Himachal Pradesh`s sex ratio has improved from 896 girls per 1,000 boys to 920 over the past one decade, state health minister Rajiv Bindal said on Tuesday. The minister said according to the Civil Registration System (CRS) data, the sex r
The Allahabad high court has asked Uttar Pradesh government to furnish details of all such criminal cases in the state in which withdrawal of prosecution had been sought by the government in the last 10 years. Passing the order on January
More than 150 FIRs were lodged in different parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for alleged violation of model code of conduct in the run up to the assembly elections. "154 FIRs were lodged in cases of wall writings, posters, banners, m
Pratham’s report on the state of education in rural India is both predictable and shocking. Predictable because it repeats the same set of findings year-after-year – (a) school enrollment remains over 90 percent but (b) qualit
The Gujarat government today said the state High Court verdict upholding appointment of Lokayukta by Governor would be challenged in the Supreme Court following consultations with legal experts. The Gujarat High Court, in a majority decisi
BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday criticised the UPA government for "not showing statecraft" in dealing with the age row involving army chief general V K Singh. "The government should have shown some statecraft to sort out
To curb illegal sex determination tests and control the skewed sex ratio, authorities here will use an active tracker technology for keeping sonographic machines under check. Adopting the technology used in Kolhapur district in Maharashtra
Accepting a major demand of the cash-strapped aviation industry, the government on Tuesday said it would soon launch the process to allow foreign airlines 49 per cent stake in Indian carriers. A meeting between finance minister Pranab Mukh
Peeved over being divested of two of the three departments in his ministry in a cabinet reshuffle, Minister of State Manoj Chakrborty today threatened to resign from the Mamata Banerjee government and accused it of functioning in a "dictatori
Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh today accused the government of handling the sensitive issue of Army Chief Gen V K Singh`s age in an "insensitive" matter saying the Prime Minister or the Defence Minister could have sorted it out with him
Gujarat High Court today rejected petitions seeking contempt of court proceedings against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for making public his letter to the Prime Minister, seeking recall of Governor on the issue of appointment of Lokayukta.
With poll campaign in five states picking up, aviation regulator DGCA has expressed concern over safety rules being violated by helicopter and small plane operators "time and again" and directed them to strictly adhere to laid down norms
Pardon me for my long-windedness. But we have to get this straight. When a smart young stalker got hold of Angelina Jolie’s mobile number and started bombarding her with text messages and obscene calls from random numbers, cyber experts from
The BJP has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party and decided to contest on 399 seats out of a total of 403 Assembly seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls. "The party has entered into an alliance with Janwadi Party for which
Cutting across party lines, senior leaders have trusted their kin over party workers for contesting the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls apparently in a bid to carry forward their political legacy. The trend has caught on not only with parties
Government on Monday filed a caveat in the supreme court against any ex-parte order on the petition of Army Chief Gen V K Singh challenging the decision over his date of birth. An application was filed by the ministry of defence urging the
If you want to know why there are few voices of dissent or resistance to the state in Odisha in spite of the fact that this is not a particularly well-governed one, here is something that might explain it: for the past 26 years, succes
Author Salman Rushdie`s visit to India to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival is clouded in uncertainty even as Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said his trip might lead to security problems. While the organisers say they stand by t
Toeing a line similar to Uttar Pradesh, the election commission has directed the city administration to cover the statue of former SAD MLA late Raminder Singh Bularia before the polls in Amritsar. The move was initiated by the EC in wake o
Ever since the election commission (EC) decided that statues of elephants and Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh need to be covered in light of the coming assembly elections, Digvijay Singh and every one else have had a field day mocking the EC`s logic wit
