The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) under the Ministry of Women & Child Development has brought relief to a child who was illegally detained and brutally tortured by the Haryana police for allegedly committing a petty crime.
The Commission took suo-moto cognizance of a report published in national English daily Hindustan Times [...]
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Minutes after anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare ended his fast on Sunday, he declared that electoral reforms will be on top of his agenda next so that corruption can come down. “I have only deferred my fast, not given it up. Only when these reforms are complete will I really end my fast. I will [...]
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On the eve of Independence Day celebrations, an elaborate ground-to-air security apparatus has been put in place in the capital to pre-empt any terror strike. Thousands of Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in and around the city, especially near the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will unfurl the tricolour [...]
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Defence ministry rejected Army chief General VK Singh’s claims on his date of birth and decided his year of birth will be taken as 1950. Singh will now retire next year.
Singh had earlier claimed his year of birth is 1951.
There were two different dates of birth for Army Chief General VK Singh in official [...]
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The Delhi High Court today rejected the interim bail plea of Bollywood producer Karim Morani, an accused in the 2G telecom scam. Rejecting the plea for bail Justice Ajit Bharihoke who has been hearing the case ordered “No case for interim bail, move regular bail as and when you want.”
The Delhi High Court had [...]
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The Delhi government is planning to impose “heavy” fine and tougher punishment on those involved in heinous practices such as sex determination in violation of the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.
On the occasion of World Population Day on Monday, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said, “The government is mooting heavy fine and strict [...]
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Tuition fees for B.Tech and M.Tech courses at the National Institutes of Technology could be raised to Rs 50,000 a year from the 2012-13 academic year.
The council of the NITs, the body to decide such matters, today considered a proposal to hike fees from the Rs 35,000 the institutes charge at present. “The proposal [...]
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Raising their pitch on the Lokpal Bill, the Anna Hazare team today alleged the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed at fighting corruption but to target those who complain against the menace.
The Hazare team felt the exclusion of a large chunk of the bureaucracy from the ambit of Lokpal was not proper. [...]
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Inaugurating the three day national executive meet of the party, BJP president Nitin Gadkari exhorted people from all castes, communities and political affiliations to come forward and help build a grand temple in Ayodhya. However, he added that Ram mandir is not a political issue for his party.
Gadkari admitted, “BJP’s performance in recent assembly [...]
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