Himachal legislator booked for murder, on the run
byShimla: Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting today to elect Himachal Pradesh’s next chief minister, one of the party’s newly elected legislators has…
Law & Policy
Will Ganges flow clean during Maha Kumbh 2013? Unlikely
byLucknow: Will the Ganges flow clean during the Maha Kumbh 2013 – arguably the biggest religious congregation on earth? Even as the Uttar Pradesh government…
PM ‘deeply disturbed,’ but rapes happened everyday in the capital
byNew Delhi: Calling the Delhi gang-rape a very “disturbing incident”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday directed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to ensure such cases do…
SP member snatches quota bill from Narayanasamy
byNew Delhi: Samajawadi Party (SP) leader Yashvir Singh today snatched a copy of the bill on quota in promotions from Minister of State in the…
Opposition finally remembers Lokpal bill, Government moves on
byNew Delhi: A day before the winter session of parliament is scheduled to end, members in the upper house today questioned the government over tabling…
Nobody safe in Delhi, says anguished court
byNew Delhi: “Nobody is safe here,” the Delhi High Court remarked today as it took suo moto notice of a woman’s gang-rape in a bus…
More police on the roads, fast track courts to try rapists – demand women protesters
byNew Delhi: About 150 women stated a noisy protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters here demanding more police presence on roads and fast-track courts to…
Morgan Stanley fined $5 mn over Facebook IPO
byNew York: Morgan Stanley, the main underwriter for Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO), has agreed to pay $5 million to Massachusetts’ securities regulators as it…
High Court dismisses plea challenging Tendulkar’s RS nomination
byNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today dismissed a plea challenging the nomination of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha. A division bench of…
Himachal High Court orders GPS systems for all commercial vehicles
byShimla: Number of lives lost to rash and negligent driving increasing each year in the hill state, the High Court here directed the transport…