Fight for Right to Reject after Lokpal: Anna Hazare
Varanasi: Anna Hazare on Wednesday said he will re-launch his agitation in Delhi if the government fails to bring a strong Lokpal law before 2014 and he will then focus on getting ‘Right to Reject’ for the people. The Gandhian, who is on a two-day visit in Varanasi along with Former Army Chief VK Singh, said this while addressing a youth More...
Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist, dies at 92
Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western classical musicians as well as rock stars helped foster a worldwide appreciation of India’s traditional music, died Tuesday More...
Punjab: Journalist attacked while trying to stop men from molesting girl in Jalandhar
Jalandhar: In another case of molestation in Punjab, a man trying to protect the victim was beaten up. The man who intervened was a freelance journalist. Police say Ashwini Malhotra was shopping with his family More...
Outrage over diktats: No jeans for girls in Bhiwani college, no black dress at CM’s Bijnor event
Bhiwani/Bijnor: There has been public outrage after two diktats in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. While in Haryana, a college has banned girls from wearing jeans, in Uttar Pradesh, the Bijnor District Magistrate has More...
Amritsar molestation: DIG Border Range suspended
Amritsar: The Punjab government on Saturday suspended DIG Border Range PS Umranangal over the murder of ASI Ravinderpal Singh, who was shot dead by a local Akali member three days ago for resisting his daughter’s More...
Battle against bottle: Yamunanagar administration, AA join hands
Chandigarh/YAMUNANAGAR: The battle against the bottle got a shot in the arm today with the Yamnuanagar district administration and the Alcoholic Anonymous (AA), a worldwide fellowship of over 30 lakh recovering More...
Amritsar molestation case: Expelled Akali Dal leader Ranjit Singh Rana arrested
Amritsar: The Punjab police have arrested former Shiromani Akali Dal leader Ranjit Singh Rana and another accused in the Amritsar case where a policeman was shot dead for saving his daughter from molesters. Two More...
Delhi: Ventilator snag cuts off oxygen supply, leaves 4 dead in a government-run hospital
New Delhi: In a shocking case of medical negligence in a Delhi government hospital, four people died after their oxygen supply was cut off while carrying out repair work. The four patients at the Intensive Care More...
No terror link to Beed radio set explosion: Police
Beed: Police have ruled out any terror link to the radio set explosion at Kalegaon village in Beed district even as one person was arrested for planting the parcel on a Maharashtra transport bus. Four persons were More...
Former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral to be cremated today
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral will be cremated in the capital today at 3 pm near Samata Sthal. He will be given a state funeral. The body has been kept at his residence in Janpath for the More...
