After his party colleague Navin Jindal heaped praise on Khap panchayats, Union Minister Mukul Wasnik said in Chandigarh while people have the right to vent their views in a democracy, no one can be allowed
Amidst the debate on the inclusion of caste in the national census, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has said that he does not believe in caste and neither does his family.The 67-year-old veteran said that if
In a twist to the case of a couple who were believed to have been killed in a case of honour killing but resurfaced, the medical report of the girl says she is a major
After being reprimanded by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his controversial remarks in China, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday met Home Minister P Chidambaram and is said to have clarified the context of the
Air India flights, particularly those destined to Europe, are likely to be affected as the major cabin crew union has threatened to start 'work-to-rule' agitation from midnight to protest the management's alleged failure in resolving
Two persons were charred to death and six received burn injuries when a fire broke out in a liquor factory in a village in Ambala district of Haryana on Wednesday.All the victims were employees of
Surinder Koli, a convict in the sensational Nithari killings case, was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad for raping and murdering seven-year-old girl Arti. The death sentence to 38-year-old
An octogenarian man was killed and a 75-year-old woman injured by unidentified robbers who targeted their adjoining houses in south-east Delhi early Wednesday morning, police said. The incident was reported from Kalkaji Extension at about
The Maharashtra Government will conduct an enquiry to ascertain whether present and former legislators were allotted MHADA flats in violation of the rule that bars those already possessing houses in Mumbai from applying for government
Darul Uloom Deoband, the self-appointed guardian for Indian Muslims, in a Talibanesque fatwa that reeked of tribal patriarchy, has decreed that it is "haram" and illegal according to the Sharia for a family to accept
Justice S H Kapadia, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Wednesday sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of India by President Pratibha Patil. The swearing-in of 62-year-old Justice Kapadia at
The Special Investigating Team probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases was prejudiced against him, Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia alleged on Tuesday.Togadia, through his lawyer, claimed that while he was being questioned by SIT
Against the backdrop of increasing instances of diktats being issued by caste councils on marriages involving couples belonging to same sub-castes, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said murders in the name of honour
World champion Viswanathan Anand on Tuesday retained his crown winning the World Chess Championship title by wrapping up the final game against Veselin Topalov of Russia in Sofia (Bulgaria). Anand achieved an improbable win playing with
Shashi Tharoor who had to resign as Union Minister in the wake of IPL controversy on Tuesday attended a meeting of the Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) which owns the competition's latest team Kochi. Tharoor took
Two Class XII girl students were attacked with a razor and robbed of their jewellery and money by an unidentified man outside their Carmel Convent School in Chanakyapuri in New Delhi this afternoon, police said.The
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of reservation for backward classes in rural and urbal local bodies, including posts of chairpersons, and rejected the plea that the creamy layer should be excluded.
Notwithstanding the negative response of Maoists to its peace offers, Government is optimistic that the Left extremists would agree to talks once they "feel the heat" of the ongoing security operations. "Once they (Naxals) feel
A Sessions court in Chandigarh, will pronounce verdict on former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore's plea challenging the six-month sentence awarded to him by a CBI court for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra on May
Overriding the suggestion of the state Home Secretary for 15-day parole to Jessica Lall murder convict Manu Sharma, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had extended it to one month. Sharma allegedly violated his parole norms
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