A stenographer in the office of a sub-divisional magistrate in Jhansi was allegedly passing on sensitive information about the army illegally since 2009
The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.
Kamra was banned by India's largest airline for six months on Tuesday for allegedly harassing Goswami on the Mumbai-Lucknow flight. SpiceJet, GoAir and Air India also imposed a similar ban on Kamra without specifying any period.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation initiated an inspection drive of 624 restaurants, eateries and malls across the city and its suburbs and razed illegal, unauthorised structures at 314 sites.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday alleged that Dinesh Trivedi, who resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Friday, took the 'House for a ride' and was 'allowed' to use the floor of the House for his 'devious political ends'.
The post of the chief of the Central Vigilance Commission, the country's anti-corruption watchdog, was lying vacant since June last year after K V Chowdary completed his tenure.
The Supreme Court Thursday termed as 'wholly unacceptable' the Madhya Pradesh high court order setting 'rakhi' tying as a condition of bail to an accused in a sexual offence case, saying it 'transforms a molester into a brother, by a judicial mandate'.
When defenceless, you counter attack. This is the strategy that Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has decided to adopt against the Congress, which is gunning for his head in the wake of the soon-to-be-released report on illegal mining. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The ruling party legislators have expressed serious reservations about MLCs not elected by the people being made ministers, lack of representation to certain regions, with most ministers still from Bengaluru and Belagavi districts and also on their 'seniority or sacrifice' not being considered.
'As his close associate Som Pal told me, "Mandal was never V P Singh's brainchild. It was a Janata Party commitment he inherited".' 'He would have done it anyway at some point, but the specific timing of his decision was dictated entirely by political exigency -- his government was threatened.' 'It also turned out to be a game changer in Indian politics.'
Five years after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed total prohibition in Bihar, the liquor mafia continues to thrive, reports MI Khan.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, today alleged that India has "imposed war on Pakistan" by constructing "illegal dams" and diverting water of Pakistani rivers and said the government must prepare the nation to counter this aggression.
When they returned to Chennai from the US, their plan was to set up a successful business. Which they did. Then, something tugged at their heartstrings.
Hrishi Satawane, who found love in Vinh from Vietnam, says "Society is more open minded than you think."
Accusing the BJP of adopting an anti-Assam policy, Mahanta said, "Let the BJP form a new government alone. We will welcome that".
A bill to raise the ceiling of gratuity for employees to Rs one million (Rs 10 lakh) from Rs 3,50,000 was passed by the Lok Sabha without discussion on Monday.
Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is an "assault" on the foundations of the Constitution and fails the morality test while asserting that it was wrong to blame his party for the Partition.
India has called for implementation of the automatic exchange of tax info.
A petition has sought laying down of specific mechanisms to ensure transparency in the process of appointment of CBI director.
IMI is close to launching a programme - Music Mobile Exchange (MMX) - mainly to curb mobile chip piracy which refers to downloading music from the web or illegally copying it from cassettes or CDs and then transferring it to mobile phones.
On Wednesday, September 18, the Supreme Court denounced manual scavenging as 'most uncivilised and inhuman'. 'It is the notion that they are born to do this which needs to change.'
In a chapter titled 'Dealing with Kashmir issue' in his much publicised book My Country My Life, Advani also accuses the then Congress government of illegally handing over the Aksai Chin territory to China
It will be presented in the Lok Sabha next week in its original form.
The Centre and the Assam government stands were advanced by Attorney General K K Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, respectively.
A Hindu organisation flayed a US Court decision not to change textbooks that misrepresented Hinduism.
The cases have been registered in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collection of funds for terror financing through assets/properties made and held in the names of Trusts/ Non Profit Organisations including Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust and Muaz Bin Jabal Trust.
'I would evaluate her on her past policies towards American Hindus and her future approach towards the community'
Trump says his visit to the Middle East is "paying off" to end the "horror of terrorism"
Following his ouster as Rajasthan Cricket Association president Lalit Modi and his faction on Monday announced that they will move court against the decision and also challenge the appointment of Amit Pathan as the new chief of RCA.
While India's High Commissioner Bisaria is in Islamabad, his Pakistani counterpart Moin-ul-Haq is yet to take charge in New Delhi.
Bangalore police may seek Interpol help to solve the crime.
'Has the Supreme court even remotely said that PM Modi is not chowkidar?'
An Australian couple abandoned a baby boy born via surrogacy in India despite being repeatedly warned that the child could be left stateless.
The threat came a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution seeking a complete halt to the enrichment programme and threatened to report Iran to the UN council if it did not.
Back of the envelope calculations put government expense on each of the new schemes promised by the DMK and the AIADMK at tens of thousands of crores. But then, neither party has said how they are going to also address the mounting debt burden either, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'The sooner Pakistan and India face these geopolitical realities, the better it will be for their own security and prosperity,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The present legislative framework on betting and gambling in India is sketchy, at best.
While RCom owes Indian banks close to Rs 45,000 crore, Ambani has lost close to $408 million of personal wealth year-to-date until Tuesday.
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