National Commission for Women Chairperson Mamta Sharma on Monday said Rajasthan MLA Banwari Lal Singhal should apologise over his remark that skirts should be banned in schools.
Five members of a family were on Friday awarded death sentence for killing a teenaged couple for honour in 2010 with a Delhi court saying the 'savage nature' of the crime has shocked the judicial conscience and falls in the category of 'rarest of rare cases'.
Some taxi and cab unions, including those associated with app-based aggregators, have decided to join the strike called by farmers organisations demanding repeal of three new farm sector laws.
'Since we have to stop the pandemic, we have to use the vaccines now and that is why the emergency-use approval is justifiable.'
The situation is severe in North India as most of the logistics operation was manned by migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The problem with manpower is not only in courier and delivery services, but also at a shop level.
After worshipping at the Sri Ranganayaka Mandapam, the vice president-elect was honoured with the sacred silk cloth and holy prasadams by the management of the shrine.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has told the Supreme Court that the trial of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani in the Ayodhya demolition case has to be carried on without dropping the conspiracy charge against him as the razing down of the medieval monument was part of a "single larger conspiracy". The agency, in its recent affidavit, opposed the separation of trial of eight accused leaders -- Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar etc.
The ministry of home affairs in its advisory on December 28 had advised states and Union Territories that they can impose local restrictions, including night curfew, based on their assessment of the situation to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Congress government in Uttarakhand on Monday cleared a major hurdle with the election of its candidate Govind Songh Kunjwal as the Speaker of the Assembly by a good margin of eight votes over Bharatiya Janata Party nominee Harbans Kapoor ahead of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's trust vote.
The crisis in the ruling Uttarakhand Congress persisted as 17 of the 32 party members of Legislative Assembly supporting Union Minister Harish Rawat, abstained from taking oath in Uttarakhand assembly on Thursday.
Homegrown start-ups like UrbanClap and AtHomeDiva will now have to compete with the global e-commerce giant. Anita Babu reports.
Police seized 100 fake notes of old Rs 500 denomination from Burhanuddin, who first claimed to be a Mumbai resident.
Bhanwari Devi murder case has all the elements of Hollywood thriller "Sex, Lies and Videotapes", Central Bureau of Investigation Director A P Singh said on Friday as he felicitated teams of Rajasthan and Maharashtra Police for their help in cracking the case.
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A deal, where a founder has brought back stake from early investors before an initial public offering, is unheard of in India or pretty much anywhere else, analysts pointed out.
Researchers at Northwell Health in New York are testing the effects on Famotidine (used in high intravenous doses) on Covid-19 patients as a potential treatment. After the hospital announced its clinical trials, it led to a drug shortage in the US. Back home, however, there has not been any surge in the demand for Famotidine yet.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday lodged a second chargesheet in the Ishrat Jehan fake encounter case against former Intelligence Bureau special director Rajinder Kumar and three officers.
Second Tata firm to join hands with e-commerce portal.
Ruby Singhal is the only woman autorickshaw driver in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Her husband also drives an auto. Last month, both their autos were set on fire by a drunken man, who is not known to them. A lesser soul would have given up but Ruby is determined to buy a new rickshaw. How she does not know, but she is sure she will.
Haryana Director General of Police K P Singh has kicked up a controversy with his remarks that common people coming across any miscreant trying to outrage the modesty of a woman or indulging in acts of arson or murder have the right to "take his life".
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The court also observed that late Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal wanted to save the structure because Ram idols were inside.
"Outlook" magazine on Monday night admitted to have "erroneously" attributed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh the 'Hindu leader' remark which created a storm in Lok Sabha.
It is watching e-commerce policy fineprint before spelling out India plan
Apparently hinting at Amar Singh, UP CM says 'we will not let outsiders drive a wedge between us'.
Calling the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as initiation of a "revolution" in the country, Vishwa Hindu Parishad patron Ashok Singhal said by 2020, India would be a Hindu nation.
Leaders, including the President and Vice President, react to the bhoomi pujan of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said concerns about adverse effects and serious problems post immunisation, as of now, seem to be unfounded, negligible and insignificant, and stressed that both the vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -- are safe.
From PhonePe to Jio, everyone wants to be a Super App but it is still unclear if they will actually work in India.
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The Gujarat government on Wednesday transferred Indian Police Service officers P P Pande, G L Singhal and Assistant Commissioner of Police Tarun Barot following a suggestion by the high court bench hearing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat's asset saw an increase of over Rs 1 crore from 2012 to 2017, ADR said.
Nine of the many, many, many saris we could not take our eyes off at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi!
Anu Kumari and Sachin Gupta stood second and third respectively, the Union Public Service Commission announced on Friday.
Developers blame credit rates, bankers say prices too high.
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E-commerce buyouts: Mahindra, Godrej to leverage on physical stores.
Bad loans of PSBs are at Rs 20 trillion. Most of it is, I sense, due to corruption and behest lending. Nobody pays a price for this charade. Not the promoters, the bankers, RBI officials, finance ministry bureaucrats or politicians, points out Debashis Basu.
On October 5, 2019, the sessions court hearing the matter had said that as per Supreme Court orders, all evidence has to be presented before December 24, 2019, which would be the last working day.
