President Calls for Tolerance as Intolerance Peaks (Roundup)

President Calls for Tolerance as Intolerance Peaks (Roundup)

New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday again appealed for tolerance as Hindu activists attacked a Jammu and Kashmir legislator with ink while the Shiv Sena forced the BCCI to call off talks with the PCB on reviving cricketing ties between India and Pakistan. And in Bengaluru, BJP activists heckled a young Australian man for sporting […]

Business School of Indian Origin Ranked Among World’s Top 100 MBA Institutions

Business School of Indian Origin Ranked Among World’s Top 100 MBA Institutions

Singapore: An Indian-origin business school has been rated among the world’s top 100 MBA institutions this year, according to a study. SP Jain School of Global Management, which has campuses in Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and Mumbai, is ranked 95th on the list by ‘The Economist’. “The Economist MBA rankings along with Financial Times and Forbes […]

Child falls into borewell in MP

Child falls into borewell in MP

A three-year-old child fell into a 100-foot-deep borewell on Sunday in a field in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district. The army’s help has been sought in the rescue effort being carried out, a police official said. Raghav, son of villager Devendra Sharma, had gone along with his grandmother to the fields in Nand Gangoli village where […]

Alleged rapist attacked by victim’s family in hospital

Alleged rapist attacked by victim’s family in hospital

A day after a two-and-half-year-old was allegedly gang raped, her relatives on Sunday attacked one of the accused in hospital, prompting Delhi Police chief B.S.Bassi to assure action was being taken and to appeal for calm. The incident took place when one of the two accused, both minors, who are in police custody, were taken […]

Separatist shutdown, restrictions impact life in Kashmir

Separatist shutdown, restrictions impact life in Kashmir

Separatist-called protest shutdown and restrictions in the aftermath of Udhampur truck attack victim’s death affected normal life across the Kashmir Valley on Monday. Separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik and others have called for a Valley-wide shutdown against the Udhampur truck attack in which a youth, Zahid Rasool Bhat, […]

RSS Denies Supporting Muslim man’s Lynching

RSS Denies Supporting Muslim man’s Lynching

New Delhi, The RSS on Sunday described as “false and baseless” reports that it supported the lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh over rumours that he ate beef. As the media carried excerpts from an article in RSS Hindi journal “Panchjanya” virtually justifying the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh, the RSS […]

Modi Pulls up Erring BJP Leaders over Beef Row

Modi Pulls up Erring BJP Leaders over Beef Row

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pulled up five BJP leaders whose comments on beef have embarrassed the party and told them to stop making controversial remarks. The stern message was conveyed by Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah in separate meetings he held at the party office here with the five, including […]

Girls in Government Schools in UP to Get Free Sanitary Pads

Girls in Government Schools in UP to Get Free Sanitary Pads

Lucknow, In a laudable move, the Uttar Pradesh government will soon provide free sanitary napkins to reduce the absenteeism of girls in schools during their periods, an official said, adding the move follows growing concerns over personal hygiene of girls attaining puberty. Nodal teachers will be appointed by the education department to distribute sanitary napkins […]