India
Goods And Services Tax: Marathon Debate Without Lunch Break in LS
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) - the biggest tax reform since independence - is set to be debated for seven hours without a lunch break in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Kolkata's Government Schools Install Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines, Break Taboo
Girls from low socio-economic classes still shy away from talking about the subject and some even refer to it as a ‘problem’.
India Condemns 'Deplorable' Attack on Nigerian Students, Five Arrested
India on Tuesday condemned an alleged racial attack on Nigerian students who were brutally beaten up in Greater Noida by mobs targeting African nationals blaming them for drug running following the death of a teen due to suspected drug overdose.
Eminent Jurist T R Andhyarujina Passes Away
Eminent jurist and senior advocate T R Andhyarujina passed away on Tuesday morning in Mumbai.
Bikaner Rape: Victim's Father Was 'Unstable' While Filing Complaint, Says Women Panel
Mystery shrouded the alleged gang rape of a 13-year-old cancer-affected girl with the Rajasthan Commission for Women on Monday stating that the girl's father was in an "unstable state of mind" while filing the complaint in the incident.
Nigerians Attacked: Sushma Swaraj Promises Action, Speaks to UP CM
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Tuesday about the alleged attack on Nigerian students in Noida.
Defending CPEC, China Says Corridor Will not Affect its Stand on Kashmir Issue
China on Monday defended its ambitious USD 46 billion CPEC project, saying President Xi Jinping's pet initiative was aimed at improving livelihood of people in the area and will not affect Beijing's stand on the Kashmir issue.
SC Asks Centre to Consider Effective Alternative to Pellet Guns
The attorney general, who was countering the contention of the Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association counsel over the death and injuries of protestors besides spectators watching incidents from window of their house, said total of 1775 CRPF personnel were inj...
Akhilesh Govt's Gomti Project Under Adityanath's Scanner
The chief minister conveyed this after undertaking an inspection of the project on the banks of the Gomti.
UP Govt Should Give Slaughterhouses Time For Regularisation: Asaduddin Owaisi
AIMIM President and Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the Uttar Pradesh government should give time to illegal abattoirs for regularisation instead of just recklessly sealing them.
Indian Assaulted in Australia, Called 'You Bloody Black Indians'
An Indian man from Kerala was allegedly assaulted by a group of teenagers who hurled racial abuses at him at a restaurant in Australia's Hobart.
Cannot be Parasite on Husband's Earnings: Court Tells Woman
A Delhi court has refused to enhance the monthly interim maintenance awarded to a woman in a domestic violence case, saying she was not supposed to sit idle at home and be a parasite on the husband's earnings.
At least 20 Injured in Jabalpur Ordnance Factory Fire
At least 20 people were injured when a fire broke out at Ordnance Factory, Khamaria (OFK) in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh this evening, setting off a series of explosion.
Former Congress MP V Hanumantha Rao Booked For Abusing Police Official
Sudhakar is seen pleading with the former Rajya Sabha member that he had only told him about the restrictions but had not stopped him.
Centre to Finalise Strategy to End TB in India by 2025
The Centre will finalise an "aggressive" national strategy in a month to end tuberculosis in the country by 2025, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Friday, on the occasion of World TB Day.
Man Held for Posting Objectionable Photo of UP CM on Facebook
A man has been arrested in the city for allegedly posting "objectionable" picture of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media, police said.
