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'Invoked recklessly': MP HC quashes preventive detention of 2 brothers under NSA

India, Oct. 9 -- Preventive detention was conceived as an extraordinary measure but has been rendered ordinary through "reckless invocation," as if it were available in the ordinary course, the Madhya... Read More


Woman, 12-year-old daughter attacked day after helping Dalit woman file FIR in UP's Rae Bareli

India, Oct. 9 -- A woman and her 12-year-old daughter were allegedly attacked in Rae Bareli's Jagatpur area on Wednesday, a day after the woman's family helped a Dalit woman and her relatives get an F... Read More


Giribala Singh's bail plea in Twisha Sharma case partially accepted; CBI says probe underway

India, Oct. 9 -- The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday partially accepted the amended bail plea of retired district judge Giribala Singh, an accused in the death of her daughter-in-law Twisha Shar... Read More


Record all schemes' benefits for Scheduled Caste: Centre to bankers committees

India, Oct. 9 -- The union ministry of finance has written to the State Level Bankers Committees (SLBCs) to record all benefits released under the Union government's schemes for Scheduled Caste indivi... Read More


Delhi Customs busts gold smuggling syndicate at IGI airport, seizes 6.5kg gold worth rRs.r9.9 crore

India, Oct. 9 -- Delhi Customs has busted a gold smuggling syndicate at Indira Gandhi International Airport and seized 6.5kg of gold, worth around Rs.9.9 crore, from eight passengers who arrived from ... Read More


Centre caps trade margins on non-scheduled cancer drugs at 30%, expects rRs.r2,500 crore annual savings for patients

India, Oct. 9 -- The central government has approved a 30% cap on margins charged on the supply and sale of non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines, a move it expects to reduce prices by up to 70% and hel... Read More


Awanish Kumar appointed as Delhi's new excise commissioner

India, Oct. 9 -- The Delhi government on Thursday appointed 2014-batch IAS officer Awanish Kumar as the new excise commissioner with immediate effect, the services department said in an order on Thurs... Read More


The Spice of Life |She walks among us, the goddess in every woman

India, Oct. 9 -- I was waiting to meet a school principal when the coordinator suggested I sit through the morning assembly. The topic for the day was the upcoming festivities of Navratri. I smiled to... Read More


FDA suspends Barista licence after uncovered food, dirty freezer found at Shivaji Park outlet

India, Oct. 9 -- The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has suspended the licence of the Barista Coffee outlet at Shivaji Park after an inspection found several food-safety violations, including unco... Read More


MGL staff at CNG stations ditch uniforms to protest lack of pay hike, working conditions

India, Oct. 9 -- Employees of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) working at compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have stopped wearing their uniform as part of a p... Read More