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….
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Biodiversity panel to balance conservation with development
byhiruvananthapuram: The challenge before the proposed National Innovation Council (NIC) on biodiversity is to ensure a balance between conservation and economic development, National Biodiversity Authority…
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…
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…
Why was the girl moved, ask shaken citizens
byNew Delhi: Why was the gang-rape victim shifted to Singapore when her health was so precarious? Was the government trying to deflect the protests? And…
Vivek Oberoi, I salute you: Naomi Watts
byMumbai: Hollywood actress Naomi Watts is “touched” by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi’s work for the rehabilitation of the tsunami-hit families in Tamil Nadu. She has…
Nearly nine million Russian are drug addicts
byMoscow: Almost nine million Russians regularly take illicit drugs, according to the country’s Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov . “About 8.8 million Russians…