Women Army officers await big verdict
The Delhi High Court is expected to rule today on whether women officers in the armed forces can have permanent service on par with male officers.
More than 20 women Army officers, current and former, are fighting a tough battle in the Delhi High Court. They want the terms of employment for women in the [...]
Left to hold protest rally for fuel price rollback
The Left has reiterated its stand of pressing for a cut motion during the Finance Bill debate.
The Left wants a rollback of the Rs 3 fuel hike announced in the Union Budget.
The CPM had talked of bringing in a cut motion almost as soon as the fuel hike was announced.
However, the party was silent [...]
Sonia hosts dinner for party MPs and their spouses
Two days after the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hosted a dinner for party MPs, Ministers along with their spouses.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Law Minister Verrappa Moily, who [...]
Will Women’s Bill impact Nitish’s future?
The Women’s Bill has brought disruptions in the JD(U) out in the open.
The Bill got ahead in the Rajya Sabha but it could change political equations in Bihar and impact the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The fight to win Bihar in a few months from now is already gathering speed among the three biggest contenders, [...]
Modi will cooperate with process of law: Gujarat government
The Gujarat government has officially reacted to the SIT summoning state Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with Ehsaan Jaffrey murder case in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Spokesperson for the state government Jay Narayan Vyas told PTI, “”The state government and the Chief Minister would cooperate with the process of law.”
He, however, refused to comment [...]
Mumbai’s mills: Once lost, now found on film
The once-prosperous mill district of Mumbai covered now by malls and high rises. That’s the subject of director Mahesh Manjrekar’s new Hindi film, City of Gold.
Like all stories that work best, this is one he knows well. He grew up not far from the mills and saw thousands of families deal with jobs lost [...]
Govt bans FTV for nine days for showing women topless
NEW DELHI: The government has banned Fashion TV for nine days after finding a program it aired offended good taste and decency by showing women partially nude.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry statement said FTV channel would go off the air later Thursday until March 21. The statement cited an unnamed FTV program aired in [...]
Obama: Half of my letters brand me an idiot
US President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an “idiot.”
Tongue-in-cheek, the president remarked that his staff did not spare him the wrath of his correspondents – selecting a representative portion of 10 letters for him to read when he returns [...]
