No regret over not becoming PM: Advani
Patna: Veteran BJP leader lal Krishna Advani on Friday said he had no regret over not becoming the Prime Minister as the respect he got from all parties was more than enough and "overwhelmed" him.
States to get funds for jail reforms: Rajnath
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday promised to provide more funds to all States for modernisation of prisons as condition of most of the jails in the country are "miserable". Addressing a seminar organised by NHRC on prison reforms, he said all recommendations on prison reforms made by the Commission should be properly implemented by the States.
IAS officers training duration may cut
New Delhi: The Centre has proposed to reduce the training duration for IAS officers by at least six-months from present about two years, a move which was opposed by the former chief of country's premier training institute for the civil servants.
call to increase fdi in insurance protested
New Delhi: Northern Zone Insurance Employees' Association has decided to protest the Government's decision to increase FDI cap from 26% to 49% in insurance Sector. CPI(M) Polit Bureau Member Brinda Karat, Rajya Sabha MP D Raja will talk about it on Saturday as why the NDA is adamant to pass through the Insurance laws (Amendment) Bill 2008 in the coming winter session of the Parliament contrary to the earlier stand of BJP while it was in Opposition.
cbi probe sought into corruption in DCI
New Delhi: Accusing the Dental Council of India (DCI) of being mired in corruption, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan has sought a CBI probe into the cases of increase in seats in some private dental colleges undertaken in conduit with some of its members since 2012.
law officers restrained from taking up pvt cases
New Delhi: The Union law Ministry has asked all its law officers including Attorney General and Solicitor General to restrain from taking up private cases as this trend diluted their focus from Government litigations.
nris' voting: Centre given four-week time
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday granted Centre four weeks to sort out legal impediments in the way of allowing NRIs to exercise their voting rights. A panel comprising officers of Election Commission and Centre had studied ways and means to provide voting rights to NRIs and concluded in its report submitted to Supreme Court that either vote by proxy or e-voting were the feasible options to achieve the purpose.
21-year-old molested in JNU library
New Delhi: A 21-year-old language student at JNU alleged that she was molested by her classmate at the library on the campus on Friday. According to the police, the victim alleged that her classmate forcibly held her hand inside the library.
Many hurt in Narela demolition drive
New Delhi: Several people, including police personnel, have been injured after a crowd, who was angry with demolition drive carried out by revenue department, went on rampage in Narela of outer district.
Kejri to recontest
on New Delhi seat
New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Ashutosh said AAP's national convenor and chief ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal will again contest from the New Delhi Assembly constituency. He was speaking on the issue of Kejriwal's name not being announced in the first list of 22 candidates released by the party on Thursday.
Sunanda: Cops evasive on grilling Tharoor
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday said that it has not reached any conclusion as of yet in the probe of death of Sunanda Pushkar but remained evasive on whether her husband former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor will be questioned.
Two arrested in snatching cases
New Delhi: Two miscreants wanted in a series of snatching cases in West and Outer Delhi have been arrested from Pashchim Vihar on Friday. The accused have been identified as Manoj Kumar Mishra (25) and Manish Kumar.