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Women of all ages now allowed to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple: SC

openview web desk New Delhi, Sep 28: The Supreme Court Friday paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, said that banning the entry […]

Monsoon rainfall drops further, endangering summer crops

open view web desk MUMBAI – India’s monsoon has produced 9 percent less rain than usual, raising concerns over production of the country’s summer-sown crops as rainfall in many key grains producing states has been nearly a quarter lower than normal levels. Summer crop production is being closely […]

Sisodia, AAP MLAs discharged in case related to 2014 protest

open view web desk New Delhi Sep 22: A Delhi court on Saturday discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP MLAs Amanatullah and Sanjeev Jha and others in a case related to a protest held by them outside the Tihar jail in 2014. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal […]

The Vice President of India Urges doctors to serve in rural areas

open view web desk The Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today addressed the 19thConvocation of National Board of Examinations (NBE), an autonomous body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in presence of Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey and SmtAnupriya Patel, Ministers of State for […]

Delhi’s last elephants await marching orders

open view web desk The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi’s last six elephants at work in the polluted city could be just around the corner. After years of pressure from activists who accuse the animals’ […]

Health Ministry partners with Dell and Tata Trusts to provide technology solution for a nationwide healthcare program

open view web desk Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, here today exchanged the MoUs with the Tata Trusts and Dell to provide a technological platform fornationwide prevention, control, screening and management program of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs).SmtAnupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfarepresided over […]

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men

open view web desk NEW DELHI — India’s government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce. The government decision came aftelimr it failed to get approval of Parliament a year after the court […]

Indian police hunt 3 suspects after girl is drugged, raped

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Police on Saturday were hunting for three men who allegedly drugged, kidnapped and raped a teenage girl while she was on her way to a test-preparation course in northern India, the latest incident of violence against girls and women in the […]

CBI charge sheet against Mallya likely in a month, bank officials may be included

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 16: Many senior bank officials who had dealt with loans given to liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines may be named as accused in a CBI charge sheet which is likely to be filed within a month, sources said. This would be […]

Indian nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape

open view web desk KOCHI, India — A group of Catholic nuns is holding a public protest in south India, demanding the arrest of a bishop whom one nun accused of rape. The nuns, members of the order the Missionaries of Jesus, began their protest last week, gathering […]

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