Woven dreams wins main event
S.K. Sunderji-trained Woven Dreams was given a brilliant ride by Trevor Patel to clinch the PRA Independence Million, the feature event of the races held here on Friday.
For women, Delhi is still unsafe: SC
Observing society was “failing to treat women with dignity, equality and respect”, the Supreme Court said Friday the nation’s capital remained unsafe for women and steps must be taken to check crimes against them.
CEC to SC: 63 B iron ore mines can resume ops
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) informed the Supreme Court on Friday that mining operations in 63 iron ore leases falling in category B in Karnataka may be allowed to be resumed after fulfilment
State govt decides to do away with unit tests
In an attempt to reduce academic pressure from the students, the state government is all set to withdraw the unit test system from school education. From now on, the students will have to appear for annual examination only and not the unit tests, state school education minister Bratya Basu announced on Thursday.
BJP has design to subvert democracy, says Bansal
The government is in no mood to concede the Opposition’s demand of a judicial inquiry in the coal block allocation and cancellation of allotment of the coal blocks.
Minister faces calls for DNA test, ouster
Jharkhand’s agriculture minister Satyanand Jha Batul of the BJP on Tuesday came under sharper pressure to resign from the Cabinet and accept his allegedly “illicit affair and marriage” with a woman wh
Power failure as substation develops snag
A technical fault at the Princep Street substation of the CESC caused total power failure in parts of central Kolkata on Tuesday late afternoon.
Uproar in LS over Mumbai violence
Lok Sabha on Monday was adjourned repeatedly over violence in Mumbai during a rally on the Assam riots even as other issues such as black money, plight of Hindus in Pakistan and the demand for a white paper over the state of the economy rocked the House.
Curfew clamped in Bareilly again
Curfew was clamped late on Sunday night in Bareilly district after a communal flare-up on Saturday that led to clashes between members of two communities.
Govt policies have led to economic crisis: CPI
Demanding a “white paper” on the state of Indian economy, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Monday in Lok Sabha accused that the government’s wrong policies have compounded the misery, as people are losing jobs. He along with other opposition leaders also asked for structured debate in House on the issue.