New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Major reforms being carried out by the central government will enable prospective adoptive parents to get a child within a period of maximum of four months, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said here Monday. Briefing the newly-constituted consultative committee of parliament attached to the ministry, she highlighted reforms […]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A court here has ordered initiation of proceedings against a woman model for filing a false rape case. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat in a recent order said there was no truth in the woman’s allegation of rape against her brother-in-law Rajeev Kumar. Even her testimony does not inspire any […]
Gurgaon, Nov 17 (IANS) Three people were arrested Monday for gang raping a 17-year-old girl, police said. Krishana, Monu and Sandeep were arrested for raping the Class 11 student. The girl Monday filed a police complaint and a case of gang rape and kidnapping was registered at a city police station. The girl said she […]
Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit Sunday said his country doesn’t like the relationship with India to be held hostage to the Jammu and Kashmir issue but both countries should make sincere efforts to resolve the problem. Expressing the hope that the bilateral talks will resume, he said at the end of […]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai is among a host of international dignitaries who will attend the celebrations of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary, the Congress said here Sunday. The conference, to be held at Vigyan Bhawan here, would be chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. There […]
Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) Commercial operation of the first 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to happen only next year with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) agreeing to the petition filed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). The CERC by its Nov 10 order has permitted NPCIL […]
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Terrorised policemen were seen hiding behind almirahs and under the table and scampering to use files as protective shields after a group of people said to owe allegiance to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress rampaged through a police station, a stone’s throw from the state police headquarters here Friday. Enraged over […]
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday slammed thwe city government on its move to run the campaign mostly in “English language” to educate the common masses on sexual offences and the stringent punishments it invites. A division bench of Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Sunita Gupta asked that when most of […]
Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Travel Mart 2015, the biggest outreach by the state government to tap the possibilities to enhance its tourism potential, would be inaugurated in New Delhi Saturday, officials said Friday. The travel mart will be launched by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The objective of the travel mart is to ensure […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Announcing an end to the impasse over the WTO accord to ease global customs rules, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said an agreement has been reached with the US on the issue of food stockpiling. The deal opens the way for a consensus on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which […]