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'Disability pension a vested right': SC raps Centre over ex-servicemen pension row

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that the Union of India must demonstrate "fairness, consistency and even-handedness" in administering benefits to those who have served ... Read More


HC: CONVERSION, MARRIAGE CAN'T ALTER ONE'S CASTE

Prayagraj, Feb. 13 -- Caste determined by birth remains unchanged despite conversion or intercaste marriage, the Allahabad High Court has observed as it dismissed an appeal in a Scheduled Caste and Sc... Read More


30K flier complaints filed this yr on Air Sewa portal, says govt

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Over 30,000 complaints have been filed by fliers through the government's Air Sewa portal this year, with ticketing and fare-related issues accounting for the highest number of g... Read More


Road dust, construction accounts for 14-58% of air pollutants: Govt

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Road dust and construction account for between 14% and 58% of air pollutants across cities, the Union environment ministry told the Rajya Sabha, citing an unspecified number of s... Read More


PM meets kerala bjp leaders ahead of Polls

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met a 115-member delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) representatives elected to local bodies from poll-bound Kerala and discussed ... Read More


TIGER RESERVE CLEARANCE LISTING REMOVED FROM govt PORTAL

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Hours after a Hindustan Times story on the website of the National Single Window System (NSWS) listing a clearance to divert "a tiger reserve for ecologically unsustainable uses"... Read More


LAMBO CRASH: SON OF TOBACCO BARON HELD, GRANTED BAIL

Kanpur, Feb. 13 -- KanpurA Kanpur court on Thursday granted bail to 26-year-old Shivam Mishra, the son of a local tobacco baron, in connection with the Lamborghini crash that left three people injured... Read More


24-yr-old Woman working at ggm firm run over by drunk cop in hry

Ambala, Feb. 13 -- A 24-year-old woman working at a private firm in Gurugram was killed and her brother injured in Ambala on Wednesday night after a speeding car, allegedly driven by a drunk Haryana P... Read More


India has 25K licensed pilots, govt informs LS

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- India has 25,001 pilots below the age of 65 and holding valid flying licenses, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday, even as the government said that it does not maintai... Read More


AIMPLB, jamiat criticise rules on National song

New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday strongly objected to the Centre's mandate of singing of all six stanzas of 'Vande Mataram', terming the directive "un... Read More