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Yashwant Sinha talks tough on China, Pakistan

Accusing China of building psychological pressure on India, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has sai...

Next polls would throw a decisive mandate: Sinha

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has exuded confidence that the next general elections would throw a...

Lost photos reveal history of Greenland ice loss

A set of 80-year-old photographs unearthed in a basement archive has proved that Greenland`s ice was...

`Will release list of Swiss a/c holders if voted to power`

BJP would make public the names of 800 Indian account holders in Swiss Banks if it comes into power ...

`Terrorism and talks with Pak can`t go together`

Senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has criticised India`s recent ...

Crime against women in Assam unusually high: NHRC

Cases of crime against women in Assam is the second highest in the country.

NHRC camp in Assam and Meghalaya from May 28

The first sitting will be held here for two days from May 28 and on May 30 at Shillong.

Take up issue of persecution: NHRC tells Myanmar

The NHRC has asked its Myanmar counterpart to take up with their government the issue of migration f...

Two National Highways declared in Assam

The total length of NH315(A) and NH127(B) are 99 km and 401 km respectively, an official release sai...

Cambodia: Royalist parties merge for 2013 polls

Under the agreement, Prince Norodom Ranariddh will be the president of the merged party and Nhik Bun...

`Hampi Exp mishap as driver jumped signal`

Train accident in Anantapur of AP occurred as the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express jumped the signal at...

Charges framed against Sadhu Yadav

Sadhau Yadav has been charged with indulging in scuffle and obstructing official work by storming th...

Karnataka High Court judge killed in road mishap

The incident occurred when the car in which they were travelling overturned injuring judge, his wife...

Drug smuggling rising along India-Myanmar border

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said that Smuggling of narcotics and other drugs has been incre...

Vietnam: 36 dead in bus accident

At least 36 people died in Vietnam when their bus fell into a river after crashing through the banis...

Corruption, Haj quota issues raised during Zero Hour

Several issues, ranging from CBI probe into corruption in CCL to raising the Haj pilgrims quota from...

Doctors plaster fractured right ankle of Munda

Munda, his wife, two pilots, an MLA and a security officer were injured after the helicopter crash-l...

Atrocity cases: Guj promises NHRC to deal with low conviction

The Gujarat government has promised that meetings of the state vigilance committee to review impleme...

Atrocity cases: Guj promises NHRC on conviction

NHRC chairperson KG Balakrishnan said Gujarat govt had assured it that to review implementation of t...

Navi Pillay to continue as UNHR chief?

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has requested the General Assembly to extend the term of human righ...

Yet to get SC status, Thori community tells NHRC

Around 3,642 Thori community members from 700-800 families across Sabarkantha district are yet to ge...

Yet to get SC status, Gujarat’s Thori community tells NHRC

Over 700-800 families of Thori community in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, whose traditional occup...

Former HC CJ to highlight Kudankulam issue at NHRC

Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah on Monday said he would take steps to rai...

Boundary dispute discussed in Mizoram

Boundary dispute between Mizoram and Assam continued since Mizoram attained union territory status a...

Cortalim bypoll: Saldanha files nomination on BJP

Alina, wife of former Goa tourism minister Matanhy Saldanha, Monday filed her nomination papers as a...

NHRC `open hearing` on atrocities against SCs

NHRC began its two-day `open hearing` session in the state on issues related to alleged atrocities a...

Egyptian court says prez elections as scheduled

Egypt`s Higher Administrative Court overturned lower court`s decision to suspend the prez polls, whi...

MPs should live up to standards of founding fathers: Sonia

Sonia Gandhi said people outside the country had apprehensions about the success of democracy of the...

NHRC for night courts to tackle jail overcrowding

To tackle overcrowding in prisons across the country, NHRC has suggested holding of night courts in ...

NHRC open hearing in Ahmedabad on atrocities against SCs

The NHRC will hold a two-day `open hearing` in Ahmedabad from next Monday on issues relating to alle...

Modi pays tributes to former `Maharaja of Baroda`

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to former `Maharaja of Baroda` and MP R...

Greece power-sharing talks enter third round

Evangelos Venizelos pledged to talk rival leaders into a pro-European government that will keep Gree...

Scion of Baroda royal family Ranjitsinh Gaekwad dies

Scion of the former royal family of Baroda and Congress MP Ranjitsinh Gaekwad on Thursday died of ca...

Karti Chidambaram dismisses allegations levelled by Sinha

Karti Chidambaram, son of Home Minister P Chidambaram, dismissed allegations by BJP MP Yashwant Sinh...

Probe graft charges against Balakrishnan: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the competent authority of Centre to look into allegation of mi...

CPI(M-L) to write to HRC about police atrocities

CPI(M-L) will write to NHRC to complain about alleged police atrocities on political activists while...

Goa govt not to induct Alina till bypoll: CM

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar announced that he had deferred the induction of Alina Saldanha into state ca...

‘Rights of SC/STs not being protected in Gujarat’

Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil on Monday alleged the rights of Scheduled Caste and Schedule T...

Prez race: Yashwant wishes bright future to Pranab

The BJP may not have taken an official position on Pranab Mukherjee`s candidature for Presidential p...

SC reserves order on probe against former CJI Balakrishnan

The SC reserved its order on a plea for its direction to the Centre to take action against NHRC Chai...

SC reserves order on suit against Balakrishnan

The SC reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of miscond...

Vibrations to help in energy harvesting

Sensors, transmitters, GPS modules need only a few milliwatts to operate, which could also be met by...

China launches one more mapping satellite

China today successfully launched a remote sensing satellite into space, stepping up its efforts to ...

Tornado strikes city near Tokyo, dozens injured

The fire department said the tornado struck in the city of Tsukuba, 60 kilometres northeast of Tokyo...

Greeks punish pro-bailout parties: Exit polls

Greece is holding the first general election since the debt crisis hit the country in late 2009.

Now, drones to keep eye on trouble-makers in crowd

Eyebot drones, the latest in surveillance technology, would promptly spot mischief makers during maj...

Alina will be inducted in Goa cabinet: CM

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Friday said he will go ahead with the induction of former touris...

RTI activist challenges Alina`s induction cabinet

An RTI activist today filed a petition with the chief electoral officer here challenging the propose...

Kerala HC turns down Achuthanandan`s plea

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected veteran CPI-M leader VS Achuthanandan`s request for a co...

Late Goa minister`s wife Elena Saldanha joins BJP

Over a month after the death of former Goa tourism minister Matanhy Saldanha, his wife Elena on Mond...

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