Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) In another relief to popular YouTube Ranveer Allahbadia, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the return of his passport. Allahbadia, who made obscene and offensive remarks about parents in the comedy show “India’s Got Latent”, faces several FIRs and legal complaints across the country. The … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Amid National Human Rights Commission’s renewed focus on conditions in prisons and its plan to seek data on women inmates from all states, the rights panel has settled two cases of death in judicial custody by recommending a total relief of Rs 10 lakh, official … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday ordered construction of 500 new creches or ‘Palna’ centres to augment the existing 187 daycare facilities and also unveiled plans to build two new working women’s hostels. Chairing a review meeting with officials of the Department of Women … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Offering relief to activist Medha Patkar, a Delhi court on Friday ordered her release on furnishing a Probation Bond and payment of Rs one lakh compensation in a defamation case filed in 2001 by Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena. The order came within hours of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Verma on Sunday promised an enquiry into alleged wasteful expenditure of Rs 80 crore by the previous AAP government on a defunct sewage treatment and water recharge facility in north Delhi’s Timarpur. Visiting the proposed site, Verma said this project is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Ordering strict action against polluting and illegal industries, Delhi Minister for Water, Irrigation and Flood Control, Parvesh Verma, said on Sunday that the city government will work in close coordination with Haryana to ensure that untreated water does not flow into the Yamuna River. After … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 19 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Saturday ordered to prepare a draft of the Rohit Vemula Act aimed at ending discrimination towards students of oppressed communities in educational institutions. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in his letter to the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A four-storey building collapsed early Saturday morning in the Mustafabad area of east Delhi, killing 10 people, including the house owner, and trapping several others under the debris, officials said. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered an inquiry and promised action against the culprits. The incident … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) At least four people were killed and around a dozen trapped under the debris after a four-storey building collapsed in the Mustafabad area of east Delhi in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered an enquiry and promised action against … Read more