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Karnataka implements paid menstrual leave for women employees

India, Oct. 11 -- In a pioneering step toward gender-sensitive governance and workplace equity, the Karnataka Government has officially announced the implementation of 12 days of Paid Period Leave ann... Read More


Bengal CM Mamata reminds of Bengal's radical past, riots

India, Oct. 11 -- A new war of words has ensued between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) with the former launching a blistering attack on Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read More


HP Panchayat Polls Delayed, Not Cancelled: CM Sukhu

India, Oct. 11 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said the panchayati raj elections have not been cancelled and would be held once road connectivity is restored. "Our ... Read More


Namesake of RJD chief enters Bihar poll fray

India, Oct. 11 -- Among the handful of candidates who filed their nomination papers on the opening day for Bihar assembly elections was Lalu Prasad Yadav - not the RJD chief, but his lesser-known name... Read More


ECI issues Bihar polls phase 1 date

India, Oct. 11 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, setting in motion the process of filing nominations by con... Read More


Gaza: Diplomacy and the mirage of peace

India, Oct. 11 -- Well, my days in Jerusalem, Gaza, and Tel Aviv a few weeks ago were in substance no different from my time in Tehran last year. They are arch-enemies, locked in a conflict whose root... Read More


Suicide report 'incomplete,' IPS widow seeks changes

India, Oct. 11 -- Three days after senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh, his family has refused to allow the post-mortem examination until the FIR regis... Read More


India deepens Kabul presence

India, Oct. 11 -- India on Friday announced the upgrade of its technical mission in Kabul to the status of a full-fledged embassy. The announcement was made by External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaish... Read More


SC seeks response of Delhi Govt, private schools on plea alleging 100% fee hike

India, Oct. 11 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday sought responses of the Delhi Government and a body of unaided private schools of the national Capital on a plea alleging 100 percent fee hike that t... Read More


How the State steels Tata empire

India, Oct. 11 -- A few days ago, Noel Tata, the owner of the sprawling Tata Group, a few trustees of the powerful Tata Trusts, which owns a huge majority in the holding firm, Tata Sons, and senior ma... Read More