Stay on probe against SMK continues
The stay granted by the Supreme Court on the petition filed by former chief minister S M Krishna in connection with part one of the Lokayukta report on mining continues. The DH report on September 24,...
View ArticleIndia ready to ratify ILO conventions on child labour, says Dattatreya
India is ready to ratify two international conventions on child labour with the government banning employment of children below 14 years of age and restricting those below 18 years from taking up...
View ArticleFormer bureaucrat, son end life
Two months after his wife and daughter committed suicide, former director general, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, B K Bansal and his son were found hanging at their flat in Neelkanth Apartment in east...
View ArticleAkhilesh wants sacked leaders back in fold
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asked the Samajwadi Party (SP) leadership to revoke the expulsion of several youth wing leaders of the party saying that they had played a key...
View ArticleCentre calls CMs' meet tomorrow
The Centre has convened a meeting of chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Thursday at Delhi to discuss the Cauvery water sharing dispute. Union Water Resources Secretary Shashi Shekhar on...
View ArticleNitish blasts Katju for FB post offering Bihar to Pak
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday blasted retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju for the latter's uncharitable Facebook remarks against Bihar. Katju, who is also the former chairman of...
View ArticleBad air kills 6.2 lakh Indians every year: WHO
More than 6,20,000 Indians are killed by air pollution every year, making India the world's second worst country to live in after China, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has noted. China tops the...
View ArticleRegional tensions force airports to spend more on security
Heightened regional tensions have made security the top priority for 50% of the 225 airports analysed globally for the 2016 Airport IT Trends Survey. The survey showed that the proportion was only 37%...
View ArticleShirshasana against land grabbing
One may have seen 'yogis' demonstrating different kinds of 'asanas' (positions) on TV channels or at yoga camps with the specific purpose of educating people. A sadhu (sage) in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh...
View Article180 illegal structures razed in Hyderabad
With the Telangana government backing the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)'s drive to de-clog drains, over 180 illegal structures were either completely or partially razed to the ground...
View Article100-year-old 'raped'
A 100-year-old woman was murdered after reportedly being raped in the fields near her house in Daun Kalan village in Patiala district of Punjab. While the police have registered a case of murder...
View ArticleNasa to use SCATSAT-1 data
American space agency Nasa and the European Space Agency will avail the services of Indian weather satellite SCATSAT-1, which was successfully launched on September 26. Isro on Tuesday said that...
View ArticleNew traffic rules: repeat offenders may lose licence in Hyd'bad
Motorists booked for repeat traffic violations in Hyderabad would lose their driving licences for a year, as the amended motor vehicle rules aims to curb traffic related offences in the state. The new...
View ArticleMaratha morchas complicate political scene
There appears to be a proverbial calm before the storm in Maharashtra's political and social scene as the series of peaceful mega rallies, and meetings of the Maratha community continues to gain...
View ArticleSaamana offices attacked in Mumbai
The office of Shiv Sena-owned newspaper Saamana was attacked in Sanpada in the satellite township of Navi Mumbai after a controversy broke out over a cartoon it published on the silent Maratha marches....
View ArticleGovt opens 200 centres for pulses' procurement
Faced with a bumper yield of pulses, the Modi government opened 200 procurement centres to buy the produce directly from farmers and promised to add more once the tur crop reaches wholesale...
View ArticleFlip-flops render Sidhu's outfit a non-starter
Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's political outfit, Awaz-e-Punjab, appears a non-starter, at least for now, ridden by flip-flops ever since its much-hyped announcement. After having vehemently...
View ArticleRajnath wants real-time intel-sharing grid
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday instructed the Border Security Force (BSF) to strengthen security along the Indo-Pak border by setting up a real-time intelligence sharing grid and sealing...
View ArticleCentre plans holding 'progressive panchayats'
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to Muslims at BJP's Kozhikode conclave, Union minorities affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will hold "progressive panchayats" among Muslims and dalits...
View ArticleUri attack: NIA team leaves for Delhi after collecting evidence
After collecting evidences related to the deadly fidayeen attack on a strategic army installation in Uri on September 18, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has left for New Delhi."The NIA team,...
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