'Chest measurement is outrageous'

'The police does not have any such clause for women when recruiting them as constables, sub-inspectors or deputy superintendents.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The Rajasthan high......

Measuring women's chest dents their dignity, against Constitution: Raj HC

The Rajasthan high court has denounced the criterion of chest measurement to gauge the lung capacity of female candidates during physical examination in recruitment process, saying it is absolutely......

15 electrocuted to death at Namami Gange site in U'khand

Fifteen people were electrocuted and seven injured on Wednesday at a sewage treatment plant of the Namami Gange project on the banks of the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, the......

Man shoots woman inside Delhi court and flees, held from Haryana

A 49-year-old debarred lawyer fired four rounds at a woman and wounded her in the Saket court complex in south Delhi on Friday, triggering panic inside the premises and raising questions about law......

The biggest comeback concert, ever

Michael Jackson has been written off for a while now.His recording collaboration with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas was a bummer, he had such a bad case of stagefright at the 2006 World Music......

...And Jamaica challenged American hegemony

When Bert Cameron won the 400m gold beating American Michael Franks at the inaugural World Athletics Championships at Helsinki (Finland) in 1983, little did anyone realise that he had laid the......