Awareness key to tackle menace of witch hunting: Activists
Activists campaigning against superstition have welcomed the Presidential nod to the Assam Anti-Witch Hunting Bill but say policing alone cannot deal with the problem which...
Category : National
Centre should make a separate law dealing with mob lyncing offence: Supreme Court
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Parliament to make a separate a separate law to deal with the offence of lynching....
Modi government comes up with a new plan to instil ‘nationalism’
The government is mulling over a proposal to enrol 10 lakh youngsters annually in a military training programme, a report has said. As per the...
Inspect all child-care homes run by Missionaries of Charity immediately: Maneka to states
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has ordered all the states to get the child-care homes run by the Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity...
Government forms panel to tackle industrial pollution near Taj Mahal
The government has formed a committee comprising officials of the environment ministry, experts from NEERI, IITs and various other forums to look into the issue...
Killer Potholes: MNS workers break roads in front of Mantralaya; vandalise Mumbai PWD office
Mumbai: In a violent series of protests, the MNS workers on Monday night dug out roads in front of the Mantralaya, state’s administrative headquarters. The...
JNUSU accuses administration of trying to ‘demolish’ students’ union
By making it optional for students to join the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU), the varsity administration was trying to “demolish” the students’ body,...
People, not industries, are more important: SC on pollution by pet coke
People are more important than industries, the Supreme Court said today while taking note of a report that 60,000 people have died due to pollution....
30k Pakistanis granted Long Term Visas; can buy property, get PAN, Aadhaar
Nearly 30,000 Pakistani nationals, mostly Hindus, have been granted Long Time Visas (LTVs) since 2011, making them eligible to obtain PAN and Aadhaar cards as...
Jammu chamber warns agitation over discrimination after Amarnath yatra
The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) today warned it would launch a mass agitation over alleged discrimination against the Jammu region after the...