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…
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‘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…
Test to rule out if bleeding Bengal woman was raped
byKolkata: A middle-aged woman was today found lying in a pool of blood on the road side in West Bengal and she would undergo medical…
Koli gets death in fifth Nithari murder, rape case
byGhaziabad: Domestic help Surendra Koli was today given the death penalty by a court here for murder and rape of a five-year-old girl in the…
One arrested for rape charges in Shimla
byShimla: Police late yesterday arrested one Mukesh on rape charges after a girl from Shimla lodged a complaint. Accused Mukesh was arrested late in…
BJP unanimously elects Dhumal as party leader in Vidhan Sabha
byShimla: Having ceded power to Congress in the recently held general assembly election, the newly elected BJP legislator, unanimously elected former chief minister Prem…
Ghana presidency gets new palace built by India
byAccra: Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama is all set to move next year into a new Presidential Palace here built with India’s help. After four…
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…
Congress minister faces ire for posing with hunted animals
byMumbai: Criticising minister of state for education Fouzia Khan for taking photographs with hunted animals in South Africa, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection…