Tag: national
Kerala Minister Quits Over Sleaze Talk, Denies Wrongdoing
Kerala Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran resigned on Sunday after an audio emerged in which he is heard having a lewd conversation with a woman on phone.....
Two Militants Killed In J&K
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed on Sunday after a brief gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.....
Militants Attack J&K Minister's Home, Snatch Four Weapons
Militants attacked the ancestral home of a ruling PDP minister late on Sunday night in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir and decamped with four weapons of security guards, police said in Srinagar on Monday.....
Aadhaar Not Mandatory For Social Schemes: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday said the unique identification number - Aadhaar card - cannot be made mandatory for availing benefits under social welfare schemes.....
No Ministers Involved In Any Private Business: BJP
None of the ministers in the Narendra Modi government are engaged in any private business, and all are "committed" to government work, parliament was told on Monday.....
Mental Health Bill Decriminalising Suicide Passed By Parliament
The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016, that provides for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness, and also decriminalises suicide, secured parliamentary approval on Monday with the Lok Sabha's assent to the legislation. ....
Nurse Recruitment Scam Accused Arrested In Kerala
Two years after the Rs 200 crore nurse recruitment scam surfaced in Kerala, the CBI on Wednesday morning arrested the skulking key accused M. Varghese Uthup in Kochi.....
Protest Shutdown Affects Life In Kashmir
Life across the Kashmir Valley was adversely affected on Wednesday due to the separatist called protest shutdown against the killing of three civilians in clashes with security forces.....
Sushma Swaraj Assures Impartial Probe Into Attack On Nigerian Students
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday assured an impartial probe into the alleged racial attack on some Nigerian students in Uttar Pradesh and promised action against the guilty.....
Heat Wave Grips India
Heat wave continued to grip the country and the maximum temperature in several areas remained above 40 degree Celcius.....
