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Air India sale gets no bid, exposes hurdles for Modi’s divestment drive

open view web desk NEW DELHI – India’s offer to sell a stake in Air India failed to draw a single bid by the Thursday deadline, underlining the challenges it faces in fixing the debt-laden state carrier and meeting a broader target of stake sales in government-held firms. […]

India teen fights for life after being raped, set on fire

open view web desk A 17-year-old Indian girl was fighting for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set alight, the second such case to shake the country this week as it reels from a series of brutal sexual assaults. The teenager was attacked on […]

Over 100 killed in storm in UP, Rajasthan

open view web desk Lucknow/Jaipur: A storm whipped through a large swathe of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh last night, killing over 100 people in a trail of destruction that brought down mud houses, uprooted trees and flattened crops. At least 183 others were injured as a massive dust storm, […]

Harsimrat writes to PM, urges to waive GST on langar items

open view web desk Chandigarh, May 2:  Senior SAD leader and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has urged the prime minister (PM) to waive GST on ingredients used to make ‘langars’ in Gurdwaras. In her April 26 letter to the PM, Harsimrat said she hopes that the religious institutions […]

Exclusive: India rejects U.S. request on price caps on medical devices – sources

  open view web desk NEW DELHI – India has told the United States it won’t abstain from capping prices for more medical devices, regardless of pressure to rethink its stance after price controls on heart stents and knee implants spoilt the market for some U.S. firms, sources […]

Indore’s lawyer body decides not to represent any rape accused

open view web desk Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr. 21: The Indore Bar Association on Saturday decided not to represent any rape accused in the wake of the rape and murder of an eight-month-old girl. The association’s president Dinesh Pandey, while addressing media, stated that the victim’s family would be offered free legal service […]

Loya death: SC says attempts to scandalise judiciary, dismisses pleas

open view web desk New Delhi, Apr 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, ruling that the judge died of natural causes and the petitions were a serious attempt to scandalise and obstruct the […]

Arrest MLA Sengar immediately, Allahabad High Court directs CBI

open view web desk Allahabad, Apr 13: The Allahabad High Court today directed the CBI to immediately arrest BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused in the Unnao rape case, and rapped the Uttar Pradesh government saying the law and order machinery and officials were directly under his influence. A […]

Anger in India over two rapes puts government in bind

  open view web desk NEW DELHI – Mounting outrage over two rapes, one in the disputed region of Kashmir and another allegedly involving a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, gripped India on Friday, with government ministers struggling to dampen political fires. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi […]

In 5 Years, 277% Rise In Rape Cases Reported In Delhi; Govt Initiatives Falter, Funds Underutilised

open view web desk The number of rapes reported each year in Delhi has more than tripled over the last five years, registering an increase of 277% from 572 in 2011 to 2,155 in 2016, according to datareleased recently by the Delhi Police.   The year after the Nirbhaya incident—in […]

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