New Delhi: Pharma firms which challenged the Centre's decision to ban 328 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs were Tuesday protected by the Delhi High Court from coercive action against them for the stock already in the market, provided they stop manufacturing the prohibited medicines. Justice...
Read moreDehradun: A Class X girl was allegedly gang-raped by fellow students at a boarding school in Sahaspur in Dehradun district and the matter was kept under wraps by the school authorities for over two weeks, according to the police. Nine people -- four students accused...
Read moreNew Delhi: India continues to show impressive gains in reduction of child deaths with under-five deaths falling below the one million mark for the first time, the UN said in a new report. It said India's share of global child deaths continues to steadily reduce,...
Read moreNew Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government was getting the Rafale fighter jets at a rate nine per cent cheaper than what the UPA dispensation had agreed upon. Talking to reporters here, she also said that it would...
Read moreNew Delhi: The European Union has allocated an additional 1 million euros in emergency aid for flood-devastated Kerala, an EU delegation to India said Tuesday. According to a statement, this comes on top of the initial assistance of 190,000 euros announced last month and channelled...
Read morePatna: A Dalit youth was bludgeoned to death by a mob on suspicion of theft in Bihar's Nawada district, police said Tuesday. Rupan Manjhi, in his late 20s, was beaten to death with bamboo sticks, bricks and iron rods on Monday night in Lavarpura village,...
Read moreNew Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday that Navjot Singh Sidhu's gesture of hugging Pakistan's army chief impacted soldiers back home and asserted that the Punjab minister could have "avoided it". Cricketer-turned politician Sidhu had courted controversy by hugging Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed...
Read moreNew Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday summoned as accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 AAP MLAs in the Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash assault case. Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence February 19 night. Additional...
Read moreMumbai: India's first woman IAS officer post-Independence, Anna Rajam Malhotra, died at her residence in suburban Andheri here Monday, her family sources said. She was 91. The last rites were performed in the city, they said. She was born as Anna Rajam George in Kerala's...
Read moreNew Delhi: The CBI said Tuesday that the first look out circular against embattled businessman Vijay Mallya for his detention at airport was not sustainable in law and needed correction as there was no warrant against him at that time. The agency reiterated its position...
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Recently, the government of Tamil Nadu decided to recommend to the Governor of that state, Banwarilal Purohit, the release of...
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Attention is now focused on Goa, where chief minister Manohar Parrikar is reported to be seriously ill and may not...
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To dream on, or boast about, an impending so called ‘economic superpower’ status is one thing; to have it happen...
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It is not often in the world of human rights where I work, that a clear win for the rights...
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