The politics of drought in Maharashtra is turning violent. Two Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers have been arrested after several of them went on a rampage, attacking the Indiabulls office in Mumbai. This came hours after MNS chief Raj Thackeray said that water meant for drought-hit farmers was diverted to private companies. ...
07:49 AM, Mar 25, 2013
In a stern warning to the opposition, Egyptian President Muhammed Mursi said on Sunday that he may be close to taking unspecified measures to "protect this nation", days after deadly clashes took place between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and protesters. ...
07:25 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Pakistan will hold general elections on May 11, a presidential spokesman said on Wednesday. ...
04:30 PM, Mar 20, 2013
In the case of the death of police constable Subhash Tomar, the Delhi Police has told the High Court that it will drop murder charges against the eight arrested individuals. The cross examination of the FIR against the arrested individuals is scheduled for Wednesday. ...
09:26 AM, Mar 20, 2013
A hardcore Maoist was arrested on Wednesday from a village in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said. ...
10:17 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Three to four crude bombs were hurled at the office of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Naya Paltan, where a meeting of the party was going on. However, no one was injured. ...
08:46 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Violence broke out on Saturday at the Allahabad University campus with two groups of students hurling crude bombs at each other and indulging in heavy stone-pelting during distribution of forms for a Uttar Pradesh government's scheme for free laptops. ...
05:23 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Hitting out at the "western media war" against the Syrian regime, President Bashar Al-Assad's special envoy on Friday urged India and the other BRICS nations to speak out more forcefully to put an end to the raging violence in her country and for a political dialogue to help the Syrian people decide their own future. ...
05:30 AM, Mar 09, 2013
The Rajasthan High Court on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the clashes between police and lawyers that rocked Jaipur over the past two days and directed the city's commissioner of police and eight other police officials to not hold office until its report is submitted. ...
03:18 AM, Mar 09, 2013
The user, who alleged that he was arrested for approaching a woman for a date, has set a debate going on the other side of the sexual harassment story that no one talks about. ...
04:25 PM, Mar 08, 2013
Amid rising cases of crime against women, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said "our heads hang in shame" due to recurring incidents of rapes and other violence against women. Flagging concerns about female foeticide and crime against women, Gandhi exhorted women not to bow down to difficulties in future and face them with courage as the country needs them at all responsible positions. ...
03:42 PM, Mar 08, 2013
US President Barack Obama has signed into law the new Violence Against Women Act, which he termed "very important" and representing the positive progress of the country. "One of the great legacies of this law is that it didn't just change the rules; it changed our culture. It empowered people to start speaking out. It made it okay for us, as a society, to talk about domestic abuse," Obama said...
10:04 AM, Mar 08, 2013
It's International Women's Day and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is leveraging the commercial space to address what he feels is one of the most pertinent issues of the day - people's attitude towards women. The superstar is even translating his pledge from an advertisement to real life. ...
08:59 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Lawyers who have been on a strike in Jaipur since Wednesday clashed with police for the second consecutive day on Thursday. The police had to resort to teargas shelling after lawyers pelted stones. ...
03:21 PM, Mar 07, 2013
A middle-aged man cleaning his motorcycle in a quiet Indian neighbourhood is distracted when he hears the repeated cries of a woman being beaten by her husband in a first floor apartment nearby. Unsettled, he walks into the building, climbs the stairs and nervously rings the doorbell of the apartment the cries are coming from. The screams stop and the husband opens the door. ...
11:08 PM, Mar 06, 2013
There were violent scenes in Chandigarh and Jaipur as lawyers clashed with police in two separate incidents in the cities. While the police in Chandigarh fired water cannons at the protesting lawyers, the police in Jaipur fired teargas shells at the agitating lawyers. ...
02:49 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Lawyers and police clashed with each other outside Rajasthan Assembly on Wednesday. The lawyers were demanding better pay and cheaper homes when the clash happened. ...
02:36 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers clashed with police in front of the Punjab governor's house, following which the police used water cannons to disperse them. The lawyers were protesting against an FIR filed against some advocates for allegedly thrashing a policeman on February 26. ...
02:16 PM, Mar 06, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the current political turbulence in Bangladesh was an "internal political issue" and the rival factions of that country need to resolve it in a manner that is acceptable to all. ...
02:27 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Uhuru Kenyatta had an early edge as Kenya continued the count on Tuesday in a presidential election that brought out millions of voters despite pockets of violence that killed at least 15 people. Kenyans, who waited patiently in long lines, hope the vote will restore the nation's image as one of Africa's more stable democracies after tribal blood-letting killed more than 1,200 people when the result of the 2007 vote...
12:05 PM, Mar 05, 2013
