Existing fare caps act as protector for passengers, airlines: Scindia

New Delhi, 11/5: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said existing fare caps act as a protector for air travellers as well as airlines and indicated that doing away with the curbs could be looked at once the environment stabilises in terms of passenger traffic and jet fuel prices.   Domestic air passenger traffic…

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Relax uniform norms, modify timings: Education Ministry’s guidelines to combat heatwave

New Delhi, 11/5: The Ministry of Education on Wednesday issued guidelines to schools for combating heatwave, asking them to relax the uniform norms and modify timings.     A torrid heatwave had sent the mercury soaring across large swathes of India with the temperature in Delhi rising to 46 degrees Celsius. The national capital also…

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Marital rape: Delhi High Court delivers split verdict

New Delhi, 11/5:The Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in the marital rape case.   The two-judge bench delivered the much-awaited verdict on criminalising marital rape on Wednesday with Justice Rajiv Shakdher upholding the exemption to husband from offence of marital rape as unconstitutional while Justice Hari Shankar arguing that the exemption is constitutional….

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Congress panel calls for state-specific constitutions for party

New Delhi, 11/5: A panel drafting structural changes in Congress is suggesting a “time-bound review” of party constitution where it envisages the possibility of state committees having separate constitutions.   The suggestion was made by a nine-member committee on organisational issues headed by Mukul Wasnik in which senior leaders Ajay Maken, Tariq Anwar, Ramesh Chennithala,…

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Police intensify search after letter threatens to blow up railway stations in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, 10/5: The police have intensified inspections of railway and bus stations across Uttarakhand after a letter threatening to blow up six railway stations in the state was received recently, officials said on Tuesday.   The letter was sent to the superintendent of Roorkee railway station on Saturday.   The letter, which was written by…

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