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The December 11, 2013 verdict of the apex court had recriminalized homosexuality between consenting adults on the ground that there was no constitutional infirmity in this provision.

The SC asked the Centre to set up within four weeks an expert committee to look into the grievances pertaining to service conditions of nurses employed with private hospitals.

Petitioner P Rathinam, an advocate and PIL activist, sought a direction to the state Chief Secretary to rationalise publication of such advertisements which "will have the potential of developing personality cult like Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi".

"They are not terrorists. It was a case of mistaken identity," Visakhapatnam police sources said.

The period of 1989-91, Mukherjee says, was a phase dominated by violence and bitter divisions within Indian society.

The sources said the agency team on Wednesday reached Tihar Jail where Rajan is lodged after being deported from Indonesia and started questioning him after completing necessary formalities.

While there's a bomb alert in Punjab, unidentified men moving suspiciously have been spotted in the Uttarakhand capital.

The award of one Ashok Chakra, two Kirti Chakras and eight Shaurya Chakras to the Indian Army personnel was approved by President Mukherjee.

A 20-year-old girl was allegedly chased by two men on Sunday night around 9 pm at centrally located AJC Bose area while going towards Park Street.

According to Northern Railway officials, 50 Delhi-bound trains including the premiere Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express were cancelled due to dense fog while 20 of them were reported to be running behind schedule.

Mumbai and Delhi closed the top five cities as they registered a growth of 357 per cent and 335 per cent respectively between 2000-2015.

"The dogs undergo various kinds of training including obedience training for 12 weeks. The 36 dogs were selected on the basis of merit," an official said.

Visibility in the city dropped as a result of fog resulting in zero visibility at Palam and 300 meter at Safdarjung at 8.30 AM.

Mallika Sarabhai took to Facebook to ask why Modi, who belongs to Gujarat, had not bothered to condole the death of her 97-year-old mother.

The inter-ministerial FIPB panel, chaired by Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das, can vet foreign direct investment proposals up to Rs 5,000 crore.

Modi said he is under tremendous attack all the time and attempts are made to pitchfork him in into controversies but he would not digress from his path of working for the poor.