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SRA expected to hand over 6 school buildings to BMC before June

India, Jan. 29 -- Ten buildings meant for BMC schools have been caught in a long-running dispute between the civic body and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), leading to an acute shortage of cla... Read More


Delhi: DU students demand rollback of UGC Equity Regulations

India, Jan. 29 -- A day after more than 60 students gathered outside the University Grants Commission (UGC) headquarters at ITO, dozens of Delhi University (DU) gathered near Arts Faculty in North Cam... Read More


Girgaum accident: School bus driver in police custody

India, Jan. 29 -- The 45-year-old school bus driver involved in the accident where a toddler died on Tuesday, has been remanded to police custody till January 30 by the Girgaon metropolitan magistrate... Read More


HC refuses to let survivor terminate 28-week pregnancy, calls it foeticide

India, Jan. 29 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to let a young rape survivor to medically terminate her 28-weeks pregnancy, and held that the termination at this advanced stage would amount... Read More


NHRC speaks on demolitions in Lagos, market closure in Anambra

Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed grave concerns over recent demolitions in Lagos State and the closure of Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State. Tony Ojukw... Read More


'Foeticide': HC refuses to let survivor terminate 28-week pregnancy

India, Jan. 29 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to let a young rape survivor to medically terminate her 28-weeks pregnancy, and held that the termination at this advanced stage would amount... Read More


State announces three-day mourning for Ajit Pawar

India, Jan. 29 -- The state government has announced a three-day mourning and state honours for deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on Wedn... Read More


2017 Sanpada murder accused sentenced to life imprisonment

India, Jan. 29 -- The Belapur sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a Sanpada resident in 2017. Additional district and sessions judge PA Sane also imposed a fine o... Read More


Lucknow: Students, doctors up in arms, demand rollback of new UGC rules

LUCKNOW, Jan. 29 -- Opposition to the UGC's Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026 intensified on Wednesday, with students and doctors staging separate protests demandi... Read More


Mohali: Launch of door-to-door waste segregation deferred amid garbage collectors' protest

Mohali, Jan. 29 -- Mohali's long-awaited door-to-door segregated waste collection programme ran into trouble on Wednesday after contractual sanitation workers, backed by their union, staged a protest ... Read More