Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Ladakh to set up autonomous hill councils for all 7 distts

Leh, July 14 -- The Ladakh administration on Monday announced an Autonomous Hill Development Council (AHDC) for each of its 7 districts, extending the existing framework of elected local self-governan... Read More


guv suspends kpsc chairman over daughters' appointments

Bengaluru, July 14 -- Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Monday suspended Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar over allegations that he illegally facil... Read More


Delhi tightens eligibility for Rs.2,500 women's aid programme

New Delhi, July 14 -- The Delhi government on Monday announced that only one woman from each household will be eligible for its flagship Rs.2,500 monthly financial assistance scheme, with the eldest q... Read More


Pocso accused wanted for 6 murders found dead in T'gana

Hyderabad, July 14 -- A 29-year-old Pocso case accused, who was also suspected of killing six people - his wife, two children, the minor complainant and two of her relatives - was found dead in Telang... Read More


SC upholds Centre's mining royalty calculation formula

New Delhi, July 14 -- The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Centre's methodology for calculating mining royalty, rejecting a challenge by Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd to the existing formula on t... Read More


SC asks Centre to consider plan to curb minors' access to porn

New Delhi, July 14 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said that a national action plan to curb watching of online pornographic videos by minors is an issue of "paramount public importance" and allowed a p... Read More


Cop shoots wife dead with service gun on her birthday

New Delhi, July 14 -- A 32-year-old schoolteacher was shot dead allegedly by her husband, a Delhi Police constable, on a road in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri early Monday, just hours after she celebrated h... Read More


Search continues for 4 boys feared drowned in Yamuna

New Delhi, July 14 -- A day after four minor boys were suspected to have drowned in the Yamuna River near Hiranki village in outer Delhi's Alipur area, search operations continued on Monday as their f... Read More


Less than 10% voter forms digitised so far

New Delhi, July 14 -- Even as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Delhi's electoral rolls nears its halfway mark, the digitisation of enumeration forms has remained slow. Official data released on... Read More


Drones to monitor violations on NH-48

Gurugram, July 14 -- The district traffic police deployed drones on the Gurugram-Mumbai and Delhi-Gurugram (NH-48) expressways during weekend enforcement drives against lane violations and speeding, t... Read More