Ahmedabad : A 60-year-old Dalit activist, who set himself on fire in Gujarat over government’s alleged failure to regularize land tilled by a landless labourer, succumbed to his burn injuries late on Friday. Bhanubhai Vankar set himself on fire on Thursday inside the compound of Patan Collector’s office. He wasContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi government Firday said it has initiated the testing of ‘anti-pollution towers’ on a pilot basis to check their effectiveness in reducing particulate matters and other pollutants suspended in the air. The ‘anti-pollution towers’ absorb particulate matters from surroundings and release fresh air back into the atmosphere,Continue Reading
Jaipur: At least nine persons were killed and 18 others were injured after two LPG cylinders exploded at a wedding function in Beawar in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, police said. The incident took place on late Friday night. According to police, six persons were referred to a hospital in Ajmer whileContinue Reading
New Delhi: The sex ratio at birth (SRB) saw a decline in 17 out of 21 large states of the country, with Gujarat recording an alarming dip of 53 points. This was revealed in a report released by the Niti Aayog (Policy Commission). It stressed the need for checking sex-selectiveContinue Reading
Kochi: Close on the heels of the controversy over sale of land by Syro-Malabar Church in Kochi, serious allegations have cropped up about a property purchased by the church in Rome for installing an administrative centre (Procura). The new development has again cast a shadow over the handling of realtyContinue Reading
The 35-year-old priest is accused of abusing a 42-year-old Bangladeshi womanContinue Reading
The Evangelical Fellowship of India has recorded more than 350 verified hate crimes against Christians in the countryContinue Reading
Vijayapura: To mark World Marriage Day, a unique marriage was conducred here on Monday in which two HIV-positive orphans were united in wedlock as per the Hindu tradition. Sanjeevini, 24, (name changed), from Vijayapura city, and Sriram (name changed), 32, from Jamakhandi town got married in the presence of deputyContinue Reading
The stifling safety measures by Rourkela city administration seems to be taking sheen off the Mahashivaratri Mela, a popular traditional event for majority tribal population of the region, which is observing its 111th anniversary. In fact, for the last two years, helpless vendors from other States are getting harassed, whileContinue Reading
Only 28% of lower judiciary judges in the country are women, a first-of-its-kind study by Delhi-based Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has revealed. The report found that in only three of the smallest States — Goa, Meghalaya, and Sikkim — with a collective total of a just 103 judges doesContinue Reading
