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Model Police Station In Bihar Turns 'pond', Boat Is Only Hope
Flood has severely affected at least 12 districts of Bihar and despite every possible help from the government, people's woes are standing afirm. In this horrifying situation, a Model Police Station has also been turned into a 'pond' where boats remained the only hope to commute.....
Rahul, Priyanka Slam BJP After Govt Falls In Karnataka
Outgoing Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the 14-month-old Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government in Karnataka failed to prove its majority in the floor test in the state Assembly.....
Bill To Designate Individuals As Terrorists Passed In LS
A Bill to tighten the lead anti-terrorist law to empower the government to designate individuals as terrorists and streamline the process of confiscating their property, among other things, was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with voice vote despite the opposition's demand for its scrutiny by a Standing Committee.....
RS Passes Bill Including Death Penalty For Child Abuse
With members across party lines supporting a stricter law against child abuse, the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the bill for amending the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.....
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict Nalini Released On Parole
One of the convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case, S. Nalini, was released from Tamil Nadu's Vellore jail on one month parole on Thursday.....
Need For More Forensic Labs To Expedite POCSO Cases: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday noted that more designated Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) were needed across the country to avoid delay in trial and for early disposal of cases covered by the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.....
'Glaring Admission' By Pak On Terrorists, Says India
India on Thursday termed as a "glaring admission" by the Pakistani leadership that "30,000 to 40,000" terrorists who had fought in Kashmir were in the country and said it is time for Islamabad to take "credible and irreversible action" against the terrorists and terror training camps on its soil.....
President, PM, Armed Forces Remember Kargil Heroes
The Indian Army on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Kargil War to remember the valour of the soldiers who took part in Operation Vijay. ....
GST Council Slashes Tax On EVs And EV Chargers
Close on the heels of Union Budget providing tax relief for buying electric vehicles, the GST Council in its 36th meeting on Saturday cut the tax on electric vehicles (EV) from 12 per cent to 5 per cent effective August 1, 2019.....
'Man Who Knows Too Much' -- Karan Singh -- Says Tread Cautiously On Art 35A, 370
He is the Man Who Knows Too Much, Dr Karan Singh or Tiger as his father Maharaja Hari Singh used to call him fondly, formerly Regent of J&K (from June 20, 1949, he acted as Regent), then Sadr e Riyasat (from November 17, 1952 to March 30, 1965, Karan Singh was the elected head of state of Jammu and Kashmir). On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh, who became the first Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (till May 15, 1967) and the last residual link between feudal and monarchial Kashmir and its evolution to a democratic set-up, wants the government to tread c....
