Taking suo moto cognizance, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday served a notice on the Maharashtra government demanding a report on the arrests of five civil rights activists in a nationwide swoop by the Pune police on Tuesday.
BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday slammed the Modi government for the arrest of Maoist ideology Varavara Rao, lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and human rights activists Arun Ferreira, Gautam Navlakha and Vernon Gonsalves and said this was yet another attempt of the BJP government to "terrorize the civil society".
Pejawar Mutt's Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji has opined that the lack of environmental concerns caused the floods in Kerala, Kodagu, and D.K district.
A month-long retrospective exhibition, coupled with a series of outreach activities, on the life and works of veteran artist S.G. Vasudev will open at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) here on Saturday.
Senior Congress leader and former Minister Baburao Chinchansur joined the BJP on Wednesday.
In a bid to make the city ideal, the Mangaluru City Corporation will soon be implementing paperless, atomization and e-governance system in the city; said Housing, Urban Development, and District In-charge Minister UT Khader.
Over 99 per cent of the Rs 15.3 lakh crore taken out of circulation through demonetisation in November 2016 has returned to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank announced on Wednesday.
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the release of an additional 2% of dearness allowance for central government employees.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday termed the Congress allegations on the Rafale deal as "complete falsehood" and said the basic aircraft price at which the fighter jets had been bought was 9 per cent cheaper than that negotiated by the UPA government.
