Manipuris protest migrant workers bill
2015-07-03
A new bill to regulate immigrant influx goes against local peopleContinue Reading
Dress code controversy: college admission resumes after minister intervenes
2015-07-02
Minister resolves tussle between students and administrationContinue Reading
Jesuit university opens school of communication
2015-07-02
The school is predicted to become of the top ones in the countryContinue Reading
Parliament panel wants double pay
2015-07-02
It also recommends 75 percent increase in the salary of Members of ParliamentContinue Reading
Mother of all scams: For dole, pregnant 5 times in 10 months
2015-07-02
Bareilly — An audit of beneficiaries of the Janani Suraksha Yojna in Uttar Pradesh, which primarily guarantees through a small dole better food for new mothers in the days just after the delivery of their babies, has thrown up some startling “facts”. A woman, for instance, was declared pregnant threeContinue Reading
Manipur mulls lifting ban on liquor sale
2015-07-02
Imphal — Nearly 24 years after prohibition was imposed in Manipur, the state, for the first time, is planning to lift the ban on the manufacture and sale of liquor, with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh tabling a proposal for the same in the Assembly. Speaking in the Assembly, theContinue Reading
Gujarat mulls adding chapter on Dhirubhai Ambani in textbooks
2015-06-30
Ahmedabad — The BJP government in Gujarat is mulling to introduce a chapter on Reliance Group founder Dhirubhai Ambani in school textbooks to instill spirit of entrepreneurship in young minds. The idea has been put across by Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma to the state Textbook Board, a senior state officialContinue Reading
Proposed law set to allow abortion up to 24 weeks
2015-06-29
New Delhi — Fresh fears about risks to women’s health by allowing Ayush doctors to conduct abortion and ambiguity on the proposed extension of gestation period may force the government to keep the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) amendment bill out of Parliament in the upcoming monsoon session. Already embroiled inContinue Reading
Hinduism can solve all world problems: Amit Shah
2015-06-29
Gujarat — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday said Hindu religion has solution for all the problems in the world. “Hindu religion has solutions for all the problems of the world… I am not saying this because I am born Hindu,” Shah said at Gujarat University conventionContinue Reading
Family ostracised on witchcraft charges
2015-06-29
Shillong — Yet another family has been ostracised by a village Dorbar in Meghalaya, in a seemingly land dispute, after alleging the family practised witchcraft. The mother-daughter duo, Yoris Khongjoh (40) and her nine-year-old daughter, Rikynti Khongjoh was ostracised by the Sankhat village Dorbar at Muktapur, Amlarem Sub-Division near theContinue Reading