Dowry requires fresh look, SC asks Law Commission to consider suggestions

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday observed that persistence of the social evil like dowry requires a much larger consideration and asked the law commission to consider suggestions in a plea.

Advocate V.K. Biju contended before a…

Home Minister will make statement in House over Nagaland incident: LS Speaker

New Delhi (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday informed the Lower House that Home Minister Amit Shah will make a statement over the Nagaland incident. It is learnt that the Home Minister is also likely to make a statement in the Rajya Sabha…

Missing South Africans traced; K'taka health dept heaves sigh of relief

Bengaluru (IANS) The South African nationals, who had arrived in Bengaluru and gone incommunicado, have been finally traced by the civic and police authorities in Bengaluru, sources in the health department said on Saturday.

As many as 10 South…

13 coal miners, soldier killed in Nagaland in case of 'mistaken identity'

Kohima (IANS) At least 13 people, all coal miners, and a soldier were killed and 11 injured in an unfortunate incident of "mistaken identity" in Mon District of Nagaland, sources said on Sunday.

The leaders of various Naga organisations, including…

Govt clears production of 5L AK-203 rifles ahead of Putin's visit

New Delhi (IANS) The government has approved the plan for production of over five lakh AK-203 assault rifles at Korwa in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India, sources said.

The government is…

Pakistan hacker attacked govt computer in India to steal credentials

New Delhi (IANS) A Pakistani threat actor successfully socially engineered a number of ministries in Afghanistan and shared government computer in India to steal sensitive Google, Twitter, and Facebook credentials from its targets and stealthily obtained…

Indian Army to don new combat uniform next year

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Army will have a new combat uniform for its personnel aimed to provide more comfort and sustainability, sources said. The new combat dress would be unveiled during the Army Day Parade on January 15 next year.

For…

'Not judging UPA on 26/11': Tewari in damage control mode at book launch

New Delhi (IANS) Congress MP Manish Tewari's book "10 Flashpoints: 20 years - National Security Situations That Impacted India", in which he stirred up a row by stating that the then UPA government should have acted in the wake of the 26/11 attacks,…

Twitter removes 3.465 state-linked info ops, Twitterati bemoans bigger 'losses'

New York (IANS) Ask a Twitter jock and youll hear metrics like "engagement" and "quality". Dig deeper and it comes down to the crude number of follows. "Oh, she has just xyz follows (and they are bots), I have a thousand more" might be the predictable…

Enforcement task force, 17 flying squads for measures to reduce air pollution, SC told

New Delhi (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court's rap, the Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR has told the apex court that it has constituted a five-member enforcement task force to monitor implementation of its directions to curb…