PIL in SC for community kitchens in all states to combat hungerThe plea alleged that many children under the age of five die every day due to hunger and malnutrition and this condition was violative of ...
01 Sep, 2019, 09.31 PM IST
Narendra Modi government cruelly neglecting MGNREGA, food security act: P ChidambaramThe former finance and home minister said as long as there were children who tragically starved to death, "we have to hang our heads in sha...
27 Jul, 2018, 03.00 PM IST
Centre orders probe into Delhi starvation deathsThe initial postmortem report attributed the deaths to malnourishment/starvation, prompting the city govt to order a magisterial probe into...
26 Jul, 2018, 06.42 PM IST
3 kids die of starvation in Delhi, govt orders probeThe children — Mansi, 8, Paro, 5, and Sukho, 2 — were found unconscious in a pool of vomit.
26 Jul, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
Opposition MPs raise concern over reported starvation deathsDuring the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra sought to know whether the government had taken note of the incid...
26 Jul, 2018, 04.29 PM IST
March 31 deadline for Aadhaar linkage may be extended: Govt to SCThe Centre told the SC that since some more time would be needed to conclude the prolonged hearing in the Aadhaar case, it may further exte...
07 Mar, 2018, 09.50 AM IST
Supreme Court judge, opponents raise pitch on AadhaarShyam Divan, the lead counsel for the petitioners, said: “Leakages were not sufficient to justify such aggregation of data on such a large ...
31 Jan, 2018, 12.19 AM IST
UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah trade barbs on TwitterIn a tweet, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said Yogi Adityanath can learn a lot from Karnataka and asked him to visit Indira Canteen.
07 Jan, 2018, 10.41 PM IST
Police puts ‘starvation death victim’ in the dock for fudging AadhaarThe woman’s stepson has now been arrested by the police due to the fraud committed by him as part of a conspiracy while the deceased woman ...
23 Dec, 2017, 01.22 AM IST
Time to explore mid-day meals during school holidays: HRDActivists and the Jharkhand girl's mother, Santoshi Kumari, have alleged that she died of starvation as her family's ration card was cancel...
27 Oct, 2017, 02.54 PM IST
Supreme Court grants pension to 'fake freedom fighters’What came to the bench's rescue was a 2013 judgment of the apex court which had dealt with similar pleas.
02 Nov, 2016, 10.34 AM IST
All measures taken to ensure no deaths at relief camps: UP governement"We have observed that during office hours officers go home for lunch which takes more than two hours. This tradition is wrong," Shivpal sa...
28 Dec, 2013, 10.42 PM IST
- Downloading right image for advertisements has become knotty issue
Mistaken identity in a government ad, however, is a trifle for the tree sparrow. It has been up against much worse in the neighbourhood.
22 Mar, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
- India lost 337 tigers in last decade, reveals RTI
Over 300 tigers lost their lives in and outside various reserves in the country in the last decade, an RTI query has revealed.
16 Apr, 2012, 03.01 AM IST
- Nobody died of starvation in last two years: Plan panel
The government today said nobody in the country has died of starvation or hunger in the past two years, as per the data available with it.
24 Nov, 2011, 05.51 PM IST
- SC orders government to ensure no starvation deaths, asks to allocate 5 million tonnes of food grains
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to 150 poorest districts of the count...
14 May, 2011, 07.21 PM IST
- SC seeks explanation from Plan Panel about BPL percentage, expresses unhappiness
SC has asked the Planning Commission to explain the rationale behind the criteria determining the BPL categories of people to get the benef...
21 Apr, 2011, 02.45 AM IST