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‘Women laws must be implemented’

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said making laws for women’s empowerment were not enough and called for their proper implementation.

4 states to go to polls in October

Congress president Sonia Gandhi with women and child development minister Krishna Tirath during the launch of Ahimsa Messenger

Assembly elections in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Mizoram will be held in October and a notification in this regard will be issued next month, likely in the third week.

CPM slams government over fuel price hike

Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday slammed the government over fuel price hike, saying the government was unable to check the falling value of rupee and it was taking decisions which would f

India to soon get anti-fire train coaches

The cases of burning trains, which have haunted the railways for long, may soon be history.

Controversy strikes again

If the build-up to the national sports awards was marred with controversy, the Arjuna Awards ceremony at the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday was no different.

All Indians in Syria asked to leave now

In the backdrop of escalating violence and the looming threat of a military strike by the United States in Syria, India has asked all its nationals to leave the war-torn country immediately.

CBI charges Tytler, jailed arms dealer in forgery case

The CBI on Saturday chargesheeted Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and jailed arms dealer Abhishek Verma for allegedly forging the letterhead of then minister of state for home Ajay Maken in 2009.

Protests over 1st Dec. 16 verdict

In the much-awaited first-ever verdict in the December 16 gangrape case, the Juvenile Justice Board on Saturday pronounced the minor accused “guilty” of rape and murder.

Steep hike in petrol price, diesel up too

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The state-owned oil marketing companies on Saturday hiked petrol prices by `2.35 per litre (excluding state levies), and retail diesel prices by 50 paise per litre (excluding local taxes) as the depre

Cops bust arms racket, arrest 2

The police on Saturday said that it has arrested two persons, including an Army man, for running a gunrunning racket in the capital.

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