Ganesh utsav is a very popular community event in Maharashtra and over the years the 11-festival has generated many controversies. This year the festival begins on September 17 and the Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has taken up the cause of
The Supreme Court will take up the plea for a CBI probe in the Vyapam scam today. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had declared on Wednesday that he would also back such a request in the top court. He, however ruled out resignat
Taking cognisance of media reports in which the four-year-old girl`s father Hanuman Mahajan claimed that her life could have been saved had she been rushed to a private hospital along with actress Hema Malini, Rajasthan State Human Rights Commissi
Now the taste will be sweet. The controversial `chikki` supplied to Ahmednagar district schools has been found unadulterated and fit for consumption by two government labs and this news brings relief to Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde.
Raising questions over feasibility of complete ban on app-based taxi services, the Delhi high court has set aside the Delhi government`s order of rejection of cab service provider Uber`s application for licence. The judge on Wednesd
The story goes like this: A bunch of news photographers had pooled resources and hired a taxi for an assignment in rural West Bengal. The taxi driver – a sardar – pulled over in a deserted stretch, got out of the taxi, and squatted to
The Madhya Pradesh high court bench at Jabalpur will decide today (July 8) on the state government’s request for a CBI investigation into the multi-crore Vyapam recruitment scam. In its appeal, made immediately after chief m
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here at Ufa (Russia) today on a three-day visit to attend the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summits. During his visit he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today and Pakistan`s P
Congress has rejected Madhya Pradesh chief minister Chief Minister`s move to request high court for CBI probe in Vyapam scam, insists on supreme court-monitored CBI probe. Meanwhile, there is little hope that a compromised CBI that directly report
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who stepped down as chancellor of Nalanda University, Bihar in February, has blamed the Narendra Modi government for interference in academia and proclaimed to have been ‘ousted’ from the university.
Even as the supreme court agreed to hear Digvijay Singh’s plea on Thursday, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday that he will ask the high court to order a CBI probe into the Vyapam scam. "I
Under the shadow of demand for resignation of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a supreme court-monitored CBI probe, the court will hear on Thursday a plea by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and three whistle-blowers into the Vyapam scam.
The supreme court on Tuesday issued notices to the government and election commission on a plea seeking to bring political parties under RTI (right to information act). The petition filed the founding member of Association for Democ
India has been celebrating uncommon success of Ira Singhal, who has topped civil services rank list. Even though she studied in normal educational institutions despite her disability, Ira can take note as future bureaucrat that India has made grea
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav has ordered magisterial inquiry into Barabanki incident. Reports said that a middle-aged woman, said to be the mother of a journalist, was molested and set ablaze by two policemen after she refused to "bribe" them to
Facing criticism over handling of the research scholar molestation case, St Stephen`s principal Valson Thampu today said he would resign if it was proved that "he was a cause of embarrassment to the institution". Thampu, who is facing de
Saturday (July 4) was a big day for the education department. The Maharashtra government undertook a massive survey, ostensibly to count the number of out-of-school children. The department of school education’s survey sought to bring them i
The Shiv Sena sought proper intervention as the increasing population of Muslims in the country will cause language and geographical imbalance and asked prime minister Narendra Modi to ensure that Muslims accept the necessity of family planning.
Emphasising the best interest of a child, the procedural requirement of issuing a notice to the father when a guardianship petition is moved can be dispensed with, said the Supreme Court on Monday. The court ruled that an unwed mother can be appoi
With crucial panchayat polls in next few months, the Uttar Pradesh police will invoke National Security Act (NSA) to prevent stray incidents from turning into major communal flare ups and affect the electoral process. "People w
