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DTC victim`s relatives given Rs 17 lakh compensation

Yadav died in the accident last year when he was travelling by a DTC bus standing on its foot-board ...

NRHM scam: CBI finds layered transactions

CBI has come across layered financial transactions undertaken by officials and politicians accused i...

Defence ministry to relax century-old land laws

Amid demands to relax restrictions over the use of land near military establishments and ammunition ...

`White paper on Ganga to be submitted to PM`

A white paper on Ganga and Yamuna will be submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Rishikesh-ba...

Ganga activist arrested, begins fast in protest

Environmentalist G D Agrawal was arrested by police at Har-ki-Pauri here when he was about to leave ...

Three killed in collision in Bihar

Three persons were killed in a head-on collision between a tractor trolley and a truck near Banua vi...

Shehla case: Remand of five accused extended

The judicial remand of all the five accused in RTI activist Shehla Masood`s murder case has been ext...

Shehla case: Remand of five accused extended

According to CBI, Shehla was shot dead in front of her house at Koh-e-Fiza area on August 16, 2011 b...

Singapore`s ruling party loses by-election

Workers` Party candidate Png Eng Huat won 62 % of about 21,700 votes, while PAP candidate Desmond Ch...

NPCIL declines to release nuke safety report

NPCIL is putting up the project at Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district around 650 km from here with R...

Shehla murder: Zahida, four others charged

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed the chargesheet in the RTI activist Shehla...

Pune ammunition factory develops rocket systems

The Ammunition Factory Khadki handed over the first lot of `Kavach` naval decoy system and anti-subm...

NLC strike: DMK chief slams Jaya govt

DMK chief M Karunanidhi slammed the alleged inaction of the Tamil Nadu government in ending the ongo...

CPI(M) asks govt to amend Citizenship Act

The CPI(M) has urged the government to amend the Citizenship Act to provide citizenship to large num...

Assam govt prohibits strike by oil sector from May 29

Assam Government on Thursday prohibited strikes by oil sector employees under the Essential Services...

Bacteria that haven’t eaten for 86 million years found

Researchers including one of Indian origin have discovered deep-sea bacteria at the bottom of the Pa...

India, Pakistan set to sign liberal visa pact

The home secretaries of India and Pakistan will begin two-day talks in Islamabad when they are expec...

13 Indian students shortlisted for ‘Google Science Fair’

Around thirteen Indian students have been shortlisted to the regional finalists’ list of Google Scie...

Sikhs can register marriages under Anand Act

Parliament on Tuesday passed a law allowing them to register their marriages under the Anand Marriag...

DMK MPs oppose bill to repeal TNLC Act

DMK members created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha when a bill to repeal the Tamil Nadu Legislative Cou...

Parliament nod to Copyright Act amendments

Song writers, artistes and performers, deprived of their dues so far, can now claim royalty for thei...

CIC slaps maximum penalty on public info officer

In a rare order, CIC imposed maximum penalty prescribed under the RTI Act on its official for delay ...

Narmada action plan: Gaur calls on Kamalnath

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Minister, Babulal Gaur called on Union Urban Developmen...

Reactor Pressure Vessel opened in KNPP

The KNPP achieved an important milestone when the Reactor Pressure Vessel was unsealed paving way fo...

Sonia assures help to pension activists

Sonia Gandhi assured activists demanding review of the old age pension scheme that she will refer it...

HC Orders Crime Branch to probe RTI activist death

The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the Crime Branch of Delhi Police to probe into the mysterious...

Meira Kumar took abroad visit every 37 days

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has undertaken as many 29 foreign trips in 35 months since assuming th...

Orangutans put off puberty to build up strength

Male orangutans are ready for reproduction around the age of 15 but they also need to develop second...

‘Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail’

Nabel Rajab, Bahraini rights activist, was arrested earlier this month as part of the Gulf kingdom`s...

Graft charges: CBI arrests CRPF Deputy Commandant

The CBI on Sunday arrested a Deputy Commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force for allegedly acc...

ED attaches Rs 1 lakh of separatist leader of Geelani faction

The order to attach Rs one lakh allegedly belonging to Firdous Ahmed Shah came in the wake of the Ce...

`Can’t rule out involvement of criminals in terror`

A top Army commander said involvement of "criminal elements" in militancy related violence cannot be...

Govt mulling widening scope of Indecent Representation Act

Krishna Tirath said the NCW had recommended several amendments in the Indecent Representation of Wom...

Shehla murder: Chargesheet to be filed by May 26

Central Bureau of Investigation would file a chargesheet in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder ca...

Rajya Sabha nod to Copyright Amendment Bill

Bill providing for certain important amendments to the Copyright Act, was on Thursday approved by th...

Khanduri slams U`khand govt for cancelling transfe

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri on Thursday criticised the Congress-led government in...

Cyber attack could prompt NATO action: UK minister

Britain`s armed forces minister says that a cyber attack aimed at a NATO member could mobilise the a...

Fake medicine factory busted; five arrested

Five men were on Wednesday arrested from a factory in Modinagar where a fake variant of Unani medici...

`Indians stranded in Angola don`t want to return`

Government on Wednesday said Indians working in a strife-torn cement factory in Angola were not keen...

Cleric wants open debate on Sikh Marriage Act-2012

A high priest of Sikh`s temporal seat the Akal Takht on Tuesday asked the Sikh community in India an...

Soon, car that may put drivers to sleep

A leading automobile luxury brand is developing a car that will use romatherapy and soft music to e...

Allahabad HC rules on RTI challenged in SC

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging validity of the rules framed by the Allahabad ...

Gogoi directs action plan to contain Maoists

Gogoi directed state Chief Secretary NK Das to immediately prepare an action plan for setting up a t...

TN to have a state Stamp Act

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a state Stamp Act would be enacted to ...

Nuke reactor: Kodak’s secret moment

Embattled imaging company Kodak had a secret nuclear reactor hidden at a U.S. research facility for ...

`Kalmadi, others pre-decided to award contract to Swiss firm`

The CBI told a Delhi court that Suresh Kalmadi and others had decided to award the contract for inst...

States need to curb food hoarding: Par Panel

A Parliamentary panel has said the number of persons convicted for violation of the Essential Commod...

Fire in Howrah factory

A fire broke out at a jute product manufacturing unit at Dhulagarh under Sankrail police station in ...

Govt mulls amendment in child labour act

The government is considering an amendment in the Child Labour Act to ban children up to the age of ...

Actress to file complaint against Kanchi Seer

An actress has approached a city court to file a complaint against Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi f...

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