New Delhi : The National Commission for Women on Thursday sought "severe" punishment for people who give provocative statements condoning the so called "honour killings"-- a term, it contended, was glorifying a "heinous and barbaric"
From long-term cancer risks to radiation overdose mistakes, CT scans pose a growing danger to the public and need more regulation to improve their safety, imaging experts have noted in a leading medical journal. The
A committee set up by Human Resources Development ministry has recommended 70% weightage to class XII marks and 30% for performance in an aptitude test to be conducted more than once a year, for the
Lucknow: Ram Kishun, the Samajwadi Party MP for Chandauli in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Kishun has been organising mass marriages in his constituency for more than a decade now. This has made him popular among the
Ghaziabad : Three youths who allegedly carried out the sensational honour killing of three of their relatives in Delhi on Sunday were arrested in Garhmukteshwar area on Thursday. Mandeep Nagar (23), Ankit Chaudhury (22) and
Making the first effort to bridge the trust deficit between the two countries, Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan on Thursday in Islamabad, discussed all issues of mutual concern with New Delhi flagging its core
New Delhi: Days after the triple murder in Ashok Vihar was reported, Monica's mother, Bobby, finally broke her silence. After the initial few moments of hesitation, she started to talk about her family. Appearing stoic,
New Delhi : An FIR has been lodged on behalf of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee against a shoe manufacturer for allegedly putting out an advertisement featuring her picture without her permission. The full page advertisement
Jaswant Singh, who was expelled from the BJP in August last year, rejoined the party on Thursday in the presence of senior leader L K Advani and party president Nitin Gadkari. At a hurriedly-called press
Digvijay Singh, former Union minister and a sitting Lok Sabha MP, died in London on Thursday following a brain hemorrhage. He was 55. Singh, who was Minister of State for External Affairs in the Atal
A person claiming to represent the Human Resources Development Ministry on Wednesday visited La Martinere for Boys in Kolkata in connection with the suicide of a student who was caned by the principal but HRD
In a sudden development, Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde in Bangalore on Wednesday resigned from his post complaining that he did not have adequate powers to take to logical conclusion cases pursued by his agency. "I don't
As a spate of honour killings hog the headlines, National Commission for Women on Wednesday made a plea for shunning the term "honour" and coining another suitable term highlighting the heinousness of the crime. At
With a spurt in cases of honour killings, Congress on Wednesday asked the government to deal with the issue with an iron hand and even consider passing a suitable law to tackle such crimes. "We
CBI on Wednesday in Hyderabad arrested S N Sharma, suspended Chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai and another senior officer in connection with the alleged multi-crore Railway recruitment scam. Sharma was arrested for his
A Kingfisher Airlines flight from Srinagar to Delhi was yesterday diverted to Jaipur where 28 on board, including a Jammu and Kashmir minister and his family members, were allowed to deplane, a move that came
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday termed as "very disturbing scenario" the incidents of killings of couples in the national capital and favoured stringent punishment to perpetrators of such heinous crime.Condemning the incidents, Dikshit
There seems to be no sign of an early end to the BJP-JD(U) crisis in Bihar. After much internal discussion, the BJP has made clear to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that there can be no
Delhi Police wasted precious time in tracing the Santro in which 20-year-old Shubha was found murdered, reports Times of India. This matter cropped up on Tuesday after Rajesh, uncle of Rahul who owned the car,
The prevailing situation in Delhi's 400-year-old Wazirpur village continues to be tense with a large posse of policemen posted to prevent any untoward incident after the first inter-caste couple of the village was found grisly
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