid Ansari Tuesday said there was a reason for concern about “emergence...
View ArticlePart of funding for 9/11 attacks came from India, says former Delhi top cop
Part of funding for 9/11 attacks in the US had originated from India, according to a former top police officer Neeraj Kumar, who has based his claim on the “revelation” made by a terrorist.Kumar, who...
View ArticleKerala education minister: Boys must not sit with girls
In remarks that have triggered a controversy, Kerala education minister P.K. Abdu Rabb Tuesday said he was not in favour of boys and girls sitting next to each other in college campuses. However, he...
View ArticleHelmet to check hair loss soon
The Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute for Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) has found a cure for people facing excessive hair loss problem. The institute is getting ready to procure a laser helmet that...
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Colonel killed, 4 jawans injured in Jammu and Kashmir encounter
Col. Santosh MahadikAn Indian Army colonel was killed and four other security personnel critically injured in a fierce gun battle with Islamic militants raging in a remote village of Jammu and...
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India on alert for threat by ISIS: Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: PTI) India is alert to the rising threat from the Islamic State and has beefed up security following last week’s terror attacks in Paris. “ISIS is not a threat for...
View ArticleFresh efforts to push GST, NDA to meet in a few days
The government is determined to make a renewed effort to get the crucial Goods and Services Tax Bill passed in the coming Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week, and is ready to reach out to...
View ArticleAkademi awardees slam intolerance
With the controversy over return of awards yet to subside, few recipients of the Sahitya Akademi’s Yuva Puraskar in 2016 on Wednesday stated accepting the awards does not mean they do not condemn the...
View ArticleCollegium to continue till SC verdict
The Supreme Court on Thursday, while reserving verdict on improving the collegium system of judicial appointments, made it clear that till the order is pronounced the present collegium of judges headed...
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