The central government Monday admitted before the Delhi High Court that junk food causes health hazards, including heart problem, and said guidelines would be framed to serve good quality food in schools and colleges. The government said it has invited proposals from experienced agencies, organisation and institutions for framing guidelines for ...

An inefficient legal system and a patriarchal society are responsible for the trafficking of women, and the scourge cannot be prevented unless there is a ‘massive public movement’ against it, the head of the West Bengal Commission for Women said Sunday. ‘It is the faulty system and the patriarchal society that ...

The farmers of villages in Noida Extension have moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the acquisition of their lands under emergency provisions by the state government, a farmers' leader said Saturday. The writ petition, which was filed on Friday, will come up for ...

The Supreme Court Friday castigated Delhi Police for their tardy investigations into bribery charges during a trust vote in parliament in 2008. "We are wholly unsatisfied with the status report," the court said. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha lambasted police after they filed a status ...

The Delhi High Court Friday directed New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to submit a site plan to sort out parking problems in the upscale Khan Market in central Delhi. A division bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said: "You (NDMC) submit your site plan demarcating the area for paid parking ...

Working women have to be provided safety and a sense of dignity, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Thursday. "It's also essential to develop sensitivity amongst others to ensure women safety and overcome instances of any harassment of women," said Dikshit, inaugurating a two-day training workshop on prevention of sexual harassment ...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner to appear before it to explain alleged lapses in a drain pipe repair which poses a threat of flooding to animals in the city’s zoo. A flooding caused by backflow from the drain resulted in the death of ...

Sajib Nandi, a suspended doctor of the National Institute of Sports (NIS) Patiala who blew the whistle on the systemic doping of players, was assaulted by security personnel on Wednesday when he tried to enter the sports complex to meet retired judge Mukul Mudgal who is probing the scandal. Nandi said ...

Lagging behind in some of its targets relating to rural drinking water and sanitation, the government Tuesday created a new ministry to improve access of people to potable water and toilets. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday appointed Gurudas Kamat as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the newly created Drinking ...

Motor vehicle owners in the union territory (UT) of Chandigarh will have to shift to new high security registration number plates for their vehicles from August 1, an official said here on Tuesday. The UT's home department on Monday notified the implementation of the 'High Security Registration Plates in the Union ...