SEARCH RESULT

Total Matching Records found : 259

Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: violent protests in Chhapra as death toll mounts to 20

-PTI Chhapra/ Patna: Violent protests erupted in Chhapra in Bihar on Wednesday where 20 children died after consuming mid day meal in their school. According to television reports, people armed with sticks and rods set blaze a bus and damaged public property. Nine more school students died today due to food poisoning after consuming mid-day meal at a government primary school in Bihar's Saran district taking the death toll to 20, official...

More »

Abortions in ​Mumbai up by alarming 61% in 3 years -Sanjeev Shivadekar & Malathy Iyer

-The Times of India MUMBAI: The city has seen an alarming 61 % rise in the number of abortion cases over the past three years, according to the BMC statistics received by the public health department. The city recorded 27,256 abortions in 2012-13 against 16,977 abortions registered in 2010-11 , reveals the BMC data on abortions conducted in public and private hospitals in its jurisdiction. But government officials find nothing suspicious in this...

More »

Double whammy: Netas in jail can’t fight polls, Supreme Court says

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The days of politicians fighting elections from jail are over. The Supreme Court has ruled that a person, who is in jail or in police custody, cannot contest elections to legislative bodies. The far-reaching order was passed by the apex court along with its landmark verdict that MPs, MLAs and MLCs would be disqualified the day they are convicted. This double whammy against criminals in Indian...

More »

Rice scheme defended

-The Hindu Bangalore: The former Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Monday defended in the Legislative Assembly the announcement on supplying rice at Re.1 a kg to the Below Poverty Line families. Participating in the debate on the motion for thanking Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for his address to the members of both the Houses of the State legislature, he termed the "negative reaction" by the media as "inhuman." He said that the...

More »

Crime against women increasing in Karnataka: House panel report -Anil Kumar M

-The Times of India BANGALORE: Even as crimes against women is raising country wide, more than 2,150 rape cases were registered in Karnataka alone in the past three years (2010, 2011, 2013). The legislature committee on women and child welfare, which tabled it report to the Legislative Assembly on Friday said 9,201 cases of sexual harassment and 936 dowry death cases were reported in last three years. The panel has called for...

More »

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close