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Parents unable to name kids after foster care norms

2 July 2017 11:43 PM IST
Yamini and her husband Bhanu Bhandari and single mother Charu Lata Sharma have just become parents. Yet, they can't name their children or have their...

Himachal brings reforms in school education

2 July 2017 4:53 PM IST
To improve the standard of education in over 14,000 government elementary schools, the Himachal Pradesh government has started a programme to identify...

Bihar farmers wait for rain God to smile on them

2 July 2017 3:19 PM IST
"Will it, won't it?" has been the daily dilemma of farmers Dinesh Kumar and Mahender Rai as they look at the skies every day, expecting rains for...

Quake hits Myanmar, northeast India

2 July 2017 2:31 PM IST
India's northeastern states shook on Sunday morning when a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar, officials said. The quake were felt at 10.57...

India asks Pak for consular access to Jadhav

2 July 2017 12:52 AM IST
India, on Saturday, again asked Pakistan to grant full and early consular access to its national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani...

I am not a scapegoat in Prez election, says Meira Kumar

2 July 2017 12:10 AM IST
Meira Kumar, the opposition's presidential nominee, on Saturday asserted that she was not a "scapegoat" in the upcoming election to the country's top...

Kovind meets Pondy Legislators, assured support

2 July 2017 12:09 AM IST
NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday met Puducherry legislators and the lone Lok Sabha member from the Union Territory, who assured...

Cleansing political funding a challenge, govt working on it: FM

2 July 2017 12:08 AM IST
Cleansing political funding is a "big challenge" but the government is working on the electoral bonds mechanism announced in Budget to end corruption,...

GST will end 'inspector raj', boost economic growth: Shah

2 July 2017 12:07 AM IST
Hailing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday said that the new tax regime would accelerate the country's economic growth...

Surgical strike was in planning for 15 months, says Parrikar

2 July 2017 12:06 AM IST
Former defence minister Manohar Parrikar has said the planning for the September 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir started in June...

Rain fury in Gujarat, Assam flood situation remains grim

2 July 2017 12:05 AM IST
Torrential rains led to a deluge-like situation in parts of Gujarat and triggered fresh landslides in Himchal Pradesh, even as the flood situation in...

Herald case: Court asks Sonia, Rahul to reply on Swamy's plea

2 July 2017 12:04 AM IST
A Delhi court on Saturday granted three weeks' time to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, its vice-president Rahul Gandhi and four others to...
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