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...

CBI moves to SC for arrest of Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh

• Appex Court intends to hear the plea after Dussera holidays, as the matter is not urgent

SC asks Shobha De to respond to breach of privilege over ‘tweets’

• Mahashtra Legislature's Privilege Committee to seek clarification from novelist Shobha De
• No coercive action assured against her despite insulting CM Devendra Fadnavis and sentiments of Marathi-speaking people.

SC issues interim orders to lift ban on Dance Bars in Maharashtra

• Final orders to be issued on November 9
• Empowers licensing authorities to regulate indecent dance performances

Kashmir: 2 cops-turned-terrorists gunned down in encounter in Doda

Srinagar/ Nagpur: Two cops, as special police officers (SPOs), who were recruited in J&K police force last month, left the police force and became terrorists, were gunned down in an encounter with Army in Doda district, witnessing an encounter after...

Surrendering Akademi Puraskar is not any solution to the problem

Nagpur: Litterateurs (Sahityakars) including novelists and poets are returning their life-time prestigious Sahitya Akademi Puraskars and other awards in protest against various intolerable incidents, like, social atrocities and annihilation of artists, such as, Kalburgi (killed for condemning idol worship) and...

Desecration of Granth Sahib create violent unrest in Sikh community

• 10 police personnel injured, police vehicles damaged
• Faridkot police registered FIR against unidentified accused on Monday under sections 295 (hurting religious sentiments) and 120-B (conspiracy)

Gas emission not yet controlled on Indo-Pak border, BSF placed on alert

Chandigarh/ Nagpur: No success has been achieved as yet to control emission of gas from the Oil India well at Dandewala of Jaisalmer (Rajsthan) on India-Pakistan border though senior officials of oil company have been camping on the spot over...

1.20 lakh works completed so far under Jalyukta Shivar Yojana

Mumbai/ Nagpur: Under its much claimed Jalyukta Shivar Yojana, the Maharashtra government has completed 1.20 lakh works under its flagship Water Conservation Scheme (Jalyukta Shivar Yojana). Another 35,000 works are in progress, officials said. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed officials...

UK Express Bus launched to welcome Modi on his UK visit next month

• At least 60,000 people to join UK Welcomes Modi event in Britain
• Applicants for seeking tickets to watch Modi event at Wembley Stadium include 2-month-old to 100-year-old at Wembley Stadium

Indrani blames ex-hubby and driver for Sheena’s murder

Deviates from her earlier made statements Mumbai/ Nagpur: Denying her role of any sort in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, Indrani Mukherjea in her statement to CBI said on Saturday that she was not at all responsible for the...

SC rejects plea of ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in Gujarat riots case

New Delhi/ Nagpur: A former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt received a jolt from Supreme Court when his petition, seeking a 'fair, credible and independent investigation'  in two FIRs filed against him by the state government of Gujarat, was dismissed on...

Kasuri’s book launch concludes peacefully at Nehru Centre, Mumbai

Mumbai/ Nagpur: Despite the Shiv Sena's recalcitrant stance on their attack on Sudhendra Kulkarni chairman of Observer Research Foundation (ORF),  this morning, and Sanjay Raut's defiant press conference later where he continued to mantain that they would not let the...

57% voting recorded during first phase in Bihar on Monday

Polling ended peacefully Patna/ Nagpur: The first phase of voting on Monday in Bihar recorded as 57% voters turned out to exercise their their franchise for 49 Assembly seats, said the media reports. According to the Election Commission sources, the...