Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:26:11
Why can't women live in peace in this country, a Supreme Court bench, apparently exasperated over growing crimes against women, has observed.
The observation came when a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was hearing an appeal filed by a man who was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Himachal Pradesh High Court for allegedly teasing and compelling a 16-year-old girl to take the extreme st
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:19:37
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and emphasised that dialogue was the only way to prevent the situation from deteriorating in the Valley.
She invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy on Kashmir, and said the thread should be picked up from where he had left off -- an apparent suggestion for talks with separatists.
"How
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:17:52
With numerous incidents of triple talaq coming to the fore, All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) president Shaishta Amber on Monday advocated that justice will not be meted out until a law is made in this regard.
Lambasting the Muslim Law Board for inaction, Amber said that men are misusing the triple talaq divorce system.
"Till the time people who are guilty are not punishe
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:15:17
Around 14 activists belonging to rightwing groups Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other groups were arrested by the police after they ransacked the Sadar Bazar Police Station in Agra's Fatehpur Sikri.
An FIR has been registered against the accused after they clashed with the police earlier in the day.
The station came under attack by the right wing activists yesterday as they at
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:05:52
India should focus less on speeding up the process of building aircraft carriers to contain China in the Indian ocean and more on its economic development, Chinese official media said today. "New Delhi is perhaps too impatient to develop an aircraft carrier. The country is still in its initial stage of industrialisation, and there will be many technical obstacles that stand in the way of a build-u
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:01:15
Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said he had raised a number of issues concerning Tamil Nadu, including its demand for exemption from NEET test, at the NITI Aayog meeting held in New Delhi.
"We stressed for the exemption of NEET for Tamil Nadu at the NITI Aayog meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...Also, it has been insisted that the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) should be cons
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:59:37
Nearly 300 Whatsapp groups were being used to mobilise stone-pelters in Kashmir to disrupt security forces' operations at encounter sites, of which 90 per cent have been shut down, a police official said today.
Each of these 300 Whatsapp groups had around 250 members, the official said while explaining how determined attempts were being made to disrupt the operations of the security forces by m
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:57:46
The Supreme Court today directed the Kerala government to reinstate former Director General of Police (DGP) T P Senkumar, saying he was transferred from the post "arbitrarily". The apex court set aside the order of the Kerala High Court which had upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) decision that had not found fault with the state government's decision to transfer Senkumar from the p
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:53:44
In a stunning collapse, Royal Challengers Bangalore were all out for 49, the lowest score in the history of IPL as Kolkata Knight Riders spanked them by 82 runs, here tonight.
The hosts had put up a modest total on the board as they were all out for 131 with RCB leg—spinner Yuzvendra Chahal taking three wickets.
However, the hosts defended the total despite facing one of the biggest hitters
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