Reduce train speed in forests: apex court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Railways to take steps to reduce speed of trains while travelling through forests inhabited by elephants to prevent death of tuskers on rail tracks. It also asked Governments of Odisha, Assam, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to file response on the PIl seeking the court’s intervention to prevent death of elephant on rail tracks.
SC to pronounce verdict on gay sex
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising gay sex among consenting adults in private.
‘Separate exam for IPS officers not required’
New Delhi: The Government told the Parliament that a separate exam for recruiting IPS officers was not required as the current practice of recruitment through the Civil Services, was fine.
Women org urges pm to table Reservation Bill
New Delhi: A delegation of representatives from various national women’s organisations on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to ensure that the Women’s Reservation Bill is tabled and passed in Parliament.
‘Yet to receive any letter from Goa’
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Tuesday said it is yet to receive any letter from the Goa Government on the controversial Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats and will “look at it” once it comes.
absence of Environment Ministry irks NGT
New Delhi: Irked over the absence of Environment Ministry yet again from some cases, the NGT warned the ministry that there would be “serious consequences” if “this attitude persists”.
Assam legislative Bill gains momentum
New Delhi: The process of setting up a legislative Council in Assam, nearly 66 years after it was abolished, gained momentum as a Bill to this effect was introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
Bill to empower EC introduced in RS
New Delhi: A Bill which seeks to give limited powers to EC to determine change in nomenclature of a parliamentary or Assembly seat where a caste has been included or excluded from the SC/ST list in the last one decade was once again introduced in the Rajya Sabha.