Ranchi, Dec 26 Jharkhand is working through a surge in crimes against women with a headless women's commission. More than a month and a half has passed since the three-year tenure of Mahuwa Manjhi, the last Chairperson of the Jharkahnd Women's Commission, ended on November 10 but the top post at the women's rights panel is still ...
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-V from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast in Balasore district. This is the fourth and final test of the missile. It was launched around 11.05 a.m. from a mobile launcher complex-4 of the Integra...
A court here on Monday granted bail to former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, accused of receiving kickbacks in AgustaWestland helicopter deal. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed Tyagi's bail application and asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and a surety of lik...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "victimising" AAP's Goa chief ministerial candidate Elvis Gomes. "Elvis Gomes is known all over Goa for his honesty. (He is) being victimised by the BJP government," Kejriwal tweeted. Kejriwal's remarks came after Gomes was summoned by the Anti-Corruption...
The Goa BJP's decision to welcome a tainted Congress legislator into its fold has brought to the surface a rift between the party's tallest state leaders, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik. Less than a week after Pandurang Madkaikar resigned from the Congress and the assembly to join the ruling ...
The High Court at Hyderabad on Monday upheld the ban on cockfighting and directed the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments to ensure no cockfights take place during the Sankranti festival. The court extended the ban on cockfights wholly and not just during the Sankranti festival in January. The common High Court for both the Telugu ...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that India now needs to move to a lower level of taxation to be globally competitive. "What you need is lower level of taxation, to provide services more competitive in nature. Competition is not domestic, it is global. This is one important change you will witness while you will be in service," Jaitley...
Hundreds of people living in Tamil Nadu's coastal districts on Monday paid homage to those who were swallowed by the 2004 tsunami on this day. Silent rallies were held in tsunami affected areas as people offered milk and flowers to the sea for the dead. In 2004, giant waves swallowed thousands of people in Tamil Nadu's coastal areas li...
Night temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir again dropped several notches on Monday after improving the previous day due to cloud cover. "Cold, dry weather with foggy conditions in the mornings is expected to continue in the state during the next 24 hours," said an official of the MET department. He said after Sunday's light rain and snowfall, the night temperat...
Typhoon Nock-Ten, which made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday, lost intensity as it moved through the archipelago, weather authorities said on Monday. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services reported that the typhoon, known as Nina in the Philippines, weakened on its way to the provinces of Batangas and Cav...
