Tiger killings: are new guidelines enough to stop them?
byNew Delhi: Worried over 82 tiger deaths this year in India, the highest in a decade, the environment ministry is finalising a standard operating procedure…
Law & Policy
Companies Bill to be placed in parliament today
byKolkata: The amended Companies Bill, 2011, will be placed in parliament Monday, union Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot said here yesterday. “The bill will be…
Egyptians vote in referendum on draft constitution
byCairo: Egyptians today went to polling booths to vote in the first stage of the referendum on a draft constitution, which has led to…
Odisha to provide more teeth to its cooperatives
byBhubaneswar: Odisha has decided to amend its cooperative law to provide more teeth to its cooperative institutions and to bring it in conformity with amended…
High court faults Himachal’s liquor vend policy
byShimla: The Himachal High Court pulled up the excise and taxation department about advertising of liquor brands and for not being able to check…
Himachal court asks government to give Nepalese labourers ration cards
byShimla: Nepalese, mainly working as laborers in Himachal, got a reprieve from the High Court, with judges directed Kullu district controller of food civil…
Cross-LoC civil society dialogue starts in Jammu
byJammu: Scholars, businesspersons and others from Pakistan administered Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir today began a three-day meeting to discuss issues concerning people from the…
Kargil martyr case: SC issues notice to centre
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a plea for direction that it refer to the International Court of…
India, Pakistan to launch new visa regime Dec 14
byNew Delhi: A revised visa agreement between india and Pakistan will be launched today when Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik arrives on a three-day visit…
Husband HIV-positive, wife, three kids ostracised in Rajasthan
byJaipur: A family of five has been socially ostracised in a Rajasthan village after the identity of an HIV-infected member was disclosed in a letter…