India

Centre to scrap 'pick and choose' adoption policy from Labour Day

We are also trying to discourage commodification of adoptable children where parents can pick and choose, CEO, Child Adoption Resource Authority said.

Apr 30, 2017

EC seeks 5-year ban on candidates chargesheeted for bribing voters

The EC has decided to write to the Law Ministry to seek changes in the Representation of the People Act.

Apr 30, 2017

JNU professor fights back after students damage his car for honouring Sukma attack and Kupwara encounter martyrs

Professor Buddha Singh, who teaches computer science at JNU has chided students from the university over his car being vandalised. Read to know what happened.

Apr 30, 2017

NITI Aayog plans simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections from 2024, but has it considered the hurdles?

Combined elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies may become a reality by 2024. Read to know how that could benefit us, and what hurdles stand in the way of this step.

Apr 30, 2017

Illegal poaching racket allegedly run by retired Colonel busted in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut

Around 140 weapons, 50,000 cartridges, animal skins of leopard and black buck were seized. Nearly 117 kgs of nilgai (blue bull) meat packed in over 45 boxes and an amount of Rs 1 crore were also recovered from the colonel's house.

Apr 30, 2017

Mann Ki Baat: Read the full text of the April 30 radio address by PM Modi to the nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on various issues at the April 2017 edition of Mann Ki Baat. Read on to find out.

Apr 30, 2017

Pro-government Syrian forces release footage of Aleppo advance

Kerala man Abu Tahir, who allegedly joined Al-Qaeda, killed in US attack in Syria

A relative of Tahir in Sharjah received the message of his death on April 4.

Apr 30, 2017

EC to call all-party meeting to assure EVMs cannot be tampered with: Nasim Zaidi

Zaidi said that the poll panel wishes to use voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) in all the upcoming elections to ensure more transparency and also to boost public confidence in the electoral process.

Apr 30, 2017

Digvijay Singh removed as in-charge of Congress' Goa, Karnataka units; Madhusudan Mistry stripped of AICC gen secy charge

The decision comes after the Congress' failure to form government in Goa despite having emerged as the single largest party in the assembly elections in the state.

Apr 30, 2017

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India

Centre to scrap 'pick and choose' adoption policy from Labour Day

EC seeks 5-year ban on candidates chargesheeted for bribing voters

JNU professor fights back after students damage his car for honouring Sukma attack and Kupwara encounter martyrs

NITI Aayog plans simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections from 2024, but has it considered the hurdles?

Illegal poaching racket allegedly run by retired Colonel busted in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut

Mann Ki Baat: Read the full text of the April 30 radio address by PM Modi to the nation

Kerala man Abu Tahir, who allegedly joined Al-Qaeda, killed in US attack in Syria

EC to call all-party meeting to assure EVMs cannot be tampered with: Nasim Zaidi

Digvijay Singh removed as in-charge of Congress' Goa, Karnataka units; Madhusudan Mistry stripped of AICC gen secy charge

Watch: India unveils ambitious plan to have only electric cars by 2030

Mann Ki Baat Updates: PM Narendra Modi urges youth to 'go out of their comfort zone, experience new things'

Kolkata: Model Sonika Chauhan dies in car accident, actor Bikram Chatterjee injured

Do not politicise Triple Talaq issue: PM Modi urges Muslim community on the occasion of Basava Jayanti

Time to go back to drawing board. We owe that to voters and volunteers: Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter after MCD debacle

Manish Sisodia claims 'someone' hacked his Twitter account and is retweeting 'anti-Anna Hazare messages'

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh