SC frowns over cold response on police reforms
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday frowned over the lack of response from some state governments to its notice seeking information on implementation of…
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Congress leader invites JD-U to join UPA
byPatna: A senior leader of the Congress in Bihar Monday invited the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) to join hands with the UPA “to strengthen secular…
Man arrested for killing mother over shoes
byBhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) A young man in Rourkela, Sundergarh district, Odisha, killed his mother, allegedly because she refused him money to buy a…
Himachal knows little of lawyers representing it: RTI activist
byShimla: A Right to Information (RTI) plea has revealed that the Himachal Pradesh government lacks information about the personal details of a battery of…
Won’t withdraw support to UPA government: Mulayam
byNew Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday ruled out withdrawing support to the UPA government, saying it was his…
Drugs case: boxer Ram Singh dismissed from Punjab Police
byChandigarh: Punjab Police has dismissed two officials from service – including international boxer Ram Singh – following their alleged involvement in a drugs racket busted…
Kidney Rackets Exist due to the Lack of Donors in India?
byNew Delhi: Five years since the busting of a thriving racket in human kidneys in Gurgaon, where unsuspecting poor people would have their kidneys removed…
‘Put vulnerable children at heart of development plans’
byNew Delhi: With a rising number of children worldwide experiencing abuse, neglect or exploitation, a group of experts and NGOs have come together to demand…
Are Top Posts in Himachal Reserved for CM loyalists?
byShimla: Septuagenarian Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh bestowing plum posts on two loyalists has drawn fire as this is being seen as a lack…
Haryana and Silly Diktats of its Self-proclaimed Judges
byChandigarh: In Haryana’s hinterland, not just lawmakers and law-enforcing agencies deal with law. Diktats, many of them strange ones, keep coming from all quarters. The…