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177K died in road crashes in 2024

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- Road crash fatalities rose to 177,177 in 2024, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Parliament on Thursday, a number that makes it the worst year in terms of road acci... Read More


Deploy more staff for SIR: SC to states

India, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that states governments cannot distance themselves from their statutory obligation to provide adequate manpower for electoral work, making it... Read More


States will get pan masala cess share for health push: Nirmala

India, Dec. 5 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that the revenue from the proposed capacity-based cess on pan masala will be shared with states to be used in ... Read More


More than 34K DDA flats unsold, Parl told

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) currently holds 34,052 unsold flats across the Capital, including 31,487 unsold units in Narela alone, according to a written reply tabled in... Read More


Deploy more staff for SIR: SC to states

India, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that state governments cannot distance themselves from their statutory obligation to provide adequate manpower for electoral work, making it ... Read More


States will get pan masala cess share for health push: Nirmala

India, Dec. 5 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that the revenue from the proposed capacity-based cess on pan masala will be shared with states to be used in ... Read More


Deploy more staff for SIR: SC to states

India, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that states governments cannot distance themselves from their statutory obligation to provide adequate manpower for electoral work, making it... Read More


Cong expels Palakkad MLA accused of rape

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 5 -- The Kerala unit of the Congress on Thursday expelled rape-accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil on the same day a district court in Thiruvananthapuram rejected the latt... Read More


tmc suspends mla after claims on babri masjid

Kolkata, Dec. 5 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday suspended party legislator Humayun Kabir, days after he stoked controversy by claiming that he will lay the foundation stone of Babri Masjid... Read More


speed up trials in acid attack cases, top court orders

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court said on Thursday perpetrators of acid attack cases deserve no sympathy as it sought the response of the Centre on extending benefits under the disability law to ... Read More