New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government was withdrawing one of the much-resisted budget proposals to partially tax withdrawals from the employees’ provident fund accounts. “A number of…
Jammu, March 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s criminal investigation department (CID) late Tuesday evening registered an FIR against a journalist for posting inflammatory content on his Facebook social networking account. Sources in the state police…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Ensuring women’s safety in public places will go a long way in giving them equal space in the decision making process, say women MPs cutting across party lines as Prime…
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) A Class 11 student was set on fire by family members of her harasser in Aligarh, police said on Tuesday. The severely burnt girl, who was set on fire late Monday,…
By Rohini Pande, Charity Troyer Moore and Jennifer Johnson While marginally more women work in India than in Pakistan (27 percent and 25 percent, respectively), PakistanÂ’s female labour-force participation rate is growing and IndiaÂ’s is…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) The opposition Congress held a protest at the Punjab assembly complex just ahead of the start of the budget session of the state assembly here on Tuesday. Congress legislators, carrying black…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday called the staff of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar for questioning in connection with its probe into an alleged corruption case against…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning here on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 20 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain partly cloudy during the…
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Two people were injured when security personnel opened fire at protesters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday after being attacked by people while laying a cordon to trap separatist…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday called the staff of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar for questioning in connection with its probe into an alleged corruption case against…
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday was trading 43.88 points, or 0.18 percent up during the morning session. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) The single-member Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission, which probed the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots and whose report was tabled in Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Sunday has come under cloud after a social…
By Vikas Datta Title: Pakistan – Between Mosque and Military; Author: Husain Haqqani; Publisher: Penguin; Pages: ; Price: Rs.599 ‘Conventional’ wisdom has it Pakistan, though planned and achieved as an Islamic nation-state, began its worrying…
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi  (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government’s efforts towards the development of women “are unwavering”. “Saluting the accomplishments of all women on…
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir arrived here late on Monday on a one-day visit to India as…
 Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Soon after the Left Front announced its partial list of candidates, the Congress’s state chief appeared miffed over the combine finalising its nominees in…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The NHRC on Monday issued notice to the health ministry and Safdarjung hospital following the death of a minor due to negligence in the hospital. According to the rights panel,…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Two wheeler maker Bajaj Auto is working on a number of units of 150cc V brand bikes in which metal from INS Vikrant – Indian navy’s legendary aircraft carrier – could…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) A total of 314 villages in nine states were electrified during last week, ending March 6, under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna, an official statement said on Monday….
Ahmedabad, March 7 (IANS) Gujarat State Assembly Speaker Ganpat Vasava on Monday announced that a senior woman legislator would conduct the day’s proceedings on the International Women’s day. Vasava said that senior legislator Neema Acharya,…