New Delhi: Nearly 9.5 million toilets were set up in rural India in the last one year since the launch of the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said on Wednesday. The number of toilets constructed was more than the target of 60 lakh, Singh saidContinue Reading
The play was scheduled for staging on October 9 and 10Continue Reading
Police confirmed that preliminary investigations indicated that it was indeed carrying around 100 kg of beefContinue Reading
The stampede occurred on September 24 at the annual Haj near the holy city of MeccaContinue Reading
‘Agnes of God’ deals with the story of a nun who gave birth to a baby and killed it, allegedly in a bout of insanityContinue Reading
The play was staged on October 5 nightContinue Reading
Chandigarh — 15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repaymentContinue Reading
The state government is building a new jail in SrinagarContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to form a three-judge bench to examine the validity of penal provisions that bans slaughtering of cattle and sale of beef in the state. Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Amitava RoyContinue Reading
Patna: A Jesuit college organized an interactive session to seek children’s views on social issues as the eastern Indian state of Bihar prepares to elect its 243-member legislative assembly. Although children formed one third of India’s population, political parties neglect them because they are not a vote bank, noted officialsContinue Reading
