SC constitutes bench for quota petitions The bench will be headed by the Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan. Other judges on the bench are Justices Arijit Pasayat, C K Thakker, R V Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari...
PM for immediate steps to arrest decline in tiger population Dr Singhs concerns probably rise from an estimate by the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India, which has pegged the national tiger count between 1300 and 1500 a drop of more than 50 per cent, when compared to the 2001-02 tiger census...
Broadcast Bill to be finalised Tthe Information & Broadcasting Ministry has convened a meeting of an inter-ministerial group on Monday to finalise the legislation. The bill would be definitely introduced in the monsoon session, the sources said...
Centre to introduce two bills for unorganised sector
Social security for workforce on anvil The Centre is likely to bring two separate bills for the unorganised sector, with the one relating to working conditions being left out for the time being...
BEL explores SE Asian and African markets The defence public sector undertaking, which has recently won the prestigious Navratna status, is all set to export two radars to Indonesia within a few months, a BEL official told Deccan Herald...
Festive folk...A woman carries a decorated pot filled with cooked rice as an offering for the goddess at a temple during the 'Bonalu' festival in Hyderabad on Sunday. Bonalu is a folk festival of the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. AP
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