Lawyers’ book dissects justice delivery system in Kandhamal
2017-04-01
The 304-page book narrates continued discrimination against Christians of eastern IndiaContinue Reading
Assam to set up special women police department
2017-03-31
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the state home department to set up special women police battalion to curb increasing crimes against women. Sonowal on March 17 directed the home department to constitute a high level committee with it as the nodal agency to carry out anti-trafficking drivesContinue Reading
Goa official asked to probe children’s unnatural death
2017-03-30
Panaji: Following reports of recent deaths of children at construction sites in the state, a non-government organization has brought this to the notice of the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights and has asked the commission to direct the chief secretary to file a status report on theContinue Reading
Heat wave claims 5 in Maharashtra
2017-03-30
New Delhi: Five people have died of heat stroke in Maharashtra and 40-plus temperatures have led to heat wave warning in parts of the state. Districts in central and north Maharashtra are worst affected. Village Bhira in Raigad district has been in the news for unusually high temperature at 46.5Continue Reading
KFC, meat shops forcibly shut in Gurgaon
2017-03-30
The ban will last for nine days and then on all Tuesdays throughout the yearContinue Reading
Nuns get anticipatory bail
2017-03-29
They were asked to appear before the investigating officerContinue Reading
Kenyan woman attacked in Great Noida
2017-03-29
The woman had recently taken admission in a university in NoidaContinue Reading
Bhagwat pitches for inter-caste marriages
2017-03-29
Bhagwat said in an interview to the pro-RSS magazine Organiser.Continue Reading
SC for voluntary shifting of Bru refugees to Mizoram
2017-03-29
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said Bru refugees, lodged in relief camps in Tripura after being displaced from Mizoram, should be allowed to voluntarily return to their native state. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice S K Kaul referred to the February 6 order inContinue Reading
73 thefts at houses of MPs, MLAs in Delhi in 3 years: Govt
2017-03-29
New Delhi: As many as 73 cases of thefts were reported at residences of MPs and MLAs in the last three years in the city and 26 people were arrested in this connection, the Government said Tuesday. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, this information was sharedContinue Reading