New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The parents of the December 16 gang-rape victim on Tuesday met central minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to demand early passage of the juvenile justice bill in parliament. “We have been…
Kumar V. Jahgirdar New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Child rights activists on Tuesday protested against the Juvenile Justice Bill that seeks to amend existing law and treat juveniles in the age group of 16-18 as…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Ten people were killed when a chartered plane ferrying BSF personnel to Ranchi crashed on Tuesday shortly after taking off from here, officials and witnesses said. The dead included the…
Hyderabad: Actors Suriya and Amala Paul Starring Movie “Memu” stills. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) Actor-producer Suriya, who feels children today live in a virtual world, believes the only way to give them a…
Mumbai: Over a week after artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer were found murdered in Mumbai, her estranged husband Chintan Upadhyay has been arrested. Chintan Upadhyay was called in for questioning late last night and…
Los Angeles, Dec 22 (IANS) Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump may affect the sales of rapper Rick Ross’s “Black Market” album. According to some reports, American multinational retail corporation Walmart has now stopped selling Ross’s…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) India is expected to offer a site in Andhra Pradesh to set up units five and six of Kudankulam nuclear power plant by Russia in sync with broad principles of…
Chennai, Dec 21 (PTI) Tamil actor Simbu today moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail plea following registration of two criminal cases by police over a controversial ‘beep song’ allegedly containing vulgar lyrics denigrating…
Smita’s Next is an album in Kilikki that pays tribute to the magnum opus “Baahubali” releasing on the 23rd. A racy number featuring Kalakeya himself and Rapper Noel Sean. Lyrics penned by Madhan Karky, son…
Delhi: Father of the Dec. 16 gang-rape victim during a press conference in New Delhi on Dec. 16, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The parents of ‘Nirbhaya’ on Monday led a massive…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Congress on Monday demanded a parliamentary probe into alleged DDCA irregularities and sought the resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who had been long at its helm, rejected the…
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) A rare assortment of postcards and bank notes associated with Azad Hind, the provisional government-in-exile formed by Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, and Indian National Army medals will be on display at…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Yahoo on Monday said the ‘cow’ pipped all other contenders in 2015 to emerge as the personality of the year in India. “In an unexpected twist, the humble ‘cow’ emerged…
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) As defence minister, then Congress leader Sharad Pawar ordered the army intelligence to videotape the Babri Masjid razing in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. Not knowing what would happen that…
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) The criminal justice system in Pakistan is “quite unfriendly to child rights”, said a daily on Monday after a case was registered against a three-year-old child. An editorial “Children Of Crime”…
Hyderabad, Dec 21 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party has decided to boycott the rest of the winter session of the Andhra Pradesh assembly to protest against the suspension of its member R.K. Roja for one…
Las Vegas, Dec 21 (IANS) Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe 2015, but only after some stage drama. The ceremony’s host Steve Harvey mistakenly mixed up the winners’ names at the…
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Former India cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin on Sunday denied reports that he has married for the third time. “News about my 3rd marriage is incorrect and false. Please check facts before publishing,”…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) The juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape was today released and sent to an NGO at an undisclosed destination with police no longer guarding him, amid continued protest by…
Kabul, Dec 20 (IANS) Indias symbolic gift for democracy in Afghanistan – its new parliament building – is almost complete with plans in the works for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kabul in the…