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Taslima Nasreen Wants To Extend Stay In India; Check Bangladeshi Author’s Appeal To…
New Delhi: Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile since 1994, on Monday appealed to Union Home minister Amit Shah requesting him to let her stay in India.
“Dear…
‘Very Poor’ Air Quality: Delhi Restricts Diesel Generators, Construction;…
New Delhi: It’s that time of the year when India’s Capital struggles to breathe.
As air quality levels reached alarming levels in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), authorities on…
PM Degree Row: SC Dismisses Kejriwal’s Plea Against Defamation Summons
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging a Gujarat High Court order which had refused to quash summons in a criminal defamation case filed against…
India, China Reach Agreement On Disengagement, Border Patrolling
New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia for the BRICS summit, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday announced that India and China have agreed to disengage and…
Hoax Bomb Threats: Govt Wants To Put Perpetrators On No-Fly List
The government is considering legislative measures to combat the recent surge in bomb threats targeting Indian airlines, said Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, adding that…
Supreme Court Junks Plea Seeking To Replace ‘Hindutva’ With ‘Indian…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to replace the term 'Hindutva' with ‘Bharatiya Samidhaanitva’ (Indian constitutionalism). A bench headed by Chief…
Medical Body Chief Calls For Legalising Prenatal Gender Determination In India
New Delhi: The president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Dr RV Asokan, has voiced strong support for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination tests, saying that the…
Know Why CBI May Probe Deleted Data From Mobiles Of Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh…
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, is reportedly…
SC Stays NCPCR Recommendations To Stop State Funding To Madrassas, Shifting Of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommendations to stop state funding to Madrassas and Madrassa boards for the…
Delhi One Of The Worst In Terms Of AQI In Country: MC Analysis
New Delhi: Delhi was one of the country's top cities in terms of pollution on October 20, with its air quality index (AQI) touching 277, according to data released by the Central Pollution…