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DU buried radioactive waste on campus A day after the Delhi University (DU) officials accepted that the recent radiation leak in Delhi’s scrap market was caused by gamma irradiator previously belonging to its chemistry department, the infighting within Delhi University over the radiation leak has now emerged.    Send article as PDF   

ICICI and HDFC not Indian banksThe government on Friday said ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank cannot be called Indian-owned banks after a debate over the nationality of India’s top two private sector lenders. “At best, the two can be called as Indian-controlled banks,” said R P Singh, secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, [...]

UP policemen stole weapons, armed NaxalsThe Uttar Pradesh police made a shocking, and shameful, confession on Friday: it has arrested four policemen, including two from the paramilitary CRPF, for allegedly stealing weapons and supplying them to Naxals.    Send article as PDF   

US Commission Names 13 Nations for Violating Religious Freedoms A new report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has named 13 countries for severe violations of religious freedom. For egregious violations of religious freedom, the commission cites Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and … [...]

Kushboo case: morality and legalityConsensual heterosexual relation between adults, including pre-marital sex, is no offence except in cases where the partners are liable to be charged for adultery, ruled the Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan (Wednesday, 28th April 2010). It said the courts [...]

Kushboo case: morality and legalityConsensual heterosexual relation between adults, including pre-marital sex, is no offence except in cases where the partners are liable to be charged for adultery, ruled the Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan (Wednesday, 28th April 2010). It said the courts [...]

Belgium bans burqa in public Belgium’s lower house of parliament (Thursday,29th April 2010) banned burqa-type Islamic dress in public. Approval in the lower house was almost unanimous. But the measure faces a challenge in the Senate which will delay early enactment of the law. Christian Democrats and Liberals in the Senate questioned the phrasing of [...]

Left-led Bharat bandh hits normal life in 13 states    Send article as PDF   

Cut motion: Govt sails with Maya’s support    Send article as PDF   

Rome priest on trial for abuse in Vatican backyard    Send article as PDF