India-China Ties

83% Indians view China as major security threat: Poll

Eighty three per cent of Indians view China as a major security threat, even as 63 per cent would like relation with the neighbouring country to be strengthened, an opinion poll has claimed. China's ......read more

HC calls female foeticide "mass carnage"

Coming down heavily on doctors carrying out sex determination tests, the Allahabad High Court has said the law against it has not been effectively enforced in states like Uttar Pradesh. "The number o......read more

Terror suspect's death caused by ailment: Akhilesh Yadav

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that prima facie, the death of terror suspect Khalid Mujahid appeared to have been due to some disease. "We have already (called for) a CBI prob......read more

India and China ink eight agreements on trade, water resources

Weeks after the flare-up on the border issue, India and China today sought to further improve their bilateral relations and firmed up eight agreements to enhance cooperation in a range of areas includ......read more

Nitish Kumar says he can digest Lalu Yadav's barbs

Criticizing Lalu Prasad for using unparliamentary language against him and his party leaders, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he could digest such comments, but those who could not would go to ......read more

Social Network

FIR filed against Facebook for not discontinuing hate page

An FIR was today registered against owners of social networking website Facebook for not removing an online community hate page created by some persons who have using it to "glorify" cow slaughter. I......read more

Honour killing: 3 arrested for murdering woman in Tamil Nadu

Three persons were arrested for murdering two persons, including a newly-married woman, and seriously injuring her husband in what is suspected to be a case of honour killing, police said today. A 21-......read more

Sharad Pawar targets Narendra Modi over Ishrat Jahan's killing

Targeting Narendra Modi over the alleged fake encounter of Mumbra resident Ishrat Jahan in 2004, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here that the chief minister and Gujarat police had killed......read more

Supreme Court tears into states for hiring ad hoc teachers in primary schools

Appointment of teachers in primary schools on ad hoc basis by various state governments without following proper qualification criteria today drew flak from the Supreme Court which said that such poli......read more

Crime & Justice

Can't charge man with rape over consensual sex even if marriage eludes: Supreme Court

A man cannot be prosecuted for rape for being in a sexual relationship with his major woman friend if he intended to marry her but the wedlock could not take place due to some circumstances, the Supre......read more

Saudi Arabian authorities refuse to accept new Indian passports

In fresh trouble for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have refused to accept new passports issued by Indian diplomatic missions. Saudi authorities have declined to transfer data from old......read more

Criminal defamation suit against Lalu Prasad Yadav

A ruling JD(U) legislator in Bihar today filed a criminal defamation suit against RJD President Lalu Prasad for allegedly using unparliamentary language against him. JD(U) Legislative Council member S......read more

JKNPP goes on dharna against govt 'failure' on quake relief

Members of Jammu and Kashmir opposition party JKNPP today went on a day-long dharna to protest against the alleged lapses on the part of the administration in providing relief and rehabilitation to qu......read more

Disproportionate Assets Case

Jagan assets case: We will come out clean, say Andhra ministers on resignations

As pressure mounted to sack them, Andhra Pradesh ministers D Prasada Rao and P Sabitha Reddy, who have been charge-sheeted in the cases involving YSR Congress president Jaganmohan Reddy, today said th......read more