The government is planning to set up a civil aviation safety advisory council in the wake of the devastating Mangalore crash of an Air-India Express aircraft. The proposal was mooted during a high-level meeting at the ministry presided over by civil aviation minister Praful Patel.

Hectic lobbying has begun for the Rajya Sabha and the Legislative Council nominations in the Maharashtra Congress ahead of the elections next month.
While Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) spokesman K.L. Gidwani on Tuesday virtually announced his candidature for the Rajya Saha seat claiming that he could get 20 to 30 votes from the non-Congress parties if the leadership decides to contest a third seat.

Its differences with parent organisation RSS forced the BJP to change its stand on caste-based Census as the saffron party on Tuesday demanded an all-party meeting before taking a final decision on the issue. When asked to comment on differences between the RSS and BJP over the issue, party spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad

Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chadrasekhar is likely to get an extension of one more year. Papers in this regard have already moved to competent authorities for approval, official sources said.

Moves are afoot in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to shift the Question Hour timing from morning to the post-lunch session in the wake of frequent disruptions in both Houses.

Amid reports that she could be projected as the chief ministerial candidate of the Congress in the coming Bihar Assembly polls, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday virtually ruled out return to active politics in the near future. “I hope this matter remains relevant for another four years,” she remarked when asked about reports of her return to active politics.

The two main parties in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the BJP and the Congress, on Tuesday staged protests at different places on the issue of unruly behaviour and alleged use of unparliamentary language in the House meeting on Monday. While the BJP staged a protest in New Delhi area, the Congress councillors sat on a dharna at Town Hall, the MCD headquarters.

A Bhutanese national was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Paharganj area on Tuesday morning.
Police officials said the deceased, identified as Bhoj Bahadur, who was apparently on vacation here along with his two friends, didn’t respond to repeated knockings on his door on Tuesday morning by a waiter of Star Palace hotel in Paharganj area.

The admission process in the Delhi University kickstarted with over 1,200 forms of the elite St Stephen’s College being sold on the first day. The admissions in Delhi Technological University will start from Wednesday.

A 25-year-old man, who allegedly kidnapped a six-year-old girl to repay his debts and later killed her, was arrested here, the police said on Tuesday. Sanjay was apprehended on Monday night from his rented house in Alipur area of northwest Delhi.