Even as regular international operations commenced from the new swanky integrated Terminal-3 at the New Delhi IGI airport from Wednesday evening, the Autotrack-3 Air Traffic Control (ATC) system and radars malfunctioned for about 20 minutes from about 5.50 pm on Wednesday. However, the Airports Authority of India said in a

In a bid to bring them on par with Supreme Court Judges, the government is considering increasing retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 years. A proposal to this effect is high on the agenda of the Union Cabinet, which will meet on Friday.

Indian Railway loco pilots could soon be seen sporting a ring in their hand which would help them stay alert and generate warnings in the event of them falling asleep.
The ring would be a “biometric device” which the Railways are introducing shortly, alarmed over the spurt in accidents.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed trial of six former judges and other accused in the multi-crore Ghaziabad court provident fund scam case after the CBI alleged that district judge there had been “interfering” in the trial proceedings in the special court.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used successfully by the US in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda have, however, failed to make any impact in the dense forests of the country to monitor movement of Naxals.

The Congress on Wednesday issued a whip to its MPs to be present in Parliament in the backdrop of the Opposition move to press for an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha on the price rise issue.

The Centre has said that elements in Pakistan with the support of separatists were fomenting trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.
Minister of state for home affairs Ajay Maken said that the government is aware of anti-India elements based in Pakistan provoking the people of Kashmir with the support of certain sections of secessionist groups based in Kashmir on various pretexts to arouse the public sentiments.

The agriculture ministry has put on hold the controversial Seeds Bill, 2004, following strong objections from the MPs, mainly on the pricing and penalty clauses.
Sources said while the penalty clause would be further referred to the law ministry for its opinion, the ministry would consider the suggestion of creating a national authority to decide pricing of the seeds.

Railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Wednesday evening to draw his attention to law and order situation in West Bengal as also the situation in Lalgarh where, she has already declared, she would be holding a party rally on August 9.

The Opposition made a valiant bid corner the government on the issue of rising prices on Wednesday in both houses of the Parliament. Left party MPs belonging to the CPI(M), CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP, on the other hand, are planning to sit on dharna at the main gate of Parliament House on Thursday before the two houses commence their respective sittings for the day. They will be joined by MPs belonging to the AIADMK, BJD and TDP.