The jal satyagraha of Indira Sagar dam-affected people on a call given by Narmada Bachao Ando-lan ended on Sunday with the announcement that the struggle would now be further intensified.

Sulabh Foundation founder Bindeshwar Pathak on Sunday handed over a cheque of `8 lakhs to Sushma Verma, the child prodigy who has completed her graduation at the age of 13.

A missile test is considered successful if the missile hits anywhere within a circular error of probability (CEP) around the target.

The government’s move to fill up vacancies in the Indian Police Service appears to have got stalled after the Limited Competitive Examination to laterally induct young police, paramilitary and Army officers into the force has run into rough weather.

Israel on Sunday categorically stated that it would not supply weapon systems and military hardware to Pakistan and asserted that its policy with to regard to that was clear and strict. India is the largest purchaser of Israel’s security equipment.

Days after a doctor filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the top court calling for a ban on the use of Pentavalent vaccine, a fine-in-one shot vaccine comprising of antigens of Deptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus and Hepatitis B and Haemophilus Influenza Type b (Hib), the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) assured that available vaccine was safe.

A draft legislation, which is aimed at scrapping the collegium system for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, has been referred to a parliamentary committee for further consultations.

The investigation into Kokrajhar riot in Assam has taken a new turn with Central Bureau of Investigation finding the hands of top political leaders who were instrumental in instigating the violence of Western Assam in 2012.

In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old polytechnic student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by the college canteen owner for almost 17 months at Santoshnagar. The police sat on the parents’ missing complaint all the while.
Satya Prakash Singh, 34, a native of Bihar, who runs the canteen at TRR College of Technology at Meerpet, allegedly drugged the victim and tied her up in his flat.

The CPI(M) on Sunday blamed the Akhilesh Yadav-government in Uttar Pradesh for failing to act on time to control the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar which led to “terrible loss” of life and property.