The Defence Research Development Organisation is developing the use of laser broadbeam weapons that can help security forces in controlling violent mobs in states such as Jammu and Kashmir. DRDO officials said on Monday that the emission of a broadbeam can dazzle violent stone-pelting mobs which will be temporarily blinded by the flash of light. The lasers are being developed by the New Delhi-based Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC).

India has relocated a damaged statue of the Buddha inwards close to one of its Army posts near the Sino-Indian Line of Actual Control (LAC) to protect it and keep it under constant observation.

The return of turmoil to the Kashmir Valley found the Lok Sabha not only expressing concern on Monday morning and the government forced to admit that in recent weeks, the “problem has taken a serious turn” after July 30.

The Cabinet Committee on Security, which met early Monday morning, was of the opinion that Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah needed to act to restore normalcy in the Valley.

The Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Bill, which seeks to make registration of all clinical establishments mandatory, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

With many states trying to take credit for the UPA government’s flagship scheme, MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), the government on Monday told Parliament that funds allocation for the scheme could even be stopped to states that try and given the scheme a local name.

The issue of Central Vigilance Commission’s “strong condemnation” regarding Prasar Bharati’s CEO’s activities was raised in the Parliament on Monday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, CPI member Syed Azeez Pasha wanted to know why the government was silent on the issue.

With food inflation showing trends of decline this week, the Congress on Monday lauded government efforts in bringing ever-rising prices of essential commodities down to single digit.

The Centre has informed the Parliament that a group of ministers, among others, is looking at regulatory deficiencies regarding illegal mining in the country.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha on the issue, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said “The honest truth is that we do not have e

The Shiv Sena on Monday demanded probe by a Joint Parliamentary Party (JPC) into the alleged financial irregularities in the preparation of the Commonwealth Games.
Party MP Sanjay Raut drew Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s attention in this regard through a letter.