8.31% of the workers are from the Scheduled Tribes, the Centre has said. Over 67 per cent of sewer and septic tank workers (SSWs) in India belong to the Scheduled Caste category, according to official data. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of …...Read More

Efforts to make Indore beggar-free are being made under a pilot project of the Centre. (Representational) India's cleanest city Indore, which now aspires to be beggar-free, has decided on an extreme measure to ensure its streets are free of beggars. From January 1 onwards, the district administration will start registering …...Read More

The Mumbai Crime Branch has also named gangster Godara as an accused in the case. The Mumbai crime branch has registered a case against gangster Rohit Godara in connection with the firing at Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence last month. The Mumbai Crime Branch has also named gangster Godara as …...Read More

The court said that prosecution failed to expose masterminds behind killing of Narendra Dabholkar. The investigating agencies could not expose the masterminds behind the murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, and must introspect whether it was a mere failure or a "deliberate inaction" due to the influence of any "person …...Read More

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand is no longer her political heir or the party's National Coordinator. The 29-year-old got sacked this evening, days after his comment comparing the BJP with Taliban. "In the same sequence, along with promoting other people in the party, I declared Shri Akash …...Read More

Congress disassociated itself with Mani Shankar Aiyar's remark In the latest faux pas, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar while narrating an anecdote referred to the 1962 India-China war as "alleged Chinese invasion". "..In October 1962, the Chinese allegedly invaded India," Mani Shankar Aiyar was heard saying at an event in …...Read More

The data was obtained by the Centre for Advanced Defence Studies (C4ADS). With cash-strapped Pakistan running from pillar to post to get loan, its rich nationals own between 17,000 to 22,000 properties worth USD 12.5 billion in Dubai, according to the leaked data used by an international consortium of journalists …...Read More

A 23-year-old woman was found "aimlessly roaming" at Mangaluru International Airport (Representational) A 23-year-old woman was found "aimlessly roaming" at Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday. She was intercepted by the airport security and safely handed over to the police, officials said. According to the Bajpe police, she had come to …...Read More

He said the DSP kept abusing him and forcing him to stand in the middle of the road (Representational) A traffic constable in Rajasthan's Udaipur has accused a senior officer of harassing him and demanded action in the matter, prompting the police to order an inquiry into the matter. Udaipur …...Read More

The accused recorded the act on his mobile phone, police said (Representational) The body of a two-year-old boy buried over a month ago, was exhumed from the grave after his parents filed a murder case against an acquaintance, police said on Saturday. The accused, Rahul Pareek (26), a resident of …...Read More