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The study found that 15.6 million abortions were performed in the country in 2015. (Photo: Pixabay)

Half of all pregnancies in India unintended: Lancet study

The estimated unintended pregnancy rate was 70 per 1,000 women in 2015, similar to the rates in neighbouring Bangladesh...

14 Dec 2017 1:04 PM IST

Baliraja Shetkari Sanghatana activists staging a Rasta Roko on a Pune-Bangalore National Highway to protest against demonetization in Karad, Maharashtra. (Photo: PTI)

Rs 4,000 crore NREGA boost to fight note ban woes

The Narendra Modi government has been particularly concerned over demonetisation's negative impacts on small businesses...

19 Dec 2016 1:39 AM IST

Indians stand in queue in front of Reserve Bank of India to exchange banned currency notes in Kolkata, India. (Photo: AP)

The big D' & links with big E'

Not inviting a debate on the most important economic policy measure in decades is a scornful rejection of the democratic...

19 Dec 2016 1:22 AM IST

Looks like amending the Maharashtra Municipal Council Act that allows voters in council areas to directly elect their chairman has worked in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party. (Representational Image)

Will things ever change?

The move would mean further crowding of reservation space with more claimants to jobs as well as promotions.

25 Dec 2016 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at BJPs Parivaratan Rally in Moradabad. (Photo: PTI)

Modi's offer to poor: Endorsing illegality?

The Prime Minister is playing an intensely political game.

5 Dec 2016 12:38 AM IST

These three were arrested by the Mumbai police after their names appeared in chargesheet filed by the Gujarat police.

At least 100 booked for snatching, burying body in Mathura: Police

The body will be exhumed and postmortem will be conducted once the police receives permission from the District...

7 Dec 2016 8:28 AM IST

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi address at the inauguration ceremony of the Amul Cheese Plant and Whey Drying Pant, in Palanpur, Banaskantha, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

BJP asks MPs to ensure UP Assembly polls win

For BJP MPs, the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh will also be a performance test of sorts.

11 Dec 2016 6:11 AM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati waves at crowd at a rally at Ambedkar Park in Lucknow on Tuesday on the occasion of death anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. (Photo: PTI)

In UP, Behenji's elephant fights for a comeback

If Mamata is the didi' of Bengal, Mayawati is affectionately called behenji'.

11 Dec 2016 2:48 AM IST