Right to Education Act referred to constitution bench
The Supreme Court on Monday referred to its five-judge constitution bench a petition challenging certain provisions of the Right to Education Act. The provisions were contrary to the provisions of the
Court free to probe Ishrat Jahan case, rules apex court
The Supreme Court on Monday said that the Gujarat High Court is free to appoint any agency to investigate Ishrat Jahan shootout case.
The apex court passed this order after R.K. Raghvan, the head of
No deal with Maoists to free cops: Nitish
There was no deal with Maoists to secure the release of three policemen abducted over a week ago, Bihar Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, said on Monday, and asserted that the government has been "firm
Rahul Gandhi on a day's visit to Kolkata
Congress general secretary, Mr Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Kolkata on Monday on a day's visit to launch the membership drive of the Youth Congress in West Bengal.
Clad in a white kurta-pyjama, Mr Gandhi
Neetu Chandra denies match-fixing allegations
Bollywood actor Neetu Chandra has denied having any links with Pakistani bowler Mohammad Asif, embroiled in the latest match-fixing controversy that has hit the cricket world.
"Personally, Neetu does
British MP's wife found working as a sex worker
A British MP's wife works as a prostitute charging £70 "for oral sex without a condom followed by full sex with a condom", said a media report here. The revelation left the MP stunned as he said: "Tha
Man tries to kill himself after wife refuses to wash clothes
A man in China, who tried to commit suicide after his wife refused to wash his clothes, said: "I'm upset that I married the wrong woman".
The man, surnamed Li, announced that he was going to a river
Teenaged protester killed in Kashmir
A teenager was killed and four others injured on Monday when security forces opened fire at protesters in a village on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway in Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.
Indian nuclear scientist Homi Sethna dead
Renowned nuclear technocrat and scientist Homi N. Sethna died at his home here late Sunday, official sources said on Monday.
A former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Sethna was 86. He is su
Women will rule offices
London, Sept. 5: The time for women to shine at the workplace is not too far! By 2020, one in every three workers will be a woman and they will increasingly be in control of the workplace, a study has