133 cases of minors disposed in a day, HC orders scrutiny

Shocked by the information that the Juvenile Justice Board at Pune disposed of as many as 133 cases involving juvenile offenders in a single day, the Bombay high court has directed the principal......

Cop booked in Kishtwar missing girls' case

A Station House officer has been booked on charges of wrongful confinement in connection with missing of two teenaged girls from a police station in Gulabgarh town of Kishtwar district in Jammu and......

Peace time awards for braveheart Majors

Two valiant army officers Dinesh Raghu Raman and K P Vinay, both Majors in Rashtriya Rifles, who died almost simultaneously while fighting terrorists, have been honoured with the nation's first and......

What explains steep poverty fall in India from 2004 to 2011?

Ashok Kotwal, Editor-in-Chief, Ideas for India, interviewed Pronab Sen on the recent poverty figures that show a steep decline in poverty in India between 2004 and 2011. According to him, the shift......

CWG village promises to offer world class facilities

Promising to provide facilities "unheard of in many of the Games Villages around the world", the Commonwealth Games Village will open mid-September for the 8,000 athletes and team officials who......