India

New Delhi, April 17: A woman who was forced into marriage as a minor and suffered years of abuse before obtaining a divorce and qualifying for the Madhya Pradesh state civil service has petitioned Supreme Court that a law to discourage child marriage is being used unfairly to deny her a job. Responding to Ratnarashi Pandey's plea, the Supre8me Court on Monday issued notice to the MP government on

New Delhi, April 17: The Opposition-ruled States used the annual Chief Ministers' meeting on internal security on Monday to focus attention again on their objections to the Centre's proposal to set up a National Counter-Terrorism Centre, saying it violated the principle of federalism. This was even though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his opening remarks, told them that a separate meeting

New Delhi, April 16: A stiff opposition from non-Congress Chief Ministers and a Congress ally over NCTC and other issues of Centre allegedly encroaching upon the states' policing powers today cast its shadow at the conference on internal security here. Notwithstanding efforts by Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram in trying to reach out to the states that they were together in tackling terrorism

Hyderabad, April 16: A student of the Osmania university here was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police said on Monday. The beef festival saw clashes, which saw five students being injured, and even led to vehicles being burnt. The situation in the university was tense as violence continued in the campus past midnight

New Delhi, April 16: Left—wing extremism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence are major challenges facing the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday, and urged states to fight them together with the central government. “Left—wing extremism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence are the major internal security challenges facing the country... I urge the states to

Faizabad, April 16: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said his government would free Muslim youth who had been falsely implicated under terror charges. He was in the city to attend party MLA Tej Narain Pandey's wedding reception. The state government has sought opinion from the law department to withdraw cases against the accused in the November 2007 serial blasts in Faizabad

Amritsar, April 16: Union minister Farooq Abdullah on sunday paid obeisance at Golden Temple here. After paying the homage, Abdullah visited langar (community kitchen) and inspected the solar heating plant and solar energy plant here. "Recently installed solar energy plant was operating successfully and producing 25 megawatt electricity for the Golden Temple," said the Union minister for new and

New Delhi, April 16: The government has sought to assure parents that the Supreme Court’s verdict making free education to 25 per cent children from weaker sections mandatory in private schools will not prompt the school managements to increase other students’ fee in order to shift the burden. “I do not think that will happen. I think there would be ways and means to raise resources. We will be

New Delhi, April 15: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended a Jet Airways pilot for a goofed-up landing at Singapore airport in November last year that could have resulted in a disaster similar to the Mangalore air crash of 2010. The incident occurred on November 14, 2011, when the pilot, captain R Chaudhary, of the Delhi-Singapore flight was bringing down the aircraft on

New Delhi, April 15: BJP today took a dig at Rahul Gandhi for his reported comment that he is a brahman, saying it shows that he and Congress have lost patience after failing to get the mandate in the Uttar Pradesh elections. "Now this is crossing all limits that Rahul Gandhi has started informing what his caste is ... that he is a brahman. Congress has lost all patience after losing the mandate