Centre cautious over jail term for celebrities in misleading ads
The Modi government is treading with caution on the proposal for jail term for celebrities endorsing misleading advertisements.At a meeting of an informal Group of Ministers examining the Consumer...
View ArticleAPS to face Max Muller in final
Army Public School defeated Delhi Public School (East) by 68 runs to enter the final of the Group I, Division II under-16 inter-school cricket tounament for the KSCA Cup here.Army Public School will...
View ArticleSC rejects plea of TADA convict against its own judgement
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition by Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, a Jammu and Kashmir resident, against his conviction and life imprisonment in a TADA case.A three-judge bench presided over by...
View ArticleRashtriya Military emerge champs
Rashtriya Military School were on a rampage as they clinched both the Junior and the Senior titles in the St Germain inter-school hockey tournament on Tuesday.In the Junior category, the boys from the...
View ArticleEngg student murdered in classroom by spurned friend
A 21-year-old girl engineering student died in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu after she was brutally attacked in her classroom by a former male student of the same college, on Tuesday. The police said...
View ArticleGrand double for Sri Kumaran
Sri Kumaran's Children Home (State) claimed a double in the boys' section while Sri Aurobindo Memorial School and Delhi Public School emerged winners in the girls' category of the State-level...
View ArticleSC seeks govt reply on law regulating dance bars
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought Maharashtra government's response to a plea challenging provisions of the new "stringent" law regulating dance bars in the state, including prohibition of showering...
View ArticleNo change in Davis squad
India will field an unchanged side for their Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against five-time champions Spain at the R K Khanna Stadium here from September 16 to 18.With India's leading singles...
View ArticleFinal hearing of Krishna water pleas in apex court on Nov 9
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted to November 9 the final hearing on multiple petitions filed by arnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, challenging the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal award. A bench...
View ArticleFarmers in TN protest seeking release of Cauvery water
Hundreds of farmers from the Cauvery Delta region were arrested on Tuesday when they staged protests and tried to block rail and road traffic at different places across the state, seeking immediate...
View Article4 hurt in family clash in Belagavi village
Four people suffered serious injuries after two families clashed at Yadravi village in Savadatti taluk of Belagavi district late on Monday night. Police said a petty argument snowballed into the group...
View ArticleJustice Dhingra panel may 'censure' Vadra's firm for land irregularities
The report of the commission headed by retired Justice S N Dhingra, probing land deals in Gurgaon during the previous Congress rule, including the controversial land deal between Robert Vadra and...
View ArticlePanel raps varsities for not providing accounts
The vice chancellors and officials of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and Rani Channamma University, Belagavi (RCUB) were on Tuesday pulled up by the Legislature Committee on Papers...
View ArticleStrike, clashes continue in Valley
Despite lifting of the curfew, clashes continued in Kashmir for the 53rd day in a row on Tuesday.Reports said 50 people were injured after forces foiled protest rallies in areas of south Kashmir. Amid...
View ArticleNow, Puducherry moves SC for 7 tmcft Cauvery water
Puducherry on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking direction to Karnataka to release immediately at least 57 tmcft of water at Billigundlu reservoir, to receive its share of at least 7 tmc ft...
View ArticleGovt's deal with Dubai NRI to upgrade Udupi hospital draws flak
The state government's decision to allow Abu Dhabi-based Indian businessman BRShetty to upgrade a government hospital in Udupi has come in for flak in the social media.On his official Twitter handle...
View ArticleIncreasing pendency of cyber crime cases, claims govt report
More and more cyber crime cases are piling up on investigators resulting in an increasing pendency of such investigations, according to the latest government report.While there were 8,032 cyber cases...
View ArticleMinister seeks report on cops taking to social media
Taking exception to junior police officials using social media to vent their ire against senior police officers, Home Minister G Parameshwara said that he has sought reports pertaining to the...
View ArticleCome clean on Kalburgi murder probe, activists tell govt
Intellectuals and social activists on Tuesday gave state government two weeks to make a formal public statement on what it is doing to trace the killers of researcher and rationalist Dr M M Kalburgi....
View ArticleIndia, US sign pact for cyber relations
India and the United States on Tuesday signed a framework for cyber relations on the sidelines of the second bilateral strategic and commercial dialogue in New Delhi.The new India-US framework is...
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