Yamuna Bachao Yatra activists to reach Delhi on Monday
New Delhi: Thousands of activists on a Yamuna Bachao Yatra will be marching into New Delhi on Monday. They plan to hold protests at Jantar Mantar, demanding that the central government take action in cleaning up More...
Delhi: Stopped from urinating in public, man kills girl
New Delhi: A 17-year-old girl was killed and her mother critically injured after they tried to stop a man from urinating outside their house in New Delhi, police said on Thursday. “The incident was reported More...
Delhi: Fire near Nirman Bhawan building
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a cold drinks shop near Nirman Bhawan, which houses several ministries, in New Delhi on Tuesday night but no one was injured, fire brigade officials said. The blaze was reported around More...
Karnataka: Gowda to meet BJP top brass as Yeddyurappa sets deadline
New Delhi: The political crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka unit will reach New Delhi on Monday. Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda will meet the BJP Parliamentary party. The party will More...
NRI in Canada asked to pay alimony to wife living in India
New Delhi: A non-resident Indian has been asked by a Delhi court to pay an alimony of Rs 33,000 a month to his estranged wife living in New Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ila Rawat ordered Puneet Arora, More...
St Stephen’s proposes reservation for male students; teachers call it ‘absurd’
(NDTV, New Delhi) An unusual proposal to reserve 40 per cent of the seats for male students was introduced at the staff meeting of the St Stephen’s college today, but was met with vehement disapproval from More...
Haryana Annual Plan finalised at Rs 26,485 crore
(The Tribune, New Delhi) The Annual Plan for 2012-13 for Haryana was today finalised at Rs 26,485 crore, which is a handsome 30 per cent hike over last fiscal’s plan of Rs 20,358 crore. This was announced after More...
Will the move to make RTI applications difficult and expensive kill the act
(NDTV, New Delhi) It was hailed as the UPA’s big achievement when the Right to Information Act was passed in 2005. Now it seems like state governments across the country are making it an increasingly expensive More...
India, Brazil agree to set up six working groups
(IBNLive, New Delhi) India and Brazil have agreed to set up six working groups in sectors like agro-processing, mining, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals aimed at increasing collaboration in these areas and strengthen More...
Army chief discloses offer of Rs. 14-crore bribe, Congress says he should have filed case
(NDTV, New Delhi) The Army chief’s disclosure that he was offered a bribe worth 14 crores has the opposition demanding an immediate explanation from the government in Parliament. Both the Lok Sabha and More...
