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A total of 24 individuals from the Kuki community, including infants and people in need of regular hospital checkups, were taken from New Lambulane to a camp in a village. They said they were given little time to pack and fear their homes will now be destroyed.

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The Madras High Court asked the state government on August 24 to take action if the Isha Foundation did not submit relevant documents within the stipulated timeline of two weeks to substantiate its claims.

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They were forced to leave Imphal on the night of Sept 1-2 with only the clothes on their back.

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41.1% of the total 26 crore job card holders still remain ineligible for the aadhar-based mode of payment

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On Friday, in Uttar Pradesh, four police personnel were suspended after a Muslim man’s death during a chase in Bijnor. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media, showing the policemen running from a location wherein the individual who made the video was shouting and alleging that the same policemen had shot […]

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Justice(Retired) AP Shah recently expressed concerns over the rise of ‘illiberal and communal’ forces in the country, fuelled by extremist ideologies, and the attendant culture of hate,...

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The recent incident from a school in Muzaffarnagar highlights, once again, how many of India’s institutions, and its people, are failing the country.

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Professor Kham Khan Suan Hausing, a Kuki, was slapped with2 criminal case after he gave an Karan Thapar.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across India, major mining and oil company Vedanta quietly lobbied the government to dilute environmental safeguards regulating the oil and mining industries.

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A new report, based on a secret paper trail, documents a decade of regulatory inaction against alleged corporate governance lapses at the infrastructure behemoth.

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Adani stocks: The combined market value of LIC holdings in 7 Adani group stocks have fallen Rs 3,951 crore to Rs 44,743.94 crore as on Friday's trading session against Rs 48,694.65 crore on August 22.

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गौतम अदाणी समूह पर रिपोर्ट भारत पर हमला नहीं है। इस रिपोर्ट पर पर्दा डालने वाले भारत पर हमला कर रहे हैं। अगर भारत पर हमला है तो मोदी सरकार के विदेश मंत्री, रक्षा मंत्री क्या कर रहे हैं, चुप क्यों हैं? यह चुप्पी अदाणी से किनारा करने की नहीं है, इस चुप्पी से पता चलता है कि अदाणी का नाम आते ही सारे मंत्री और खुद प्रधानमंत्री भ्रष्टाचार पर अपने ही पुराने लेक्चर भूल गए हैं। इसलिए कि ख़बर जहां है वहीं दब जाए, फैले नहीं। राहुल गांधी की प्रेस कांफ्रेंस पर एक भी मंत्री ने बयान नहीं दिया, कम से कम मोदी के बचाव में ही सारे मंत्री कूद जाते। अदाणी समूह के बारे में रिपोर्ट आई है, वेदांता समूह के बारे में आई है तो यह भारत पर हमला कैसे हो जाता है? क्या भारत में कारपोरेट के करप्शन की बात अब बंद कर दी जाएगी? आप वाकई यकीन करते हैं कि बड़ी बड़ी कंपनियां कुछ भी नहीं करती हैं। वैसे भी वक्त हाथ से निकल चुका है। कम से कम आप सतर्क तो रह ही सकते हैं।

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Jaipur, Sep 2 (PTI) Eight people, including the husband of a 21-year-old tribal woman who was allegedly stripped naked and paraded in a village in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district, have been detained, police said on Saturday.

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OCCRP Investigations show how billionaire Adani - secretly invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the Indian stock market - buying its own shares - to beat the shareholding norms... allowing him to jack up his stock price and command a very high valuation.

Adani's have again rejected this - but is there some truth to the repeated allegations? Does this damage the reputation of India as a business destination?

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The OCCRP’s list of institutional donors includes the US state department, the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the ministry of Europe & foreign affairs of France, and the ministry of foreign affairs of Denmark. The donors are listed on the OCCRP’s website

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As BCCI secretary, Jay Shah has complete charge over the only golden goose in Indian sport—financially independent and outside regulatory scrutiny.

Neeraj Kumar, ex-Delhi police commissioner who has led BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, said from a law-enforcement viewpoint it looks like 'organised white-collar crime. How their money is distributed, the conspiracy of silence, the lack of transparency.”

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What Narendra Modi reportedly focused on, however, was how Greece would officially become India's central transit hub to Europe.

The same sources indicate that the Indian Prime Minister expressed the country's interest in acquiring the use of ports in Greece. The reason for the interest relates to the Adani Group, the billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani (the richest Asian and, until last year, the number two on the list of Forbes, the wealthiest people on the planet).

According to sources, Adani has focused on two ports, primarily that of Kavala and secondarily that of Volos, while he is also interested in Alexandroupoli.

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The director-general of Assam Rifles, Lt Gen. P.C. Nair, has said the situation in Manipur is “unprecedented” with the society having become “weaponised”.

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Manoj Mitta's new book 'Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India' traces the legal fight for equality for lower castes in India over the course of more than 200 years.

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India monthly rainfall in August fell below 190mm for the first time in record to 161.77 mm last month. The impact this will have on agriculture is huge with more than half our country dependent on rainfall for irrigation.

Source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/weekly-numerics-the-good-and-the-bad-gdp-has-grown-well-but-the-rains-are-playing-truant-11295491.html

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Revelations exposed opaque offshore structures that shielded some of the Indian group’s largest shareholders from public sight. Adani shares slide and politicians demand action after reports on hidden investors.

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Nepal's famed Gurkha soldiers fought in the Indian army for decades - but a new hiring plan threatens that.

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The strongman's release has led to speculation on whether his long friendship with UP CM Adityanath will lead to his return in the politics of Purvanchal.

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The top court also came down heavily on the Gujarat government for not challenging the bail order.

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