President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of a domestic help, who had murdered a retired Brigadier and his two family members in Dehradun 18 years ago, to life imprisonment.
The Indian government may provide help to 30-year-old Kairi Shepherd, who faces threat of deporation from United States after a local court rejected her claim for residency.
The monthly pension of
Rs. 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting the Prime Minister to immediately review the scheme.
Team Anna today organised a candlelight march in New Delhi and demanded a proper investigation into the mysterious death of Right To Information (RTI) activist Ravinder Balwani in April.
With the Budget session set to conclude on Tuesday, the much debated Lokpal Bill, instead of being brought in the Rajya Sabha, could be referred to a Joint Select Committee amid lack of consensus on its key provisions.
Accusing the Government of "hoodwinking" the country by delaying the passage of a strong Lokpal Bill, Team Anna today said it would be a "great betrayal" if the the anti-graft law is not cleared in the ongoing budget session of Parliament and threatened to launch a nation-wide protest.
After courting controversy over her comments on migrants earlier, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today praised the contribution of people from Bihar in the building of the national capital.
It's a rare exception to an employee's fight for his rights against a government department.
The Supreme Court has appointed a high-powered committee to look into allegations that certain officials in the Lakshadweep administration had permitted private resorts to operate in violation of the coastal regulations zone (CRZ). Bhadra Sinha reports.
In the course of its probe into the murders of the two ex-UP chief medical officers (CMOs), the CBI has learnt that one of them, BP Singh, used to carry a licensed gun with him as he feared for his life. Rajesh Ahuja reports.
As sky gazers in various parts of the world gear up to watch Monday's annular solar eclipse - a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon - people in India will miss the 'Ring of Fire' as it will be over before sunrise.
In a bid to tackle the problem of faculty shortage, IIT Kanpur is looking westward and plans to open its office in the US. If the plan works out, it will be perhaps the first initiative by an IIT to have a global presence. Vanita Srivastava reports.
For the first time, eight NRIs have applied for the post of IIT directors.
HT reports.
Recruitment driveEleven persons, including a woman and a boy, suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at Jagdamba Camp slum cluster located in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Sunday morning.
To prevent the usage of ammonium nitrate in making IEDs, the home ministry is working on tagging the industrially manufactured fertiliser with inert chemicals, so the source can be traced if the compound is used in future bomb blasts.