Emotional outburst must not drown logic: PM
byNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said sanity and logic should not be lost to emotional outbursts and shrill rhetoric….
Law & Policy
More needs to be done to prevent crimes against women: Manmohan Singh
byNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Mamohan Singh Sunday said reforms have been made in the laws pertaining to crimes against women but…
Law to let IIMs award degrees under consideration: IIM-C director
byKolkata: The union human resource development ministry is considering introduction of a legislation empowering Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to award degrees instead of…
Trinamool councillor sent to police custody till April 7
byKolkata, April 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor Sambhunath Kow, the prime accused in the murder of party leader Adhir Maity in March, was Saturday…
Gang-rape accused refuses to return to ‘unsafe’ jail
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A Tihar Jail official Saturday denied in a Delhi court the allegation that Dec 16 gang-rape accused Vinay Sharma…
Kejriwal breaks 15-day-long fast, attacks Dikshit
byNew Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal Saturday ended his 15-day-long fast with a spirited attack on the Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government for its “inability” to…
Scholars lash out at SFI leader’s death in police custody
byKolkata, April 6 (IANS) Academicians from across the country Saturday expressed “horror” at the “brutal” police assault on students leading to the death of…
Court stays hanging of rape-murder convict in Haryana
byChandigarh, April 6 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Saturday temporarily stayed the hanging of a rape-murder convict, Dharampal Singh, in Haryana. A…
President to inaugurate ‘Mother Language Festival’ May 19
byAgartala, April 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the ‘Mother Language Festival’ in New Delhi May 19 to commemorate the 11 language martyrs…
Will try to get Rajya Sabha nod for Lokpal bill: Narayanasamy
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The government will take steps to get the Lokpal bill passed in the Rajya Sabha soon, Minister of State…