India

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

Hyderabad, Feb 1: Classes resumed today in Hyderabad Central University, two weeks after the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula and subsequent agitation by the varsity students. "Classes are going on. Administration is also working," a JAC spokesperson Dickens told PTI. "We have set a deadline of ten days. We will continue our agitation in the form of relay hunger strike and

Vishakapatnam, Feb 1: Additional police and paramilitary forces were rushed to coastal Andhra Pradesh on Monday, a day after large-scale violence rocked Tuni town in East Godavari district during a protest by Kapus demanding reservation. Police imposed prohibitory orders banning assembly of four or more persons across East Godavari district and beefed up security to prevent any untoward incident

Srinagar, Jan 31: PDP today kept the guessing game on over the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir even as its chief Mehbooba Mufti met senior leaders and made it clear that she will decide only after being "convinced" that BJP will take the objective of the alliance to its logical conclusion. The party, however, termed as "presumption" whether fresh elections could be called in the state

Ballia (UP), Jan 31: BJP MP Ravindra Kushwaha today demanded expulsion of its leaders Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha for allegedly making baseless statements against the government and the party after they were not given ministerial berths. Taking a dig at Yashwant Sinha, Kushwaha said the former Union minister was "not satisfied" with his son Jayant Sinha being made the Union Minister of