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    John Kerry sworn in as US Secretary of State

    Former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry has been sworn in as the US secretary of state, replacing Hillary Clinton on Friday. After being sworn in by the Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Kerry told media “I was very honoured to be sworn in and very anxious to get to work. John […]

    National

    Illegal mining case: CBI Court extends Reddy’s judicial custody

    A CBI court has extended, to February 16, the judicial custody of mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy and four others, arrested in the illegal mining case of Associated Mining Corporation owned by him. CBI court judge Shreeshananda extended the judicial custody of the accused. Reddy and his close aide Mehfuz Ali Khan […]

    National

    Vasundhara brought back to head BJP in Rajasthan

    Gearing up for assembly elections in Rajasthan later this year, BJP brought back former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to head the party in the state. Announcing Raje’s appointment in the presence of senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, BJP President Rajnath Singh said party leader Gulab Chand Kataria will be the Leader of […]

    National

    400 cases of crime against women disposed of last month: CJI

    Over 400 cases of crime against women, including rape cases, have been disposed of in trial courts across the country last month, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir said in Patiala on Saturday. “There is a need to pay more attention to crimes against women, elderly and children,” the Chief Justice told the first convocation […]

    National

    Delhi gangrape: Court frames charges against 5 accused, trial to begin on 5th Feb

    A fast-track court in New Delhi framed charges against the five men who brutally assaulted, murdered and gangraped a young woman in Delhi on 16th December, who died 13 days later inSingapore. The charges have been framed under 13 sections of the IPC. The accused have been charged with murder, gangrape, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy. The trial […]

    National

    Cabinet clears ordinance on crimes against women

    An ordinance will be brought to amend the criminal law with focus on crime against women, providing punishment upto the entire life of a convict in case of rape whose terminology has been expanded to ‘sexual assault’. The decision to promulgate the ordinance was taken at a specially-convened meeting of Union Cabinet today, just 20 […]

    News

    MNREGA has potential to bring second green revolution: Sonia

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi has strongly pitched for utilising MNREGA to increase agricultural production, saying the flagship scheme can play a big role to usher in second green revolution in India. “I am of the belief that MNREGA has tremendous potential to increase agriculture production, which we have not been able to tap fully till […]

    National

    Sexual harassment ordinance silent on AFSPA, marital rape

    Just days after the Justice Verma Committee made its recommendations to amend laws relating to sexual assault, the Cabinet has passed an ordinance. The punishment for rape could range from 20 years to even death in extreme cases, but the ordinance remains silent on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and marital rape. “The […]

    International

    Yamuna Expressway pile-up:nearly 23 vehicles involved; five-year old killed

    A blanket of fog on the Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway caught 11 cars in a pile-up and proved to be fatal for a five-year-old boy this morning. At least six others were injured in the accident near Greater Noida. They were among occupants of 11 cars that smashed into each other in the blinding fog. Altogether […]

    International

    Suicide attack rocks US Embassy in Turkish Capital, 2 killed

    A suspected suicide bomber has blown himself up outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, killing a security guard. The Turkish provincial governor, Alaattin Yuksel, told reporters that a Turkish security guard and the bomber himself died in the suicide bombing. Video shows damage to a checkpoint although reports say there was no […]

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