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  • chidambaram terms up panchayat diktats against women illegal

    Chidambaram terms UP Panchayat diktats against women 'illegal'

    July 13, 2012 20:31 IST

    Baghpat (UP), Jul 13: In Taliban-style diktats, a panchayat has banned love marriages and barred women below 40 from going out for shopping and using mobile phones outside their homes, an action deprecated by the

  • produce genuine medical certificates for amarnath yatra omar

    Produce genuine medical certificates for Amarnath yatra: Omar

    July 13, 2012 20:08 IST

    New Delhi, July 13: In the backdrop of the high casualty figure during the current annual Amarnath pilgrimage, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today advised people to get “genuine health certificates” which would

  • four year old boy dies after falling into open drain in

    Four-year-old boy dies after falling into open drain in Ghaziabad

    July 13, 2012 19:57 IST

    Ghaziabad, Jul 13: A four-year-old boy died on Thursday after falling into an open drain while playing outside his school in Vasundra area in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district.Sunny was playing outside the premises of the

  • delhi may see a new parliament house

    Delhi may see a new Parliament House

    July 13, 2012 19:58 IST

    New Delhi, Jul 13: A new Parliament House complex may come up in the national capital in place of the existing 85-year-old heritage building.A High Powered Committee (HPC) is being set up to suggest an

  • 13/7 triple blasts victims families struggle to move on

    13/7 triple blasts: Victims, families struggle to move on

    July 13, 2012 18:41 IST

    Mumbai, Jul 13: With a two-year-old daughter in tow, Rinku Vishwakarma is still struggling to cope with the loss of her husband Mankeshwar, who fell victim to the blast at the crowded Zaveri Bazar on

  • police is not like atm machine assam dgp says on guwahati

    Police is not like 'ATM machine', Assam DGP says on Guwahati molestation incident

    July 13, 2012 18:33 IST

    Guwahati, Jul 13: A fourth person was arrested for reportedly stripping and molesting a girl in a busy area here even as an insensitive remark by Assam's DGP over the incident earned him a rebuke

  • chidambaram condemns guwahati molestation incident

    Chidambaram condemns Guwahati molestation incident

    July 13, 2012 17:52 IST

    Chandigarh, Jul 13 : Strongly condemning the molestation of a girl in a busy area in Guwahati, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said nobody should make light of such serious incidents.“Every incident of molesting

  • sarabjit files fresh appeal to zardari seeking mercy

    Sarabjit files fresh appeal to Zardari seeking mercy

    July 13, 2012 13:03 IST

    New Delhi, Jul 13:  Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh has filed a fresh appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari seeking mercy on the occasion of that country's Independence day on August 14,

  • fresh batch of 3 199 pilgrims leave for amarnath shrine

    Fresh batch of 3,199 pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine

    July 13, 2012 12:25 IST

    Jammu, Jul 13: A fresh batch of 3,199 pilgrims today left for 3888-metre-high Amarnath cave shrine situated in South Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security.The pilgrims comprising 2,122 men, 747 women, 80 children and 250 sadhus

  • agni i missile successfully test fired

    Agni-I missile successfully test-fired

    July 13, 2012 12:52 IST

    Balasore (Odisha), Jul 13: India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army's user trial from a test range at

  • village panchayat in up bans use of cellphone by girls love

    Village panchayat in UP bans use of cellphone by girls, love marriages

    July 13, 2012 19:59 IST

    Meerut, Jul 13: A village panchayat in Asara in Baghpat district of Jat-dominated western Uttar Pradesh, hardly 40 km away from Delhi, has banned love marriages and has ordered girls not to use cellphones when

  • high security number plates scheme launched in haryana

    High security number plates scheme launched in Haryana

    July 13, 2012 6:43 IST

    Gurgaon, Jul 13: All new and old vehicles in Haryana will now be carrying high security registration plates as the work for affixing these plates began today.The move comes after the state government recently announced

  • movement of 90 trains hit after goods train derails in bihar

    Movement of 90 trains hit after goods train derails in Bihar

    July 13, 2012 14:29 IST

    Bhabua/New Delhi, July 13:  Twenty-six coal-laden wagons of a goods train derailed near Bhabua Railway Station in Bihar's Kaimur district apparently due to a technical fault in the rail line, disrupting the movement of about

  • sex workers can t operate in any manner centre tells sc

    Sex workers can't operate in any manner, Centre tells SC

    July 12, 2012 22:05 IST

    New Delhi, Jul 12: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine Centre's plea that sex workers should not be allowed to operate in the country under the cloak of working "with dignity" as suggested

  • abortion is the right of women if carried out under mtp act

    'Abortion is the right of women if carried out under MTP Act'

    July 12, 2012 21:53 IST

     Mumbai, Jul 12:  Maharashtra Health Minister Suresh Shetty today told the Legislative Council that abortion is the “right of women” provided it is exercised as per the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)

  • india us plan to enhance exchanges between law officers of

    India, US plan to enhance exchanges between law officers of armed forces

    July 12, 2012 21:07 IST

    Nagpur, Jul 12: India and US are planning to share ideas and enhance exchanges between law officers of their armed forces for which American Army's seniormost legal officer Lt Gen Dana K Chipman is on

  • maharashtra govt to file caveat in hc over gutkha ban

    Maharashtra govt to file caveat in HC over gutkha ban

    July 12, 2012 20:59 IST

    Mumbai, Jul 12: Maharashtra government is going to file a caveat in the Bombay High Court, so that it can present its case before the court if anybody tries to seek a stay to the

  • no foreign hand behind maoists says baba ramdev

    No foreign hand behind Maoists says Baba Ramdev

    July 12, 2012 20:52 IST

    Guwahati, Jul 12: Yoga guru and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev today claimed that “there are no foreign hands” behind the massive rise of Maoist and ultra-left forces in the country.Talking to reporters here during his

  • visva bharati university expresses regret

    Visva Bharati University expresses regret

    July 12, 2012 20:43 IST

    Santiniketan, Jul 12: The Visva Bharati University today expressed regret for a hostel warden of a school under it forcing a Class V girl student to drink her own urine as punishment for bed-wetting, which

  • tremors in northern india

    Tremors in northern India

    July 12, 2012 21:49 IST

    Srinagar/Chandigarh, Jul 12: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake today shook some northern parts of the country, including the Kashmir Valley, causing panic among the residents.The tremors were felt for a few moments at 7.31 p.m. in

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