New Delhi: A complainant in sexual harassment case will be allowed three months paid leave and she or the charged government employee can be transferred to other department during the inquiry, according to a fresh set of strict instructions by the Centre in such cases. The disciplinary authority has beenContinue Reading
Mumbai: A journalist summoned by police to get information about a brutal assault on two reporters covering a bar raid was found dead early Friday morning. The two reporters were injured grievously and six bar employees suspected to have carried out the attack were detained. Journalists Santosh Mishra and ShahiContinue Reading
The Bharatiya Shiksha Mandal(BSM) so called education wing of RSS wants a new definition for ‘Minority’ and ‘minority educational institution’. They are planning to file a review petition in the Supreme Court to reconsider the definition of ‘minority’. It is because they say, the minorities are misusing its privileges and shying away fromContinue Reading
Canada has been named as the most reputable nation in the world, in a recent survey on how countries are perceived across the world. The north American country reclaimed the top spot in the Reputation Institute’s annual report, which looks at the government, environment and economy of 55 nations. TheContinue Reading
Turbo-charged youngsters, dancing to the tune of lilting music in pouring rain, spread the papal message to save the planetContinue Reading
Jammu Kashmir: A 15-year-old girl was killed when cloudburst struck on the Srinagar-Leh road in Sonamarg area of Kashmir Thursay. Two houses were also damaged and several vehicles washed away. “A cloudburst struck around 7.30 pm at Kullan and Gagangir villages in Sonamarg area, resulting in massive downpour,” a policeContinue Reading
Patna: Students from the Jesuit run St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology braved the rain and joined the cultivation of Organic Rice at Tarumitra Bio-reserve this afternoon. They congregated as a volunteer force to explore the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method at Tarumitra, a 1000 kilometres away fromContinue Reading
Allahabad: Vedic Vidyalayas are emerging as the latest fad. This became apparent when around 400 children, aged between 9 and 11 years, came to Prayag (Allahabad) from across the country on Wednesday to take the entrance test for 25 seats in two such schools. Most of them were from Delhi,Continue Reading
The eastern side of the River Jordan has been declared a World Heritage siteContinue Reading
Vatican City — Responding to waves of controversy after receiving a “communist crucifix” – a carving of Christ crucified on a hammer and sickle – from Bolivian president Evo Morales, Pope Francis said he took no offense, but understands the work as “protest art.” “I would qualify it as protestContinue Reading
