The supreme court on monday banned the employment of children in circuses and directed the government to rescue children employed in the sector and formulate a rehabilitation programme for them. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bha
Gujarat has managed to halt the speedy decline in child sex ratio in the previous decade, according to the 2011 census, but it still has a long way to go as the current ratio is below the national average. There has been a decline in the overall s
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the supreme court leaves us aghast with the unprecedented loot and plunder in the 266 iron ore mines of Karnataka. It has recommended that SC directs the state to "ascertain the total quantity of iron
Janata Party president and former union minister for law and justice, Subramanian Swamy has petitioned the prime minister for his go ahead to prosecute UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for, as swamy alleges, abetting Italian businessman Ottavio Quattr
The Election Commission on Thursday ordered repoll in seven polling stations in Tamil Nadu and two in Kerala. The repoll would take place on April 16, an EC official said. The repoll has been ordered in view of malfunctioning of EVM
Air India pilots have refused to fly to Kabul citing safety reasons.The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) has isued a directive asking the members to refrain from flying to the Afghan capital till the airport there
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Anna Hazare and his associates brought the government to its knees on the Lokpal Bill issue through a campaign on which a little over Rs 30 lakh was spent in the past one year. According to details provided by `India Against Corrupt
The supreme court on Friday granted bail to rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh trial court for sedition and helping Maoists to set up a network to fight the state. The a
A number of commentators have raised issues about the provisions in the draft of Jan Lokpal Bill, whether it will be effective instrument for checking corruption and about the manner in which pressure was brought to bear on the government through
Rejecting Orissa government`s assurance that there are no tribals in Posco project area, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday put on hold forest clearance to the Rs 52,000 crore steel-cum-captive power plant. Ramesh cited the let
Delhi government’s proposal for cash transfer instead of providing rations through public distribution system (PDS) has no takers in the city`s slums. “Ninety – nine percent of Delhi’s slums want an improvement in the PDS s
It seems like a disaster waiting to happen with nearly 1,500 schools in the national capital lacking fire safety clearance. "Till now we have issued fire safety certificates to 60 per cent of the school buildings in the nationa
A fresh controversy brewed today after corporate lobbyist Niira Radia reportedly linked Union Minister Sharad Pawar to 2G scam-tainted DB Realty firm but the senior leader trashed her claim. Pawar was reacting to media reports which had qu
A statue of B R Ambedkar was vandalised by unidentified persons in Gwali village of Survaiya area here, leading to tension in the area, police said today. The incident came to light when district panchyat member Shakuntala Devi reac
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not voting in the recently concluded Assam Assembly elections. "Today, when we are celebrating the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedka
India would like to step up cooperation with China in energy sector, specially in the field of green technologies to boost trade ties, which in turn could help to build mutual trust to overcome differences, Indian ambassador S Jaishankar said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today asked the people of West Bengal to end the 34-year-old "misrule" of CPI(M) and elect a government of "aam admi" that would bring development and prosperity to the state. "W
Concerned over the impact of developments in West Asia and North Africa, India, China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa today vowed to coordinate their positions on global political and economic issues, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pressing f
India`s nuclear plants may soon get some additional safety features, including more provisions to add water to the reactors to deal with over heating of the core, a condition that led to the Fukushima nuclear accident. The measures are par
