Delhi health minister Kiran Walia has alleged that the whistleblowers in the case of sexual abuse of three minors by a cab driver are facing threat from the police. Demanding the suspension of the station house officer (SHO) of the Prasad Nagar police station, she said that she would seek intervention of the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) in the case.

While practically everybody in the industry is hoping to try their luck in international cinema, there’s a lot to be explored in the regional film scene according to Rani Mukherjee, we are told. The talented actress will now be seen in a Bengali film if the grapevine is to be believed. While Rani made it to the top in Bollywood, she’d stayed

Newlyweds Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey have busied themselves in their play together rather than taking time off for a romantic getaway. But nothing different was expected from this hatke couple of Bollywood. And their friends in the fraternity have been coming for the play’s showings practically every evening to support

There’s more to Italian and middle European cuisine than spaghetti, and the different varieties of pasta used are mind boggling. While most types of pasta are found in supermarkets, there are some that are best when made at home. Here’s a simple pasta recipe. Take 500 gm flour and five eggs. Make a well in the centre of the flour

The Centre on Friday said the interlocutors for holding a peace dialogue with all shades of opinion in Jammu and Kashmir will be appointed at the earliest but no time frame has been set for the same. “That will be done. We cannot give a time limit but the intention is to do it at the earliest,” Union home minister P. Chidambaram said on

The Centre will carry out the first caste-based census exercise in the country between June and September next year.
Union home minister P. Chidambaram said the government has decided that “caste will be canvassed without affecting the integrity of the head count of Census 2011”.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed its registry to find out if the continuous curfew in the Kashmir valley has affected the functioning of the state high court and dispensation of justice to the people and submit a report on the issue.

The CBI on Friday arrested a retired chief engineer of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and a private person on graft charges. The accused engineer had retired just a day before he was arrested.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a bill for setting up a National Council for Human Resources in Health will be introduced in Parliament soon to address issues of quality, quantity and equitable distribution of medical education resources. Praising the controversial Valiathan Committee report, the prime minister said that a more ambitious vision was needed. Addressing students at the 38th convocation ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Resources, he said, “After extensive

The Bharatiya Janata Party, generally considered a disciplined party unlike the RJD and the JD(U) in Bihar, on Friday witnessed large-scale vandalism at its state headquarters when over a thousand angry workers protested against allocation of party tickets by breaking office furniture.