Fifty CPI (Maoist) cadres were arrested across five districts in Andhra Pradesh in a coordinated, intelligence-led operations, poliec said on Wednesday.
Speaker U.T. Khader has directed officials to ensure that the upcoming winter session of the State Legislature, scheduled to be held from December 8 to 19 at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, is conducted successfully and without any lapses.
Months after the government increased renewal charges for older vehicles, the transport ministry has raised the fitness test fee for motor vehicles older than 20 years to discourage people from keeping them.
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet against former Mysuru Urban Development Authority commissioner G T Dinesh Kumar in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to the MUDA scam case.
Customs authorities at Kempegowda International Airport arrested two passengers arriving from Bangkok and seized five wild animals from them, officials said.
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said the Delhi blast has put a "very serious question mark" on the government's security policy and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should soon answer in Parliament on the "lapse".
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said one of the main reasons for the success of the tiger conservation project in the country is the continuous monitoring by a centralised authority.
The Maharashtra State Election Commission on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that the use of VVPAT machines was not mandatory for local body polls, and it was also not technically feasible.
In a concerning development, Kashmiri students studying outside the Union Territory are reporting increasing harassment, social isolation and suspicion following the arrests linked to “white-collar terror module” and the recent Red Fort blast.