Over 4 million Indians join Facebook’s blood donation feature

Over 4 million Indians join Facebook’s blood donation feature

New York, November 30 : More than four million donors in India have signed up for Facebook’s blood donation feature and the company will now expand this feature to Bangladesh, the social media giant has said. In October, Facebook launched a new blood donations feature, starting in India, to make it easier for people to […]

Why houses for rural poor not built, HC questions state

Chandigarh : A Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Punjab to explain the non-construction of houses for the rural poor under a social welfare flagship programme despite the sanctioning of funds. About six months ago, the court had initiated suo motu proceedings for preventing women from committing suicide. As the hearing […]

N Korea claims N-statehood with all US in missile range

N Korea claims N-statehood with all US in missile range

Seoul : North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said today his country had achieved full nuclear statehood after what he said was the successful test of a new missile capable of striking anywhere in the United States. The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch snapped a two-month pause in testing by the North and poses a new […]

SC to revisit ‘no automatic arrest’ in dowry cases

SC to revisit ‘no automatic arrest’ in dowry cases

New Delhi : Four months after a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court laid down a set of guidelines to check misuse of the anti-dowry law (Section 498A of the IPC), a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is all set to revisit it. The CJI-led Bench, which also included Justices […]