New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Cabinet on Wednesday approved increase of maternity benefit from 12 to 26 weeks for two surviving children and 12 weeks for more than two children. The Union Cabinet, chaired…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The BJP has decided to aggressively counter the Opposition’s onslaught over the recent string of atrocities against Dalits in various parts of the country to restore its image among the…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) A court her on Wednesday upheld a Juvenile Justice Board order sentencing a minor from Kashmir, who had sent emails to media houses immediately after the 2011 Delhi High Court…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS) Olympic rowing races have been postponed again due to adverse conditions on Wednesday. According to organisers, due to weather conditions, the world rowing federation’s executive committee has postponed the…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Blaming Pakistan for instigating trouble in Kashmir, the government on Wednesday agreed to hold an all-party meeting over the unrest in the valley as politicians from across the spectrum sought…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) After accepting a chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a court here has issued summons to three persons accused of making a rape video and sharing it…
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 10 (IANS) Despite curfew, scores of people in this south Kashmir district on Wednesday rallied in dozens of boats in the Jhelum river, shouting pro-freedom slogans. As a large number…
Patna, Aug 10 (IANS) Nearly four-and-a-half months after a total liquor ban in Bihar, a district administration has begun the process of imposing a collective fine on a village for repeated violation of the liquor…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Expressing its concern over the use of “razor-sharp metal-coated thread to fly kites”, Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the state government as to why it could not issue an…
Dhaka, Aug 10 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Wednesday appeared in 12 different cases filed against her in various courts in Dhaka. She was granted bail in…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Blaming Pakistan for instigating trouble in Kashmir, the government on Wednesday agreed to hold an all-party meeting over the unrest in the valley after politicians from across the spectrum sought…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on August 17 a plea by the Maharashtra government seeking clarification on its 2014 order paving way for children above 12 years to participate in…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Questioning the presence of the police during the takeover of two school branches here, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to explain the issue. “It’s a…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) A special court here on Wednesday recorded the statement of New Delhi Exim Pvt. Ltd. Director Suresh Singhal — who has turned approver in a coal block allocation case allegedly…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Terming the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government as anti-labour, the Congress on Wednesday questioned its intention in bringing the Factories Amendment Bill, 2016 with only a few minor amendments while…
Ranchi, Aug 10 (IANS) BJP ally All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on Wednesday said Chief Minister Raghubar Das should have consulted his alliance partners on the state’s domicile policy as well as the changes proposed…
Copenhagen, Aug 10 (IANS) A man on Wednesday climbed up on the roof of an asylum centre on the Danish island of Funen and threatened to blow himself up, police said. “The person is on…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) In a bipartisan discussion over a deadly unrest in Kashmir, most politicians from across the spectrum on Wednesday urged the government to work out a political solution to problems in…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday upheld a Juvenile Justice Board order sentencing a minor involved in the 2011 Delhi High Court blast to three years’ in a special home. Additional…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Aug 10 (IANS) A day after she broke her 16-year fast against a law that gives sweeping powers to the military, Irom Sharmila is suddenly finding herself virtually friendless in Manipur….