Day December 18, 2014
By Praful Bidwai It’s fashionable in some circles to claim that discrimination based on caste has steadily decreased in India, as it’s bound to, thanks to modernisation, urbanisation and industrialisation. The character of caste is itself changing from a system… Continue Reading →
Delhi, Hindustan Times December 18, 2014 First Published: 08:50 IST(18/12/2014) | Last Updated: 14:11 IST(18/12/2014) I am waiting for the day when I’ll be a judge after clearing the Provisional Civil Services (PCS) exam. I am striving hard to realise… Continue Reading →
Dec 17, 2014 00:38 GMT Source: Reuters Tags: INDIA TATA STEEL/IRON Tue, 16 Dec 11:04:00 GMT By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (Reuters) – India’s Tata Steel may be allowed to resume production from its biggest iron ore mine this… Continue Reading →
Ram Puniyani Propaganda around conversions has been one of the major political tools during last few decades. It was Niyogi Commission report which investigated the conversions in Adivasi areas in 1950s, then the Meenaxipuram conversions of Dalits into… Continue Reading →
President Barack Obama used negotiations over bringing home a couple of imprisoned Americans as an opportunity to refashion the entire U.S.-Cuba relationship. He’s aiming to reopen the embassy, relax trade and travel restrictions, and improve communication systems. Of course, sustained… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of women and men from as many as 10 states in the country came together in Delhi today for a Public Hearing to relate the experiences they had undergone while availing of family planning services in the government… Continue Reading →
C Unnikrishnan,TNN | Dec 18, 2014, 02.35 AM IST The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has unearthed a scam involving companies inflating the value of coal imports from Indonesia. MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has unearthed a scam involving companies inflating the… Continue Reading →
Swati Deshpande & Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN | Dec 18, 2014, 12.29 PM IST The Maharashtra government had announced extension of reservation to Marathas through an ordinance issued in June. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to vacate the Bombay high court’s… Continue Reading →
Vasantha Kumar,TNN | Dec 18, 2014, BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty of 7 members of the banned Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman sect in connection with the 2000 serial church blasts. But the conviction of all… Continue Reading →