New Delhi: Several rounds of teargas shells and water cannons were used as young students demanding justice for the 23-year-old gang-rape victim clashed with police at the Raisina Hill, the seat of power. Repeated resort to firing of shells and water jets failed to dampen the spirit of several hu

New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI): Offences that threaten India's economic security including circulation of counterfeit currency will now be a terrorist act, as a bill in this regard was cleared by Parliament today. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2012, passed by the Rajya Sabha b

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) would soon allow more technical courses including engineering through correspondence, Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju said Friday. After a meeting with AICTE Chairman S.S. Mantha and other official

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday said it is not "convinced" with the status report filed by the Delhi Police which did not mention the details of police officials patrolling the area where a 23-year-old woman was gang-raped and tortured in a moving bus. The court also expressed

New Delhi: The 23-year-old medical student who was brutally raped in a moving bus in Delhi on Sunday, has been taken off the ventilator and is attempting to speak now. All six men who allegedly raped Amanat (not her real name) are now in custody. The Delhi High Court has asked the police to share th

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was Thursday conferred with "best administrator in India" award for his contribution in pushing up the economic reforms and strengthening the internal security system when he held the home portfolio. The award has been instituted by K. Karu

New Delhi, Dec 19 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday termed as extremely unfortunate the snatching of the quota for promotions bill inside the Lok Sabha by a Samajwadi Party (SP) MP, saying it is a sad day for parliamentary democracy and the incident should be condemned in

Bangalore: One head constable attached to Karnataka Lokayukta (Bangalore) and seven other government officials on Wednesday came under the Lokayukta net with its police officials unearthing from them Rs 7.5 crore worth allegedly disproportionate assets. Speaking to reporters here, Lokayukta ADGP

New Delhi: Families of youths arrested in terror cases in last few years are planning to form their representative body to take up their cases in an organized way. Senior Journalist Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi led a delegation of 20 persons from the victim families and discussed the proposal with leaders o

FAIZABAD/LUCKNOW: The special CBI court in Lucknow on Monday issued non-bailable warrant against Samajwadi Party MP from Qaiserganj Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former Shiv Sena MLA Pawan Pandey, accused in the Babri masjid demolition case, for not being present during the trial. Also, they weren't

New Delhi : As Assembly elections in Gujarat came to a close today, the Press Council of India said a four-member fact-finding team sent by it has found “large-scale” practice of paid news, both in the print and visual media, in the state. “The full report about this is still being prepared and s

MANGALORE, December 18, 2012: Smashed windows, glass shards, broken bottles and bricks greeted early morning worshippers at three mosques on the outskirts of the city on Monday. While the president of the mosque management committee at the Kulai Masjid accused Sangh Parivar activists of the attac

[caption id="attachment_17591" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Women activists stage a protest in New Delhi on Tuesday condemning the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a city bus. Photo:Sushil Kumar Verma[/caption]   NEW DELHI, - Mr Shinde said Delhi Police has issued orders to BPOs and other

New Delhi - Barring Samajwadi Party, an overwhelming majority in the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill that provides for quotas for SCs and STs in government job promotions. The constitution amendment Bill was approved by 194 members in the 245-strong House. Nine from Samajwadi Party and an independent vo

Lucknow, Dec 17, 2012: In response to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s comments on the alleged misuse of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, an 11-year old girl, who is a well-known RTI activist, has sent Singh a legal notice, asking him to either furnish documentary evidence to corroborate his remar

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in saffron kurta and surrounded by hundreds of cheering supporters, said this morning that that the final phase of polling could see voter turnout "even bigger" than the record turnout of 70.75 per cent in the first phase of the Gujarat elections four

[caption id="attachment_17429" align="aligncenter" width="636"] Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik talking to the media in New Delhi on Saturday.[/caption] New Delhi,Dec 16,2012 (PTI) :Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday blamed Indian security agencies for their “failure” to

New Delhi, Dec 16, 2012 (IANS): Angered over being served left-over food, a man opened fire at a waiter at an eatery in Connaught Place in central Delhi, early Sunday morning. No one was injured in the incident, police said. Rajesh, 27, along with his two friends, went to Jain Dhaba around 6.3