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Political parties not workplaces, P.O.S.H. Act can't apply, rules sc

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking to extend the law on prevention of sexual harassment at workplaces to political parties, holding that parties ca... Read More


HC junks pleas against Booker winner author opening Dasara

Bengaluru, Sept. 16 -- India is a "secular" nation, the Karnataka high court said on Monday as it dismissed a batch of three petitions, including one filed by BJP leader Pratap Simha, opposing the Con... Read More


RJD, Cong 'shielding infiltrators', says PM

PURNEA, Sept. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a blistering attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress accusing them of patronising infiltrators in Assam, Bihar, Bengal and... Read More


Maoist with Rs.1-crore bounty, 2 comrades killed in encounter

Ranchi, Sept. 16 -- In a joint operation, teams of CRPF's Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), Jharkhand Police's Jharkhand Jaguar and Hazaribagh district police on Monday gunned down three... Read More


PU staff to march for central varsity status

PATNA, Sept. 16 -- Once billed as a strong aspirant for Central University status, which it could not achieve despite CM Nitish Kumar's strong batting, Patna University (PU) is again trying to raise t... Read More


BANk PO sisters die after falling off moving train

PATNA, Sept. 16 -- Two probationary officers (POs), allegedly trying to alight from a moving train, fell to their death at Bhagwanpur rail over-bridge near Muzaffarpur railway station on Monday. The i... Read More


Fissures within INDIA bloc over seat sharing, CM face

NEW DELHI/PATNA, Sept. 16 -- Fissures have begun to appear within the Opposition INDIA bloc in Bihar, especially between its two key constituents - the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) - ov... Read More


Three held in honour killing case, say police

PATNA, Sept. 15 -- Patna police on Sunday claimed to have solved the honour killing case of a teenage couple with the arrest of three accused. The mutilated bodies of a 19-year-old youth and a 16-year... Read More


Give at least 15 seats or HAM will contest 100 seats alone: Manjhi

GAYA JI, Sept. 15 -- Sending a tough message to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, Hindustan Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM) patron and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi... Read More


Four escaped prisoners from Nepal held by SSB personnel

Haldwani/Pithoragarh, Sept. 15 -- The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) have arrested four escaped prisoners from Nepal while they were attempting to enter Indian territory through the Kali river near Devtal ... Read More