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The National Commission for Women on Tuesday ordered action against the wife of former IAS officer Maheshwar Patra for allegedly assaulting and harassing their house help.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to clarify its stand on whether reservation benefits enjoyed by Scheduled Castes can be extended to Dalits after they convert to Islam, Christianity, Buddhism or any religion apart from Hinduism.

Edible oil industry body The Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) has requested Indonesia to maintain stable export duties and levies besides trade policies related to palm oil to ensure less speculation on what stance the government might take.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan who was booked by the State government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and other charges in the alleged Hathras conspiracy case.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre and State governments on Public Internet Litigation (PIL) to invoke the National Security Act (NSA) against the person involved in hoarding, profiteering, adulteration and black marketing and seize their 100 per cent Benami properties and disproportionate assets.

Union Minister and former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda on Monday asked the Jharkhand government to constitute a special task force to ensure the timely delivery of justice in the case related to the 19-year-old girl who succumbed to her injuries after she was burnt alive in the Dumka district.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar district over the alleged custodial death of a Naga tribal man -E Henveih Phom - who was allegedly tortured by police at Gelekey police station in the Sivasagar district of Assam on August 21.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the people to participate in the governments efforts to eradicate malnutrition from the country as part of the Poshan Maah celebrated every year in September.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A series of “once-in-a-millennium” rainstorms have lashed the United States US) in recent weeks, flooding areas baked dry by long-term droughts, as human-caused climate change brings weather whiplash. And scientists warn that global warming means once-rare events are already much more likely, upending the models they have long used to predict […]

AP – The traditional rivalry between subcontinental rivals Pakistan and India today will be spiced up by how well Virat Kohli performs at the T20 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (uae). Kohli returns to international cricket after a break of seven weeks during which India has outplayed the West Indies and Zimbabwe in […]