Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur, who is also a Lok Sabha MP, has introduced three private member bills including a significant 'National Sports Ethics Commission' bill which recommends '10 years of jail term' for any sportsperson indulging in match-fixing.
Women are opting out of high-flying career due to family responsibilities, says a study.
In a body blow to the gay rights movement in India, the Supreme Court had upheld the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex a criminal offence.
Over 900 listed firms yet to comply with new Sebi requirement due in less than 90 days
I was lucky to have support from family and IAF, Saxena said.
Cabinet minister Maurya said that the BJP will help such victims to them get respect.
The DMK's campaign appeared to be the most visible with propaganda at a feverish pace across the segment for the April 6 assembly polls and Stalin is the party's chief minister candidate.
Presenting the looks that took GQ Fashion Nights by storm.
Presenting the looks that took GQ Fashion Nights by storm.
'Not everybody gets the opportunity of having a working desk inside a helicopter from where you can control torpedoes and weapons.'
A statue of a defiant little girl was placed in front of Wall Street's Charging Bull to challenge the 'traditionally male environment' of the industry, on International Women's Day.
The events that led to the landmark SC judgment.
As Italy debates a bill to grant women up to three days paid leave in a month during their menstrual cycle, we ask you what you think.
Gender diversity is important to the success of companies,he said.
10 things you must know about the Girls Who Code founder.
There is a large population standing outside the coverage of primary healthcare, says Praveen Gupta of Raheja QBE.
'We are not going to judge you on your outward appearance,' Gretchen Carlson, who was Miss America in 1989, said.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said it would look into the aspect whether triple talaq is part of an "enforceable" fundamental right to practice religion by Muslims.
The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of a plea of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) seeking urgent appointment of an ombudsman in the Board of Control for Cricket in India to decide on the fate of Team India players Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul.
The apex court had on March 30 observed that practices of 'triple talaq', 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims were important issues involving "sentiments" and a Constitution bench would hear the pleas challenging these from May 11.
"Today, I entered Haji Ali Dargah. I went till the point where women were allowed to go and offered prayers. The police were helpful this time. This is a fight for gender equality," Desai said after offering prayers.
Chief Minister Stalin seems to have drawn a line between his personal beliefs and those of others in the family, beginning with wife Durga Stalin, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sabarimala temple authorities decided to regulate presence of women of menstrual age in and around River Pampa during the aarattu (ritualistic bath) ceremony on March 23.
On August 26, the Bombay HC had lifted the ban imposed on women from entering the inner sanctum of Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the AKs Bachchan has worked with.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Microsoft, like many tech firms, is not a model of diversity.
Jaitley said the government proposes to establish a National Testing Agency as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organisation to conduct all entrance examinations for higher education institutions.
You'll come out laughing till your sides hurt, promises Sukanya Verma.
A 51-year-old woman member of an NGO from the city was among five Indians on board the Malaysian airliner that is presumed to have crashed into sea off Vietnamese coast and her family is shattered by the news.
According to an order issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the department will share 'bulk information', starting from Permanent Account Number (PAN) to the taxpayer's name and all the individual data that it captures like father's name, gender, date of birth, photograph and signature or thumb impression.
A five-judge constitution bench would commence hearing from May 11.
It is just a question of providing an additional facility to the taxpayer that if he is not quoting PAN and only has Aadhaar, his filing and processes do not get affected, said CBDT chief.
Women from promoter families who have become directors since January this year include Sarala Birla (Century Textiles, Century Enka), Nawaz Gautam Singhania (Raymond Group), Bina Modi (Godfrey Phillips), Saroj Bhartia (Jindal Drilling & Industries) and Deepshikha Khaitan (Cera Sanitaryware).
'We've no objections to women wearing lipstick under a burqa. But the film shows these women doing unmentionable things,'
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
A five judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was apparently not in agreement with the argument of the Travancore Devaswom Board running the over 800-year-old Lord Ayyappa temple that the "practice and belief" that have continued uninterrupted cannot be tested on the ground of "modern ethos".
The high court further observed that the triple talaq practice, sanctioned under Muslim Personal Law that governs marriage, property and divorce violates the rights of Muslim women.
BSE-200 companies's list shows that 96 companies had woman directors.
'With his stature as a playwright and actor, Girish Karnad was one of the voices of modernity for not just Karnataka but the entire country.'
