Biden to push tax reform plan in Congress speech to fund once-in-a-generation investmentsThe plan includes $1 trillion in spending on education and child care over 10 years and $800 billion in tax credits aimed at middle and low...
28 Apr, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Joe Biden to push trillions in investment, plead for police reform in Congress speechBiden is expected to use the national speech to argue that the new package - which when coupled with an earlier infrastructure and jobs pla...
28 Apr, 2021, 02.55 PM IST
Farmers' protest: Delhi Traffic Police suggests alternative routes to enter and exit the city06 Dec, 2020, 01.15 PM IST
View: Will black lives begin to matter?For a change, the protests have been distinctly multi-racial, beyond the normal networked groups to include a good slice of general folk. F...
12 Jun, 2020, 11.29 PM IST
China arrests activist who criticised President Jinping over virusPolice in China have arrested a prominent activist who had been a fugitive for weeks and criticised president Xi Jinping's handling of the ...
18 Feb, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
Surrender to the Mob: Haryana’s Jat riots are an outcome of India substituting political for professional police forcesThe failure of the police was such that rioters set fire to a police station and some police outposts in these districts.
12 Apr, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
Maharashtra has most women cops, but just 10% of forceIn 2014, Maharashtra had more women in its police force than any other state or union territory in India.
30 Aug, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
Indian government should enact laws to deter communal violence: Human Rights WatchSays, failure of Indian governments since 1984 to prosecute those involved in the "organised carnage" shows the need for police reforms and...
30 Oct, 2014, 01.40 PM IST
K Sankaranarayanan conveys Police Reforms Watch's recommendations on Maharashtra Police Bill to the state governmentThe delegation of citizen activists, led by former Mumbai Police Commissioner , had alleged the Bill "was passed in haste without due consi...
19 Jul, 2014, 07.11 PM IST
Reform needed to combat unaccounted money in Indian politicsA neta sort of a Catch-22 situation, recovery of over a crore in cash from a burglar in Bihar, after a BJP MP reported theft of "Rs 50,000 ...
10 Jul, 2014, 03.09 AM IST
Activists urge Governor K Sankaranarayanan not to give nod to Maharashtra Police BillActivists, urged Governor not to give assent to Maharashtra Police Bill 2014, alleging it "was passed in haste without due consideration."
30 Jun, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
- India fails to curb sexual violence against women: Human Rights Watch
India "has a thriving civil society, free media, and an independent judiciary", the city-based rights group said in its assessment of right...
02 Feb, 2013, 05.52 PM IST
- India's human rights record in 2011 "disappointing": Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch also criticised the Indian government for its inaction in repealing the controversial armed forces act.
29 Jan, 2012, 06.18 PM IST
- India's rights record in 2011 "disappointing": HRW
India's human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a HRW which has criticised the govt for its inaction in repealing the controvers...
24 Jan, 2012, 04.01 PM IST
- G20 becomes main world economic forum
World leaders announced on Friday the Group of 20 developed and developing nations would become the top economic forum, spreading influence...
25 Sep, 2009, 12.43 PM IST
- India to recruit 150,000 police: Home Minister
The Home minister said on Monday it would recruit 150,000 low-ranking police officers across the country by next March to boost a depleted ...
17 Aug, 2009, 07.55 PM IST
- Parties should stop politicising terror
Political class, civil society need to draw lessons from Mumbai attacks.
29 Nov, 2008, 12.53 AM IST