Over 1.07 cr people sterilised during Emergency, highly exceeding govt's targetDuring the Emergency period of 1975-77, over 1.07 crore people were sterilised, exceeding the government's target of 67.40 lakh. The Indira...
20 Aug, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
'Unscientific' & 'ineffective': Animal rights groups furious over Supreme Court order on stray dogsAnimal welfare groups are unhappy with the Supreme Court's order. The order directs the removal of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR. The dogs will b...
12 Aug, 2025, 12.25 PM IST
Stop blaming the dog — it’s the policy that bitesDelhi's civic body will launch a sterilisation and vaccination drive for street dogs. India reported many dog bite cases and rabies deaths ...
02 Aug, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
50 years after Emergency: India confronts its sterilisation past, potential of demographic futureAs India commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, the trauma of forced sterilisation campaigns during that period continues to r...
22 Jun, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
UP population control bill draws ire from Hindu bodies; experts advise caution, more dialogueVishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Alok Kumar said the proposal to incentivise couples to have just one child will...
12 Jul, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
View: Do not go down the vasectomy wayVaccination is not vasectomy. But an invasive force of the Indian healthcare system is not everybody’s buddy — certainly less among the rur...
03 Jul, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
9 ways tech made the world a better placeThe AgriPredict app forecasts the probability of pest invasions, including the voracious fall armyworm, which eats crops and has wreaked ha...
26 Dec, 2018, 09.54 AM IST
It was not notebandi, but nasbandi: Lalu Prasad YadavLalu was addressing a poll campaign rally at Pindra near here to seek support for Congress-SP joint candidate Ajai Rai, who is the sitting ...
28 Feb, 2017, 11.15 PM IST
Maharashtra civic polls results no referendum on note-ban, says P ChidambaramTo a question about Jammu and Kashmir, he said the situation there was grim, and a series of mistakes were made which are "almost too late"...
24 Feb, 2017, 11.59 PM IST
Steve Forbes calls note ban as immoral as 'nasbandi'Steve Forbes has not only found note ban an economic catastrophe but a highly immoral act by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
23 Dec, 2016, 07.38 PM IST
FIR against Sadhvi Deva Thakur for sterilisation remarksFIR has been registered against Hindu Mahasabha leader for her controversial remarks that Muslims and Christians must undergo sterilisation...
16 Jun, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
Shiv Sena wants mandatory family planning for Muslims, ChristiansSena said if All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Owaisi is concerned about Muslims, he should support the call for family plannin...
15 Apr, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
Chhattisgarh remained in news for wrong reasonsThroughout the year, the state faced one deadly Maoist attack after another in which as many as 62 security personnel were killed.
21 Dec, 2014, 11.52 AM IST
Tubectomy deaths: Students, women stage protest in DelhiMembers of left-wing student organisations, civil society and women outfits today called for an independent probe into the recent Chhattisg...
20 Nov, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
- ECB regulation plan & Russia’s bad experience
Over a decade ago in 1995-96, when local interest rates were on the boil, Indian corporates were desperate to borrow abroad to take advanta...
02 Nov, 2007, 04.05 AM IST
- Tough steps to check foreign inflows likely
RBI and the finance ministry are considering a sterilisation tax and auctioning the limited foreign loans quota to help moderate the inflow...
01 Nov, 2007, 03.02 AM IST
- Excess of anything is bad, for Reddy it’s the greenbacks
Maharashtra chief minister and the Reserve Bank of India governor share a common concern: flooding.
30 Jul, 2007, 04.36 AM IST