Bihar village bans women from using mobiles
byPatna: A village panchayat in Bihar has prohibited women from using mobile phones and imposed heavy fines on them if they violated the diktat, an…
Law & Policy
No lessons learnt from Bhopal disaster: Environmentalists
byAgra: Despite a “Himalayan disaster” like the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, government agencies and voluntary groups have learnt no lessons, speakers at a seminar…
CII calls for extending Kyoto Protocol at Doha talks
byNew Delhi: With no breakthroughs in the first week of the Doha climate talks on extending the Kyoto Protocol, Indian industry lobby CII Monday called…
Orphanage rape convict sentenced 10 Yrs rigorous imprisonment
byShimla: Handing out a ten year rigorous jail sentence, a court here convicted one Vinod Kumar by holding him guilty of having raped a…
Tortured Kargil martyr’s parents want justice for war crime
byPalampur: “A soldier wants to die taking the bullet in his chest and not being barbarically tortured for days,” says Vijaya Kalia, mother of…
Zee defends its executives, accuses Jindal of misusing power
byZee News Wednesday vehemently denied all allegations of extortion leveled against its two executives and said police were being forced to act on the…
Two key witness turn hostile – Virbhadra CD Case further weakened
byShimla: The corruption case slapped on former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh weakened further as two high profile prosecution witnesses…
Prosecution holds Mankotia partially hostile in Virbhadra CD case
byShimla: Prime witness Maj Vijay Singh Mankotia not being categorical in stating that the voice in a over two decade old recorded telephone conversation…
Probe Vadra affairs – BJP
byNew Delhi: The BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the government to spell out why the alleged land scam involving Congress president Sonia…
Don’t use pilgrims money on advertisements – Himachal High Court
byShimla: The Himachal High Court has hauled up the state government and a well known temple trust for spending pilgrim donated offerings on a…