The protests against Dr Binayak Sen`s jailing under charges of sedition seem to be gaining momentum globally. A journal with `letters of hope` from activists around the world calling for Sen`s immediate release was made public on January 30, Marty
Callousness of bureaucracy and our urbanisation policies are responsible for the exclusion of the homeless people in the city and elsewhere, said Miloon Kothari, former UN special rapporteur on the rights to adequate housing here on Thursday.
Doctors and the civil society are committed to the cause of inculcating good eating habits among school children to check the growing rate of obesity, diabetes and other lifestyle related diseases in children. To address the same, experts got toge
Doctors and radiologists should adhere to the laws that prohibit medical practitioners from disclosing the gender of the foetus and stop misusing diagnostic tests for pre-natal gender determination which can lead to female foeticide, said presiden
Services on two Delhi Metro lines will be partially affected tomorrow on the occasion of the Beating Retreat ceremony that brings the curtains down on the Republic Day celebrations. The lines -- Line 2 (Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre) and L
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that two groups are looking into the different aspects of black money, including an amnesty scheme to unearth unaccounted wealth. While an expert group would advise Mukherjee on the feasibility
Government subsidy to Muslims for Haj pilgrimage or similar benefits for other religions is not violative of the constitution, the supreme court today ruled. The apex court rejected the argument that grant of subsidy for Muslims undertakin
Tribals from across Orissa`s Balangir district carrying their traditional weapons took out a rally here today demanding among others action against people in government jobs with the help of fake scheduled tribe certificates. The tribals,
In a new twist in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, senior IPS officer and a member of Special Investigation Team, Satish Verma today raised doubts over the circumstances of the killings before the Gujarat high court and sought a fresh FIR.
The Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take a final decision on a policy regarding illegal hoardings and banners of political parties by February 10. The division bench of justices P B Majmudar
Even though Orissa government planned to provide relief to rain-hit farmers from February, a large number of peasants in Ganjam district today staged a demonstration accusing state government of being apathetic towards their plight. Farmer
The government is bracing itself up for the budget session of Parliament beginning next month and is finalising its strategy on handling issues arising out of "recent occurrences and controversies" to avoid the deadlock over the 2G issue
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday ridiculed prime minister Manmohan Singh, saying that the "facade" of his clean image was falling apart as his government was getting embroiled in damning indictments day after day for corruption and o
Admitting that he was in politics because he belonged to the Gandhi family, Rahul Gandhi today said holding of organisational polls would remove the impression of dynastic politics. "We have to change this picture (of dynastic politic
The Columbia Business School (CBS) of Columbia University has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar requesting him to address its 7th India Business Conference in New York on April 1. The varsity requested Kumar to deliver the keyno
In a move that is being seen as fresh arm-twisting, the Oil Ministry wants Vedanta Resources to surrender all its rights in past and future disputes and agree to several other stringent conditions if it wants government nod for acquiring majority
Enough is enough. This message rang out loud and clear on Thursday as government employees across Maharashtra protested the killing of Yashwant Sonawane, the additional collector who was burnt alive on Tuesday allegedly by the kerosene mafia. The
Embattled central vigilance commissioner P J Thomas side-stepped questions on his continuance in office in the wake of a corruption case against him and remained characteristically defiant. "I am still the CVC. The matter is in court
Unnamed groups today put up posters in the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya demanding termination of a circle inspector who led an alleged "fake encounter" in which one suspected militant was killed and four others apprehended.
Taking exception to reports that the expenditure of a recent Congress meeting was borne by the Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), the BJP today demanded an explanation from the government. "It was our expectation that t
