Tamil Nadu copper smelting plant ordered to stop operations
byChennai, March 30 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) Friday ordered closure of the Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant at Tuticorin with…
Law & Policy
Bad route for good policy
byWhile National Investigating Agency (NIA) probes the veracity of claims of Delhi Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police on credentials and motives of a…
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…
This Andhra village has lessons to teach
byGangadevipalli (Andhra Pradesh): If India lives in its villages, then the model it perhaps must follow is Gangadevipalli, a hamlet in Andhra Pradesh’s Warangal district…
Himachal court permits framing of 2013-14 booze policy.
byShimla: Hauled up for overlooking the courts directions about setting up liquor vends on highways, near educational institution and about surrogate advertisements, the High…
NIT Agartala students face suspension over Facebook comment
byAgartala: A disciplinary panel of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here has proposed to suspend 57 students for six months over a comment on…
Not going for pardon, says emotional Sanjay Dutt
byMumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been convicted under the Arms Act for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, said Thursday that he would…
His life is a crusade to make Delhi better
byNew Delhi: It took Ravi Kalra, now 44, almost 20 years to finally set up an NGO and do what he always wanted to…
MP asks India to pay attention to Tibet protests
byDharamsala: A member of parliament has asked the Indian government to pay attention to the ongoing self-immolation protests in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)…
Special court to try Italian marines
byNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court has set up a special court for trial of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen….