Govt plans to slap higher penalty for cruelty against animals

The government plans to introduce a higher penalty and jail term for people perpetrating cruelty against animals and a draft bill to amend the existing law is likely to come up in the next......

Lot of 'mediocre' journalists around: Katju

Justifying his decision to appoint a panel on fixing minimum qualification for journalists, Press Council Chairman Markandey Katju on Friday said the aim was not to "muzzle" the media but to......

Sushma in, Jaya out of PM's Integration Council

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reconstituted the National Integration Council bringing in new faces, including Union Ministers A K Antony, Mamata Banerjee, Veerappa Moily and Kapil Sibal. Among......