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Haryana revises EWS income limit to Rs.8 lakh

Chandigarh, Jan. 15 -- The Haryana government has revised the annual family income limit for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category from Rs.6 lakh to Rs.8 lakh, bringing it in line with the gu... Read More


Court orders FIR against cops for 'firing' during Sambhal violence

MEERUT, Jan. 15 -- The chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court in Sambhal on Tuesday ordered registration of an FIR against additional superintendent of police (ASP) Anuj Chaudhary, inspector Anuj Tomar... Read More


Exclusion of DMs from Gangsters Act process: HC issues notice to ACS (home)

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 15 -- Taking a serious note of the repeated failure of the state government's home department in providing justification for excluding DMs from the joint meetings for approval of gang ... Read More


Devotees brave cold to take dip in Ganga on Makar Sankranti

Haridwar, Jan. 15 -- Despite dense fog and a cold wave gripping the Garhwal region, large numbers of pilgrims flocked to Haridwar's Ganga ghats on Wednesday for the sacred Makar Sankranti dip. Mela ad... Read More


Reel and reality in Tamil politics

India, Jan. 15 -- Politics and cinema go hand in hand in Tamil Nadu. So, it is no surprise that the reluctance of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to clear Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan (Pe... Read More


Harnessing technology to strengthen democracy

India, Jan. 15 -- As the winter mist settles over New Delhi, the historic Samvidhan Sadan is hosting the custodians of the Commonwealth's parliamentary traditions. It is with a profound sense of respo... Read More


Ensuring effective RTE implementation

India, Jan. 15 -- The Right to Education (RTE) Act provision of private, unaided schools needing to reserve 25% of seats in Class I for students belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS) was bor... Read More


The case for nuance in the gig economy debate

India, Jan. 15 -- The recent strike by delivery partners of quick-commerce platforms has once again thrust India's gig economy into the spotlight. What began as a dispute over incentives, payouts and ... Read More


Judicial course corrections & the need for judicial finality

India, Jan. 15 -- A constitutional court exists in a democracy, provokes strong emotions, and functions under the public eye. But there is a difference - crucial and constitutional - between recognisi... Read More


Treat disability rights as part of CSR, says SC

New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- True equality at the workplace can be achieved only when disability rights are treated as a core part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the Supreme Court has held, orderi... Read More