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A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, requested former apex court judge Justice (Retd) F M I Kalifulla, chairperson of the three-member mediation panel, to submit the report by July 18.

The second meeting of the IRSED will be held today (July 10) under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar and Russia deputy minister of the Economic Development Timur Maksimov. 
 

A video of the purported incident showed several villagers carrying sticks and forcing the alleged cattle-transporters to do sit-ups holding their ears amid cries of "gau mata ki jai"

Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of Bengal, took part in the Rath Yatra festival organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Kolkata on Thursday (July 5). The move is seen as an endeavour by the chief minister to shed her image of a Muslim appeaser

 Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Manisha Gulati has demanded a ban on the song.

Anand Singh, the Congress MLA from Vijayanagara has tendered his resignation because he felt that Jindal company had received preferential treatment by the Karnataka government. The MLA met Governor Vajubhai Vala and gave a copy of his resignation.

Karanataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa criticised the ruling coalition government in the state terming it ‘a sleeping government’. However, he added that his party would not make any attempts to fell the government.

 

"Some may call it dynasty or whatever, it is the way the Congress has evolved over the years. Somehow it has been dependent on the pan-India appeal of the Gandhi family," the former vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, Marri Shashidhar Reddy said.

While the Karnataka government mulls moratorium on the construction of apartments in Bengaluru, a water expert explains such drastic measures aren’t necessary as there is enough water available to overcome the crisis

Water is an invaluable resource. As days wear on, it is becoming more and more scanty. So Capt S Raja Rao, former secretary, environment and minor irrigation has submitted a comprehensive paper, giving as many as 35 suggestions for water management

 

Rampant concretisation in cities and unchecked use of groundwater have depleted the groundwater so much that the garden city of Bengaluru might soon turn into a Chennai.

 

Deceased NRI entrepreneur Sajan’s relatives blamed corporation chairperson PK Shyamala, wife of CPI(M) central committee member MV Govindan, for the victim’s death. Bar dancer rape accused’s father and CPI(M) Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has extended support to Shyamala.

A recent report released by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has revealed that as many as 15 rivers in the state are contaminated to the point of being unfit for human consumption

Kerala Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala resigned from the post of vice chairman of the Loka Kerala Sabha, an initiative of the state government to unite Keralites from all around the world

Several people, including the BJP cadres, opposed the move by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) for appointing YV Subba Reddy as the TTD chairman.