Catholic school in India’s Kerala shut for two days after row over student wearing hijab
An eighth-grade student of the school had demanded to come to school wearing the hijab.
India’s Uttarakhand allows Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet citizens to register marriages under civil code
According to the government, the decision was necessitated by the increasing number of inter-community marriages between locals and people of Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan…
12 paid menstrual leaves in India’s Karnataka cover government and private sectors, unorganised sector still unclear
Some questions persist about how it will be implemented. The confusion particularly is in the unorganised sector where monitoring workplace rights can be challenging.
‘Girls should not go out of college at night’: Chief minister’s shocking statement on Bengal rape
The victim, a student who survived the incident and is a student from Odisha, was reportedly attacked by several men outside a private medical college campus on Friday night while…
Anti-conversion law comes into effect in India’s Rajasthan
The state assembly passed the bill on September 9, amid protests and a boycott by the opposition Congress. In the revised version, with steep punishments and penalties, the Act is…
India’s cough syrup deaths: Toll rises to 20; Health Minister assures of strongest action
Besides, five children from Chhindwara district of MP are on ventilator support at three different hospitals in nearby Nagpur city of Maharashtra.
Indian law enforcement agency cracks down on tech support scam; searches conducted at 15 locations
The investigation, initiated under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, is based on multiple FIRs registered by the Delhi Police.
Indian Congress demands judicial probe into cough syrup deaths, compensation for families
Leaders of Opposition Tika Ram Jully and Umang Singhar pointed out that the main reason for such gross negligence was the systematic failure of administration in the two states,…
Tense situation in curfew-bound Indian city as Internet shutdown extended; intelligence failure under scrutiny
A 36-hour prohibitory order asking residents to stay indoors was imposed in 13 police station areas of Cuttack after at least 25 people were injured in fresh episodes of violence,…
US visa no longer a passport to love for Indians after Trump H-1B squeeze
Tighter US immigration policies, particularly for the H-1B skilled worker visa, are making families in India less inclined to marry their children to US-based Indian citizens for…