'These laws are equipped to suppress democracy'

'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and......

Train firing: Sacked RPF cop's bail rejected

A court in Mumbai on Saturday denied bail to dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, accused of shooting dead his senior colleague and three passengers on a moving......

Jamiat, 2 firms booked for issuing 'forged' halal certificates to boost sales

The police in Lucknow registered a case against a company and a few other organisations for allegedly exploiting people's religious sentiments to boost sales by providing "forged" halal......

HC holds hearing on Sunday as woman constable is attacked on train

In a late evening sitting at his residence on Sunday, Allahabad high court Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker took suo motu cognisance of the attack on a woman constable in a train and ordered notices......

NSEL saga: Was Jignesh Shah a victim of corporate conspiracy?

'We were number one in commodity, currency, electricity, bonds, spot and everything. 'The purpose was to create an accident and then exploit it to eliminate the group. There were so many vested......

Only 5% scams exposed so far: 'Vyapam' whistleblower

Only five per cent of irregularities have been exposed so far and much remains to be probed, says the whistleblower of multi-crore Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyapam scam.......

Govt mulls common law for all financial-sector regulators

Days after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asked his officials to come up with reform ideas, the ministry is said to be considering a unified law for all financial-sector regulators, including the......

NSEL promoter Shah, ex-CEO Sinha blame each other for fraud

Jignesh Shah, the promoter of National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), and its former CEO Anjani Sinha on Friday traded charges in connection with the multi-crore payment crisis at the crippled bourse......

ODI WC: PCB seeks clearance to travel to India, writes to Pak PM

IMAGE: With the World Cup set to be held in India, PCB has written to Pakistan PM to seek permission to travel. Photograph: Satish Kumar/Reuters The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has written to......

Russian athletes out of Beijing Paralympics

IMAGE: A general view of athletes training during a Russian Paralympic Committee Para Ice Hockey training session. Photograph: Steph Chambers/Getty Images Russian and Belarusian athletes were......

Russians, Belarusians to compete as neutrals at Winter Paralympics

IMAGE: International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Chief Brand & Communications Officer Craig Spence, IPC President Andrew Parsons, IPC Athletes Council Chairperson Jitske Visser and IPC Vice......

IOC recommends banning Russian, Belarusian athletes

IMAGE: The IOC also urged federations to ensure that no athlete or sports official from Russia or Belarus would be allowed to take part under the name of Russia or Belarus. Photograph: Pierre......

Paralympics: Bhavinaben enters TT semis, assured bronze

IMAGE: India's Bhavinaben Patel qualified for the semi-finals of the women's singles table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympics after a scintillating win over world No. 5 Borislava Peric Rankovic of......