New Delhi, India News

New Delhi: After witnessing a slowdown in the past year, the job prospects in the country are likely to improve in the next 12 months, a survey has said.

The Election Commission on Sunday asserted the electronic voting machines being used to conduct the polls in the country were tamper-proof and reliable, as it replied to Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani's apprehensions on the gadgets.

Facing the challenge of factionalism and rebellion, the Janata Dal-Secular Sunday dissolved its Kerala unit and appointed a new executive committee in its place.

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women has called for a nationwide debate on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in the wake of the Delhi High Court judgment that described criminalising homosexuality as a violation of human rights.

India Gazette Friday 3rd July, 2009 Karachi, July 3 : Relations between India and Pakistan soured and the blame game from both sides gained unprecedented heights after the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, but for Syed Saadat Ali and his wife, the heightened tensions between the two neighboring nations did not affect the treatment of their son, Syed Raahim, ...

New Delhi, July 3 : Delhi Police Friday increased the bounty on absconding co-founders of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen Iqbal Batkal, Riyaz Batkal and Amir Raja Khan from Rs.100,000 to Rs.500,000 each.

Jul. 4 - Politicians and clerics march in New Delhi in protest over a court's ruling that legalises same-sex relations.

It was still dark outside when a spidery man in his underwear answered the knock at the factory door, releasing a wave of heat and gritty smoke from the noisy room behind him.

Indian gay activists in Kolkata celebrate the court ruling on July 2. The Indian media hailed Friday a court ruling to decriminalise gay sex and urged the government to respond by striking a colonial-era ban on homosexuality from the statute books.

Muslims hold a protest in Bhopal on Friday against the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexuality.

NEW DELHI: Government on Friday said it will follow a zero-tolerance policy towards ragging in institutions of higher education and tough regulations under the law have been put in place to deal with the menace.

Japan Herald Friday 3rd July, 2009 Tokyo, July 3 : India and Japan on Friday agreed to take steps to fast track work on the Dedicated Freight Corridor and the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.

NEW DELHI: Employees of national carrier Air India went on a two-hour strike at airports across the country from 1 p.m. in protest against the delay in salary payments despite a warning from the management that this would entail a pay cut.

New Delhi News.Net Friday 3rd July, 2009 New Delhi, July 3 : The Confederation of Indian Industry on Friday welcomed the Railway budget presented by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee.

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee began presenting her ministry's budget for the current fiscal shortly after noon Friday with the promise of addressing the concerns of average passengers.

NEW DELHI: Amid government moves for a re-look at criminalising homosexuality, several Muslim leaders have said any attempt to legally permit unnatural sex is an attack on religious and moral values.

India Gazette Thursday 2nd July, 2009 New Delhi, July 2 : The UPA Government today informed the Rajya Sabha that a total of 81 confirmed cases of attacks on Indians, including students, in Australia have been reported since May 23.

Jul 02 - New Delhi's High Court rules that homosexual sex between consenting adults is not a punishable offence.

NEW DELHI: With the United Progressive Alliance government back in power for a second term in office, with a thumping mandate and without any encumbrances, the pre-Budget 'Economic Survey 2008-09 has charted out a roadmap for sweeping financial sector reforms, an ambitious programme for public sector equity disinvestment, decontrol of sugar, ...

INDIA'S first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city.