Sonped villagers refuse to bury 2 children, demand action against culprits

Faridabad/ Nagpur: Following the incident of death of two Dalit children in Sonped village on early morning of Tuesday, the villagers staged blockade of traffic on Wednesday on Ballabhgarh-Faridabad road in protest and refused burial of the bodies of children,...

Video check – When Rahul Gandhi lost his cool

Rahul Gandhi visits Sonped village, consoles bereaved family

• Citizens blocked Faridabad-Delhi highway in protest, demanding arrest of all 11 accused
• So fare only 3 accused have been arrested

Maggi back on the home menu as 2 states lift ban!

Nation’s 2-minute food phenomenon Maggi noodles is all set to hit the stores yet again! And the process has already been initiated from Gujarat and Karnataka. On Monday both the states lifted ban from the Maggic noodle, allowing its open...

J&K MLA’s face smeared with black ink for hosting ‘beef party’

National: A new trend of registering a protest has come to fore. This is either throwing ink on the face or smearing the facing with black ink. In another similar attack on the lines of the smearing of ink on...

BJP can never drop reservation policy for SC/STs and OBCs: Amit Shah

Patna/ Nagpur: Amidst all-sided attacks on BJP over the reservation policy and its safrron elder brother (RSS) on their doubtful political attitude as well as its being recently caught in sustained attacks from RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief...

‘Ban on dance-bars protects cultural values’; says Maha Govt again

Ban checks character of youth as well as unwanted outflow of money Mumbai/ Nagpur: India's cultural heritage is beyond compare all over the world, and women have dignified position no less than that of 'devi' (goddess), and despite the Supreme Court's...

Shiv Sena activists attack BCCI Office

Shiv Sena workers on Monday stormed the Board of Control for Cricket in India office at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai. Mumbai/Nagpur: The Shiv Sena workers on Monday stormed into the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office to...

RSS mouthpiece defends Dadri lynching

New Delhi/Nagpur: RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya’s has defended the killing of Mohmmad Akhlaq, who was lynched to death in Dadri, reported a leading daily. On September 29, Mohmmad Akhlaq was dragged out of his home and stoned to death on a village...

No shame! Any rubbish can come out of a politician’s mouth!!

• "What can we do if someone rapes you?" says Karnataka BJP leader to a woman journalist.

What is Modi and his L-G doing, asks Kejriwal after rape of two minors in Delhi

New Delhi: With repeated cases of rapes of minors coming to light in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung over the...

Railway suspends two senior officials in Rail Neer scam in premium trains

• Sub-standard drinking water in labelled Rail Neer supplied Premium trains including Shatabdi Express and Rajdhani Express
• Action taken only after recovery of Rs 20 crore cash during CBI raids

CBI unearths ‘Rail Neer’ scam in railways, recovers Rs 20 crore cash

New Delhi/Nagpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday unearthed a major scam relating to the supply of packaged drinking water "Rail Neer" within the railways, and recovered Rs 20 crore cash from suppliers who were benefitting by looting the...

Is it Dadri again? Cattle-smuggler lynched by mob in Himachal Pradesh!

Nahan/ Nagpur: The smudge on part of administration or the government caused by abuse to human-rights has not yet got removed over the unfortunate incident of Dadri lynching, a similar incident that occurred in Himachal Pradesh reminds one of its...

‘RTI is not for merely seeking info, but also for raising questions of accountability’ : Modi

New Delhi/ Nagpur: "The scope of RTI should not be limited to mere seeking information but also to be extended to raising relevant questions. If people ask questions to the Government regarding its functioning, it will help strengthen democracy and...

Second phase concludes 56.11% voting by 4 pm in Bihar

Sasaram/ Nagpur: The voting for second phase of Bihar Assembly elections on Friday was seen gathering momentum as long queues were witnessed at several polling booths. Women were seen participating in maximum number. The voting of second phase concluded with...

Miffed activists boycott PM’s speech at RTI convention

New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 10th annual convention of the Central Information Commission (CIC) here. However, the two-day convention had come under criticism from RTI activists even before its start as a large number of them...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Government Role in Selecting Judges

NEW DELHI/Nagpur: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission, set up by the NDA government, unconstitutional. The collegium system, where judges appoint judges,will continue, the court said. The top court struck down the...

Bihar Polls: Second phase of polling to take place on Friday

• 6 districts declared sensitive due to Naxal menace; challange for security forces
• Voting time curtailed by one hour, 7 am to 3 pm, Naxal affected areas

Please Commit to a Roadmap to Protect Our Children from Sexual Abuse

New Delhi/Nagpur: Every day, 8 children in India are subject to Child Sexual Abuse. This August, my home town Bengaluru saw another child rape. A 3-year-old was sexually abused by a school employee who was supposed to be taking care...