New Delhi : Thousands of Jain community members hit the streets in Jaipur and other cities on Monday, holding a ‘silent march’ to protest the Rajasthan high court judgement banning “santhara”, a religious ritual of fast unto death. Members of both Shwetambar and Digambar sects participated in marches which wereContinue Reading
Bhopal: With an aim to promote Hindi in view of the World Hindi Conference in Bhopal next month, a campaign is to be launched from tomorrow to have all signboards in the Madhya Pradesh state capital written in Hindi language. The directive for launching the said campaign came from ChiefContinue Reading
New Delhi: An international court on Monday suspended all judicial proceedings against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 in a setback to India’s efforts as Italy has neither carried any investigation into the case nor initiated any legal action. The 21-memberContinue Reading
Mumbai: Police in north Maharashtra have registered an FIR against a government official for allegedly abetting a farmer’s suicide. “We have registered an FIR under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC against then sakri block development officer (BDO) Sarika Bari,” a senior police official told PTI. Distressed afterContinue Reading
Hyderabad :Calling fruit traders who use the carcinogen calcium carbide to ripen fruits “worse than terrorists,” the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday ordered a thorough probe into the use of this poison and pulled up the authorities for turning a blind eye. Six days after the high court had askedContinue Reading
Coimbatore: Dejected over being sacked from his job for “negligence” in duty, a 70-year-old watchman allegedly starved himself to death in his house here, police said. Francis was dismissed as watchman of a textile mill a week ago for alleged failure to record receipt of a parcel, though he pleadedContinue Reading
New Delhi — More than 90 per cent of Muslim women surveyed want the “triple talaq” divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country, a study by a women’s rights organisation said on Friday. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) said its survey also showed that threeContinue Reading
New Delhi — Delhi cemented the perception of being the most unsafe city for tourists with the latest crime data. Of the total 384 cases of crimes against foreign tourists registered in 2014, about a third are from Delhi. This comes at a time when Delhi has dropped in rankContinue Reading
Close behind Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram were Chennai and DelhiContinue Reading
The main demands are the withdrawal of the land acquisition bill, higher budgetary allocation to rural development schemesContinue Reading
