Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot held a meeting on Thursday to address the issue of non-stoppage of buses for women passengers at designated stops by the drivers Deployment of more than 200 traffic teams, sensitisation of bus drivers and creation of their centralised database -- these will be some of the steps taken by the Delhi government to address the issue of non-stoppage of buses at designated...

Twenty-five students from Maharashtra, who were stranded in strife-torn areas of Manipur, heaved a sigh of relief on touching down at the Mumbai airport on Monday evening. The Maharashtra State government, which initiated the evacuation process of its residents in the northeastern State, where ethnic clashes have claimed over 50 lives since May 3, first shifted the students to Guwahati in Assam by...

The Telugu Desam Party will issue permanent caste certificates to the Backward Classes (BCs) akin to the Aadhaar card, says party national general secretary N. Lokesh. Interacting with a group of the BCs here on Thursday during his Yuva Galam padayatra, Mr. Lokesh promised to withdraw G.O. 217, which went against the interests of the fishermen. “The G.O., which allows the setting up of fish vending...

In one case, the “loan recovery gangs” had sent morphed pictures of the victim to his friends’ WhatsApp groups. Yoganantham was the last of the four siblings of a farmer’s family in Kadathur Agragaram in Attayampatti village in Salem district. He was 33 years old when he ended his life. A postgraduate in computer science, the youth had lost his parents at a young age and was living with his unmarried...

Students at the Indian School in Delhi's Sadiq Nagar were evacuated on Wednesday after the school administration received a bomb threat through an email, The Indian Express reported. The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, as well as a dog squad, are said to have begun performing checks on the premises. However, nothing suspicious has been found so far, according to the police. What did police official...

उत्तर प्रदेश के मेरठ जिले में चोरों ने नाले के रास्ते 10 फीट लंबी सुरंग खोदी और एक दुकान में प्रवेश कर लाखों के आभूषण चोरी कर लिए। ज्वैलरी शोरूम के मालिक मंगलवार को दुकान खोलने पहुंचे तो देखा कि एक सुरंग नाले से होते हुए उनके दुकान में आई है। दुकान से लाखों का माल गायब था। पुलिस के मुताबिक, चोरों ने नाले की कमजोर चारदीवारी से रास्ता बनाया था। आभूषणों की कीमत की गणना अभी नहीं हो सकी। व्यापारियों ने...

राष्ट्रीय राजधानी दिल्ली में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को हटाने की मांग करने वाले पोस्टर लगाए जाने के मामले में पुलिस कार्रवाई जारी है। इस मामले में पुलिस ने अब तक 44 FIR दर्ज करते हुए 4 लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया है। दिल्ली पुलिस ने जिन लोगों को गिरफ्तारी किया है, उनमें से 2 लोग प्रिंटिग प्रेस के मालिक बताए जा रहे हैं। पुलिस ने आरोपियों के पास से 2,000 से ज्यादा मोदी विरोधी पोस्टर बरामद किए हैं। क्या...

Retired jawans unhappy with the deal they have got under OROP are protesting at New De;hi’s Jantar Mantar. They find the OROP discriminatory, exclusionary and unfair. The scope of their demands goes beyond OROP. . By ASHUTOSH SHARMA

उत्तर प्रदेश में फतेहपुर जिले में जिला पंचायत अध्यक्ष अभय प्रताप सिंह पर शाहजहांपुर खालसा गांव में 3 दिन के अंदर 9 मंदिर ध्वस्त करने का आरोप लगा है। घटना का वीडियो वायरल है, जिसमें एक जमीन को दिखाते हुए दावा किया जा रहा है कि यहां 16 से 18 जनवरी के बीच बुलडोजर चलाकर मंदिर जमींदोज कर दिए गए और मंदिर और हरियाली सब उजड़ चुका है। वीडियो की पुष्टि नहीं हो सकी। दो महीने तक सुनवाई न होने पर मंदिर के लोग पहुंचे...

Her case exposes the fragility of the Collegium system in general and the so-called consultation process in particular. By the time the Supreme Court heard the challenge against the elevation of Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of Madras High Court, the process of appointment was completed, with Victoria Gowri having been sworn in. The Court went on to dismiss the writ petition, stating that the...