Doctor penalised for incomplete abortion
AHMEDABAD: A Gujarat Consumer Court has penalised a doctor for callously doing an incomplete abortion procedure on a hapless woman. The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, last month ordered Doctor N.…
Apex Court to monitor 2G scam probe since 2001
NEW DELHI: With the view of unravelling all facts about the allocation of 2 G spectrum, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) and Enforcement Directorate,…
AP waives farmers loans
HYDERBAD: (AMN) Andhra Pradesh Government has announced a waiver of interest on crop loans to the farmers who suffered losses due to the recent rains and Jal cyclone. Speaking in…
Priest’s office raided in 2G scam
CHENNAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday raided the office of an organization headed by a Catholic priest in Chennai in connection with a corruption scandal that has…
Christians get tough with communists
KOCHI: Kerala’s bishops have snubbed overtures by the state’s communist leaders who are trying to patch up strained relations with the Church to improve their electoral chances at the polls…
Nitrogen vs Food Security
The government’s latest decision to spend Rs 350 crore to assess the degradation of environment due to improper use of nitrogen based fertilizers and to educate farmers in at least…
CBI raids Niira Radia, others premises in 2G scam
NEW DELHI: Amid the raging controversy over the 2 G scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) on Wednesday raided and carried out searches at the residences an doffices…
Bihar abolishes MLAs fund
PATNA: The Bihar Government today abolished the Legislators Local Area Development Fund in the state. A decision to constitute a separate commission for the upliftment of poor people among forward…
China sees India as partner, not competitor
NEW DELHI: The visiting Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao has said that India and China are partners in economic progress and co-operation between the two countries could gain substantially by leveraging…
Anti-Conversion laws against core Indian values
NEW DELHI:Anti-conversion laws in several Indian states are a direct affront to fundamental rights and may strike at the core of the country’s much-admired secular system, an advocate for dalit…