Himachal High Court condemns charas dealer to 15 years in jail
byShimla: Overturning a trail court acquittal in a case where narcotic police had made a catch of 13 Kgs of charas in 2001, the…
Law & Policy
PTU allows direct entry into second semester
byChandigarh: In order to fill vacant engineering and management seats in affiliated colleges, Punjab Technical University (PTU), like some foreign varsities, has allowed direct admission…
Universities should be enablers of society: Pranab
byMumbai: President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday called upon all universities to reinvent themselves to deliver relevant knowledge and actionable skills. “Universities will need to reinvent themselves…
RTI activist in Andhra given poison shot
byHyderabad: Unidentified assailants forcibly administered a poisonous injection to a Right to Information (RTI) activist in Andhra Pradesh. His condition is said to be critical….
‘Worst Communicators of the Year’ award should go to government
byBillionaire Warren Buffet once said that reputation is built through a set of consistent actions and behaviour over decades and it is destroyed within…
Supreme Court continued its judicial activism (2012 in Retrospect)
byNew Delhi: From ruling that sleep was a fundamental right to urging the government to phase out the Haj subsidy in 10 years, to nixing…
Himachal High Court strikes at pricing policy of life saving drugs
byShimla: Astounded with the prevailing prices of essential drugs, including life saving ones, the Himachal High Court in a public interest litigation took the…
Muslim quota proposal triggers political storm
byLucknow: The promise by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to move a resolution in the Uttar Pradesh assembly during the budget session in February 2013…
India’s foreign reserves down by near $93 mn
byMumbai: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves went down by $92.8 million to $296.53 billion for the week ended Dec 21, data released by the Reserve…
Hyderabad police chief’s remark draws women’s ire
byHyderabad: The Hyderabad police chief’s remark Saturday that accused in almost all rape cases in the city were known to the victims has drawn the…