India, Russia sign 10 pacts, progress on nuke front
byNew Delhi: Bolstering their multi-faceted ties, India and Russia Monday signed 10 agreements in diverse areas and made “good progress” in resolving related to the…
Law & Policy
‘Don’t blame Bollywood for rapes’
byMumbai: Do explicit movie scenes and double-meaning songs and dialogues incite sexual violence? Many think so. But most directors in the Hindi film industry don’t…
Delhi gang-rape: Jurists to suggest amendments to law
byNew Delhi: As the demand for stringent punishment to the accused in a gang-rape grows louder, the government Monday announced the setting up of a…
Young brigade might figure in Himachal cabinet
byShimla: After Congress’s victory in the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s young brigade is all set to figure in the new…
PM Gives Assurances, Protesters Still Unhappy
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a brief address on television today appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm, and said that…
Leadership should offer solutions: Kiran Bedi
byNew Delhi: It is time the police and political leadership provided “solutions, not suggestions” in the wake of protests against the gang-rape of a young…
Protests rage in capital
byNew Delhi: Thousands of people, mainly the young, Sunday continued their noisy protests to denounce the gang-rape of a young woman, triggering clashes with police…
Sikkim wins best small state award
byNew Delhi: Sikkim has been declared India’s “best small state” by the jury of the IBN7 Diamond State Award, 2012, an official statement from the…
Virbhadra Singh may take oath Dec 25
byShimla: Congress veteran Virbhadra Singh is likely to take oath as the next Himachal Pradesh chief minister Dec 25, a senior party leader said here…
India suffered worst slowdown in decade despite reforms push (2012 in Retrospect)
byNew Delhi: The Indian economy suffered its worst slowdown in almost a decade, with the country even facing the ignominy of a ratings downgrade, which…