The Gujarat BJP on Monday directed its legislator from Ahmedabad Balram Thawani, who was caught on camera roughing up and kicking a woman on a street, to apologize even as he maintained he had not intended to hit anyone. "(State) BJP President Jitubhai Vaghani immediately called up Thawani on ...
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who assumed charge on Monday, said he will focus on resolving issues regarding providing medical insurance for lawyers and look into providing facilities for advocates who work in remote areas. Prasad said the Ministry will play a pro-active role on improving working ...
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who assumed charge on Monday, said his Ministry will emphasize on digitizing legal services with the focus on people who cannot afford legal aid. Prasad promoted two legal aid mobile application -- Nyaya Bandhu and Nyaya Mitra. ...
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday paid tributes to late DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on his 95th birth anniversary and said he was a true leader of the Tamil people. "Remembering Kalaignar Karunanidhi on his birth anniversary. A true leader of the...
Frustrated with long power cuts in Madhya Pradesh amid the ongoing heat wave, Urdu poet Rahat Indori on Sunday shared his pain with Chief Minister Kamal Nath and state Power Minister Priyavrat Singh on Twitter. "Electricity failures are a routine nowadays. There has been no power for three ...
Following opposition from southern states, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has tweaked the draft National Education Policy (NEP) which critics said sought to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states. The paragraph now titled "flexibility in the three-language formula" says that ...
Women in the national capital can travel free in state-run DTC buses as well as Delhi Metro, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Monday. The departments concerned have been asked to submit a report on ridership within a week, he told the media here....
Four people died and more than 25 were injured in a bus accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, police said on Monday. According to the police, the double decker bus was travelling from Noida to Bhind late on Sunday night, when it lost control and turned turtle at Garhsauli...
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, known for his controversial statements, has now said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "belongs to the family of demon king Hiranyakashyap", an ancient Hindu ruler who is believed to have put his son Prahlad in jail and tortured him for believing in God....
Kerala on Monday waited for the blood reports of a youth, suspected to be infected by the Nipah virus. The Ernakulam health authorities said the Pune Virology Laboratory results were expected later in the day....
