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'Termination from job because a woman got married is coarse case of inequality'

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Terminating the employment of a woman on the ground that she has got married is a "coarse case of gender discrimination and inequality", the Supreme Court remarked recently, as i... Read More


Sri Lanka indebted to India: Harin

Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 -- By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Colombo, Feb 21 () - Justifying the recent remark he had made in Mumbai that Sri Lanka is a part of India, Minister of Tourism and Lands Ha... Read More


Alabama court rules frozen embryos are 'children'; here's how it may affect IVF across US

India, Feb. 21 -- In its latest ruling, the Alabama Supreme Court said that frozen embryos can now be recognised as children under the state law, a decision doctors and legal experts said could have f... Read More


Evening briefing: Congress' claim on I-T dept withdrawing rRs.r65 crore; India, Greece agree to bolster ties, and more

India, Feb. 21 -- Congress treasurer Ajay Maken on Wednesday said the income tax department has undemocratically withdrawn Rs.65 crore from the party's accounts with different banks while the issue of... Read More


Launch of AIIMS in Rae Bareli on February 25

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rae Bareli will be dedicated to the public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25, along with four other AIIMS facilities... Read More


PM Modi to lay foundation of projects worth over Rs.14K crore in Varanasi on February 23

VARANASI, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate projects worth over Rs.14,000 crore in Varanasi on February 23. He will reach his constituency on Februar... Read More


On Rae Bareli turf, the Gandhi question looms

RAE BARELI, Feb. 21 -- On a day when senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan, a question about who will replace her from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat came ... Read More


SP declares four more candidates; Shivpal Yadav fielded from Badaun

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) declared candidates on four more Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday. The party has fielded the SP national general secretary and MLA Shivpal Yadav on Badaun seat while... Read More


Swami Prasad may join Cong Yatra

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- A week after quitting the post of Samajwadi Party national general secretary, Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned from the party's primary membership and the Uttar Pradesh Legi... Read More


U.P. issues appointment orders to kin of braveheart soldiers

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that appointment orders have been issued for the dependents of 12 martyred soldiers of the state for service in various... Read More