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Bengaluru: Feb 4: The Centre on Wednesday offered a helping hand to the State government to solve the vexed traffic problem in Bengaluru. Speaking at the Invest Karnataka meet which began here on Wednesday, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the Centre was ready to take up long-pending infrastructure projects, such as peripheral ring roads if the State government

New Delhi, Feb 4: Indian Air Force has issued shoot- at-sight orders against anyone attempting to scale the walls of the bases under sensitive Western Air Command in the backdrop of the terror attack on Pathankot air base in Punjab. "All bases in the Western Air Command have been put on high alert. Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued against anyone attempting to enter the base by scaling the

New Delhi, Feb 3: In a security breach, a woman was detained on Wednesday for allegedly hurling a flower pot at PM Narendra Modi's convoy in Delhi. The incident happened when Modi's convoy was passing through Vijay Chowk in central Delhi. Sources said that the woman wanted to meet meet Modi at his office, but was stopped by the security personnel. Following this, the woman got into an argument

New Delhi, Feb 3: The security agencies' worst fears could soon come true, with the NIA intensifying its probe into possible role of an insider element in the Pathankot attack. A key lead being worked upon is the concertina wire atop the 10-feet boundary wall of the airbase was possibly cut from inside and not outside. This is borne by the position/condition in which the snipped wire was found

New Delhi, Feb 3: Putting a question mark on centuries-old tradition of cremation by Hindus, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said the procedure to cremate human remains in open area leads to air pollution and subsequently it also effects natural water resources. Keeping in mind the growing level of pollution, especially in the national capital, the Tribunal asked the Union Environment

New Delhi, Feb 2: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear curative petitions seeking re-examination of its verdict criminalising sexual activity between same sex consenting adults under section 377 of IPC. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A R Dave and J S Khehar said that since important issues concerning the Constitution were involved in

New Delhi, Feb 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a late night meeting with food and farm officials last week to address falling agricultural output and rising prices, and traders warn the country will soon be a net buyer of some key COMMODITIES for the first time in years. Back-to-back droughts, the lack of long-term INVESTMENT in agriculture and increasing demands from a growing population are

Jaipur, Feb 2: Union minister Maneka Gandhi today suggested said that sex determination test should be made compulsory to track women pregnant with a girl child as a measure to check female foeticide. "In my personal view, the woman should be compulsorily told that whether it is a boy or girl child whom she is going to give birth. "It should be registered to be able to check whether they have

New Delhi, Feb 2: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hold an open court hearing of the curative petition by NGO Naz Foundation seeking relook at its verdict upholding the validity of Indian Penal Code's section 377 criminalising gay sex. A bench of three seniormost judges - Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar - would hold the open court of the issue that

New Delhi, Feb 1: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at Delhi Police alleging that it was being used as RSS and BJP’s “private army” under a political dispensation that is at “war” with students across the country. He condemned police’s purported assault on protesters, including women, demonstrating over the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula near the RSS head office on January