No safety for women on Delhi roads: Supreme Court
byNew Delhi (IANS) Holding that there was no safety for women on Delhi’s roads, the Supreme Court Court said Friday: “We are failing to treat…
Activism
Increase PCR vans, banish tinted glass, court tells police
byNew Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court today told Delhi Police to urgently increase the number of Police Control Room (PCR) vans and remove all…
One mn Georgians sign petition for president’s resignation
byTbilisi (IANS/RIA Novosti) More than one million Georgians, about one quarter of the country’s population, have signed a demand for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign….
Himachal Court restricts legislators powers in employee transfers
byShimla: Burdened with growing litigation related to transfer of government employees, the Himachal Pradesh High Court after pointing out that transfers are made for…
Painting for 72 hours for street children
byJaipur: Painting for 72 hours straight, Manan Chaturvedi is trying to colour up with her brushes the lives of 88 children that she has found…
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….
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…
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…
Pakistan issues orders to reopen YouTube
byIslamabad: Pakistan today decided to reopen video-sharing website YouTube, which was blocked in September following the release of a movie termed blasphemous to Islam, an…
In a democracy, government needs to connect with people
byPragmatic politicians in a democracy would always want to reach out and touch people as and when they get a chance because the real…