Chandigarh : The shortage of funds has crippled the campaign of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). While the state unit is struggling to keep things moving, the central leadership has virtually deserted the party. A senior leader, who wished not to be named, said they had recently approached the Delhi leadership to provide them some […]
New Delhi, October 9 : Words such as ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ in names of universities–Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University–do not reflect their secular character and should be dropped, a UGC panel has recommended. The panel was formed to probe the alleged irregularities in 10 central universities and the recommendations have been made in […]
Gandhinagar, October 9 : The Gujarat High Court on Monday commuted death sentence given by trial court to 11 convicts in 2002 Godhra train carnage case to life imprisonment. The high court also upheld the life sentence awarded by the special SIT court to 20 others in the case.The HC directed the government and railways […]
Lucknow, October 9 : Sixteen children, including 10 infants, died at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur during the last 24 hours, authorities said on Monday. Of the children who died, 10 were admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) while six were in the paediatric ICU. According to reports, 20 patients, […]
Chandigarh, October 9 : Acting on the appeal filed by jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh against his conviction and the 20-year jail sentence in a rape case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday put the prosecution—the Central Bureau of Investigation—on notice. As the case came up for hearing, Ram […]