Panaji: Sixteen months after former Catholic priest and activist Bismarque Dias was found dead under mysterious circumstances, the state Human Rights Commission on Monday directed that his remains be formally laid to rest. The direction from the Goa Human Rights Commission Chairperson A.D. Salkar followed a petition by a city lawyer, who had prayed that […]
Puducherry (Pondicherry): Hours after Chief Minister V Narayanasamy termed the Assembly Speaker’s ruling over replacing a top civic official as “final”, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi again said the transfer order was invalid. She said an officer appointed by the Lt Governor can be removed only by the Lt Governor. “The order of transfer of Municipal […]
Guwahati, Assam: President Pranab Mukherjee said India’s traditions never allowed the practice of intolerance as unity in diversity with mutual coexistence and understanding is the strength of the country. (March 31) Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the ‘Namami Brahmaputra’ festival here, Mukherjee said he does not agree when people label Indians as intolerant. “There […]
Gandhinagar: Holy Cow! The horned animal is in the news again.The Gujarat Assembly passed an amendment bill prescribing life imprisonment for those found guilty of killing cows, and making the offence ‘non-bailable’. They did this on a day when the opposition members were suspended for creating a ruckus in the house. The Gujarat Animal Preservation […]
A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the 25-year-old, police told themedia that they had found a huge snake they suspected had swallowed the man. […]
New Delhi, Mar 26: It’s a curios case and probably the first time that a man facing an allegation of ‘rape’ has been absolved, and charged with ‘having unnatural sex! A pilot with a private airline will face trial for allegedly having unnatural sex with a former air hostess of the carrier, the Delhi High […]
New Delhi: Some Politicians and the government seem to be ganging up to prevent boorish politicians from being thrown off flights! An MP slippered an airline staffer, refused to deplane, and caused a ruckus. Any private citizen doing such a thing would have been cooling his heels in jail, but not our ‘celebrated’ (or shall […]
Bombay (Mumbai): President Pranab Mukherjee says there should be no room for intolerance, prejudice and hatred in educational institutes. In fact, educational institutes should act as flag bearers for coexistence of multiple views. Addressing a special convocation of the University of Mumbai to confer Honorary Doctor of Law to famous agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, (March […]
Bombay (Mumbai) President Pranab Mukherjee has urged the nation to guard against “majoritarianism”, saying those in power must take the entire nation along at all times. “Consultation and consensus is the best and often the only way forward,” he said, appreciating the measured tone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the BJP victories in Uttar Pradesh […]
A New York federal prosecutor who refused to resign when he and 45 other prosecutors were asked to by the Trump administration says he has been sacked. “I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired,” said Preet Bharara on Twitter. Mr Bharara was first asked to remain in his post by President Donald Trump, […]
New Delhi, Mar 9 (PTI) In yet another case in a month, an automated teller machine in south Delhi’s Amar colony area dispensed a fake Rs 2,000 currency note with “Children Bank of India” printed on it, police said today. The fake bank note of Rs 2,000 denomination was dispensed from a private bank ATM […]
India’s National Commission for Minorities has virtually no members, last of 7 retired on March 9, 2017 The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) — an organisation established to safeguard the constitutional and legal rights of minorities and which was once headed by Hamid Ansari, now India’s Vice-President — currently has no chairperson and virtually no members. […]
