Rains lash north&east ; monsoon fury kills 81
New Delhi, Jul 30 : Rains lashed northern and eastern parts of the country aggravating the flood situation in Assam, Meghalaya, ...
Govt not in favour of abolishing death penalty : Kiren Rijju
Government on Friday said in Rajya Sabha that it is “not in favour” of abolishing the capital punishment ...
New child labour law has failed kids again: Kailash Satyarthi
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2016, which was cleared in the Lok Sabha allows children to ...
S C refuses plea for Governover’s rule in J&K
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea for Governor’s rule in the strife-ridden State of Jammu and ...
UN Plans To Declassify Transgenders From Its List Of Mental Illnesses
Hard to believe at first but the United Nations had actually included transgenders, India’s third gender, in ...
Gurdeep Singh who was scheduled to be executed in Indonesia, spared for now
JALANDHAR: Gurdeep Singh, who was on death row in an Indonesian prison and was scheduled to face firing squad just past midnight has ...
Nepal : Nearly 80 killed in landslides and floods
Kathmandu, Jul 29: Nearly 80 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by the incessant rain since Monday in ...
No law to scrap 15-yr-old diesel vehicles: NGT told
New Delhi, Jul 29 : Government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that currently there was no legal provision under ...
Mahasweta Devi given state funeral in Kolkata
Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who breathed her last on Thursday evening, was accorded a state funeral ...
Mother Teresa’s canonisation: Sushma Swaraj to lead Indian delegation to Vatican
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will lead the Indian delegation that would attend the canonization ceremony of ...