LS passes Bill allowing detention of school children
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the amendment seeking revocation of ‘no detention’ policy in classes 5 and 8, enabling states now to allow schools to fail the child if…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the amendment seeking revocation of ‘no detention’ policy in classes 5 and 8, enabling states now to allow schools to fail the child if…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to present a bill in the Parliament, proposing death sentence for rapists of children below the age of 12. Union Law and…
Guwahati, July 18 (IANS) Assam Police on Wednesday arrested 19 government officers for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-jobs scam, taking the number of total arrests in the case to 55. The 19 officials…
Brussels, July 18 (IANS) Accusing Google of illegally using Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of its search engine, the European Commission on Wednesday imposed a record fine of 4.34 billion euros ($5 billion) on…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) receives 40-50 million complaints a year, DoT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said here on Wednesday. Speaking at a seminar organised by CUTS International, Sundararajan emphasised on…
Los Angeles, July 18 (IANS) It is confirmed that Robbie Williams, Ayda Field, Louis Tomlinson and Simon Cowell would be judging this year’s “X Factor” Speaking at an “X Factor” press conference today, Simon confessed…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) India and Ghana discussed development cooperation and people-to-people ties among other issues and signed two agreements following a delegation-level meeting headed by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Ghanaian Minister…
Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N.Vohra on Wednesday ordered that re-verification of all traders engaged in cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade should be undertaken and those with dubious credentials should be debarred…
Greater Noida, July 18 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and several others trapped under the debris of two residential buildings that collapsed in a village in Greater Noida — one of the fast-developing…
London, July 18 (IANS) People who continue with their regular physical activities may have reduced risk of first and recurrent heart attack even in the areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, a new study…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Elements of protest, resistance, pride and assertion of identity can be discerned from Dalit writings in English, said Sahitya Akademi K. Sreenivasa Rao at a “Dalit Indian English Poets’ Meet”…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepting the no confidence motion moved by the opposition on the opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the government on Wednesday expressed…
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) At least 150 shops were gutted in a high-intensity fire that broke out in a weekly market in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday, officials said. There were no reports of casualties…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday exuded confidence in mustering the required strength for the success of Opposition’s no-confidence motion to be taken up in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Former Congress…
Bangkok, July 18 (IANS) Twelve boys and their soccer coach who were last week rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand after becoming trapped spoke to the media for the first time on Wednesday….
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Cash and carry firm LOTS Wholesale Solutions on Wednesday unveiled its first wholesale distribution centre in India. According to the company, the business-to-business (B2B) store located at Netaji Subhash Place…
Lucknow, July 18 (IANS) A child was injured when a bomb exploded in a garbage dump in Allahabad on Wednesday, police said. The blast took place in Rasoolabad area of the city. Four crude bombs…
Mumbai: Actresses Karisma Kapoor, Malaika Arora and Anu Diwan seen at Mumbai’s Bandra on July 18, 2018.(Photo: IANS) Mumbai: Actresses Karisma Kapoor, Malaika Arora and Anu Diwan seen at Mumbai’s Bandra on July 18, 2018.(Photo:…
New Delhi: Actor Ishaan Khattar during the promotions of his upcoming film “Dhadak”, in New Delhi on July 18, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi: Actors Ishaan Khattar and Janhvi Kapoor during the promotions of…