As the NDA government completes one year in office, M Venkaiah Naidu tells Pradeep Kaushal that social security schemes are the govt's biggest achievements. Excerpts:

According to the court’s 2011 order, active euthanasia entails the use of lethal substances or forces to kill a person, while passive euthanasia, which it allowed in specific cases.

Pinki Virani, who moved the Supreme Court as Aruna Shanbaug’s “next friend” in 2011 pleading that the latter be allowed to die.

The Bhoiwada police station registered the case in 1973 before the Crime Branch took it up and arrested Walmiki from Pune within a week.

Court ruled passive euthanasia to Aruna Shanbaug only after the patient’s caregivers satisfy a court that life was more painful than death.

The 84-year-old former chief minister reportedly said the wife of a Russian leader was curious about how he wore the dhoti without a zip or a belt.

The court has also issued a notice to and sought reply from three banks—-IDBI, ICICI and Yes Bank, which, complying with Home Ministry’s directives, had freezed the NGO’s accounts.

Nurse Samita Naik, who changed her diapers three times a day and took care she did not smell or look unclean, said Aruna liked devotional music and responded to the Gayatri Mantra.

Aadhaar the basis of several fresh proposals, including introducing Aadhaar-based biometric systems in all Central government offices.

Recalling the Kargil conflict, Musharraf on Sunday was quoted by PTI as saying that the Pakistani Army “caught India by throat” and that India will never forget the war.

Over past two years, many of them have been writing slogans seeking death penalty for cow slaughter on walls of government and private properties.

The project, an initiative of BJP leader and designer Shaina NC, is likely to help the original sari make a comeback, replacing the Chinese and Japanese silk in market.

Harjit Masih earns Rs 250 per day building church, is not sure of what he will do next, says govt had promised to train him.

The state government has appointed nearly 3.5 lakh contract teachers at primary, middle and high schools levels since 2006.

Prerna had on May 17 uploaded a screenshot of her response to a message from a certain Raushan who asked her offensive questions.

Tathagata Roy studied civil engineering , worked in Indian Railways and Metro, and taught at Jadavpur University before joining BJP; he also has a law degree from Calcutta University and has authored books.

Dipankar Ghose travels to Deorali in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal, and tracks a day in the lives of a family that has just buried its youngest, a baby of four months.

Bunty now dreams of getting admission into an IIT and become a mechanical engineer.

The DoPT proposal to reduce duration of induction training from 8 weeks to 6 for IAS officers will also be taken up.

As per the complaint of the actress, the man forced her to consume a drink spiked with sedatives under the pretext of celebrating her entry into the film industry.

Rajnath said history taught in Indian school books had not adequately recognised Maharana Pratap’s contribution.

It was claimed that at least seven Maoists were injured in the encounter, however, no one was arrested.

The trio was arrested by Daund police under the charges of robbing a truck driver with whom they had a brawl 10 day ago.

The incident took place on Saturday around 1.30 pm when he had gone to the residential society for a delivery.