The Socio Economic and Caste Census of 2011 released on Friday reveals that over 1.8 lakh people from rural India are still engaged in manual scavenging despite the law prohibiting it. ...
With the Socio Economic and Caste Census revealing that 75 percent of rural households have the highest earning member with a salary less than Rs.5,000, CPI leader D. Raja said even this could not be possible if there was no rural employment guarantee act....
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Kerala to respond to Tamil Nadu's plea seeking posting of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel for the protection of Mullaperiyar dam which it (Tamil Nadu) has alleged was "vulnerable" to attack by terror outfits....
Doctors at the Fortis Escorts Hospital said Hema Malini, 66, was stable and on liquid diet after undergoing a two-hour surgery here late Thursday following the accident near Dausa, over 50 km from Jaipur. ...
Cinema doesn't discriminate and is instead, a "great integrator of communities", said legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan, who was guest of honour at the celebration of the US Independence Day here in Mumbai....
Targeting the then NDA government over former RAW chief A.S. Dulat's revelations, the Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP over the release of terrorists during the IC-814 hijacking in 1999....
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up with the British government the proposed amendments in their immigration rules which will affect nurses from the state....
Over 200 students protesting the appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) were on Friday detained by the Delhi Police....
"On Kandahar, consultations were held at the highest level by senior leaders of National Democratic Alliance," Bharatiya Janaata Party spokesperson M.J. Akbar told reporters here....
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday staged protests at St. Stephen's College in the north campus here over the alleged sexual harassment of a doctoral student by an assistant professor of the college....
