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New Delhi: A draft bill which aims to safeguard the rights of surrogate mothers and make parentage of such children legal was on Wednesday cleared by the Union Cabinet. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the new bill proposes a complete ban on commercial surrogacy. Only legally-wedded Indian couples willRead More
Ahmedabad: Three persons were on Wednesday arrested in connection with the murder of a journalist at a newspaper office in Gujarat’s Junagadh district with a police probe finding that dispute over money led to the crime. Kishore Dave (53), the bureau chief of Gujarati daily ‘Jai Hind-Sanjh Samachar’, published fromRead More
New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said the leak of secret data of India’s Scorpene-class submarines could be a case of hacking and called for a report. “It came to my knowledge at about 12 AM. What I understand is there is a hacking. So we will findRead More
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday hit out at those misusing altruistic surrogacy, saying what had started in the name of necessity has become a “fashion”. Addressing a press conference after the Union Cabinet approved the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, the minister said she feels “sad” toRead More
Patna: As Bihar reels under massive flood situation mainly due to swollen River Ganga, seven persons died thus taking the toll to 127, with 29.71 lakh people being affected by the deluge in 24 districts of the state. While five deaths were reported from Samastipur, one each was reported inRead More
New Delhi: Giving a big push to the infrastructure sector in the country, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on Wednesday approved nine projects worth about Rs 24,000 crore in nine states for expansion of railway network and connectivity across the country. The CCEA chaired by Prime Minister Narendra ModiRead More
Lucknow, Senior Samajwadi party leader and Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh Amar Singh has threatened to quit the party, alleging that he was being insulted, kept on ‘mute’ and sidelined following his return to the fold after six years. In a television interview in Delhi, the former national generalRead More
Kolkata: To mark Mother Teresa’s sainthood ceremony in Vatican on September 4, a postal cover, coin and statue will be dedicated to the late Roman Catholic nun. Made of pure silk, India Post will release a special postal and numismatic cover of Mother Teresa, the first of its kind, onRead More
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee-government has claimed that the Border Security Force is training a “people’s militia” that is looking to break away from Bengal, thus sparking another row with the Centre. A probe report submitted by the DIG, Jalpaiguri Range, to the ADG (Law and Order) at the state secretariatRead More
New Delhi: Exhorting students to take advantage of expanding economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said education has become a powerful tool, which is contributing to the growth of services sector. Jaitley was the chief guest at the Convocation of Delhi School of Business, Vivekananda Institute of Professional StudiesRead More
