The Madras High Court has yet again refused to permit opening of about 35 containers of municipal garbage/waste' from the U.S, saying it would pose danger to land and water. The matter relates to the import of 40 containers of waste paper' by the ITC ..
Taking a serious note of the continuing attacks on women, home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy on Saturday directed the police to register non-bailable cases against those involved in harassment of women and arrest them without delay. The home minister ..
Hindus who have always wanted to adopt a girl even though they already have a daughter can now do just that. The Hindu adoption law prohibits same gender adoptions but, in a landmark judgment this week, the Bombay High Court has thrown open the legal ..
Crimes against environment Clara Lewis | TNN Mumbai: The Centre is considering a heavy penalty for those degrading the environment. The Environment Protection Act currently does not allow rigorous punishment even when a person is caught destroying t ..
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) is in the process of setting up database of all vehicles, which are insured. In this context, Irda has released a draft on design and development of Vehicle Insurance Status SMS System (VISSS) ..
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has requested all Registrars of Co-operative Societies (RCSs) to restrict individual shareholding in an urban co-operative bank (UCB) to 5 per cent of the total paid-up share capital. In its meeting with the registrars ..
The State Information Commissioner, Mr P.N. Vijayakumar, has said that there is nothing new about the declaration of assets by judicial officers and the present controversy is over whether the same is to be made public under the Right to Information ..
The government has constituted a 10-member expert committee to review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, so that its provisions meet the present days requirements of the road transport sector. The committee will be chaired by S Sunder, former secretary, M ..
The new transfer of agency norms announced by the insurance regulator this month could turn out to be a ticklish issue for the country’s largest bank, State Bank of India. SBI is in the process of floating a non-life insurance company — S ..