India

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new Consumer Protection Bill 2015 that seeks to replace a 29-year-old law and proposes setting up a regulatory authority to curb unfair trade practices.

In his appeal to the President, Gandhi said Kalam had, as recently as earlier this month, expressed his opposition to the concept of capital punishment.

The Delhi High court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking 'martyr' status for paramilitary and police personnel who sacrifice their lives in the line of duty, on par with army, navy and air force.

Incessant rains caused by a deep depression lashed northern and Kutch regions of Gujarat, causing death of 22 persons in various rain-related incidents and throwing life out gear, officials said here on Tuesday.

The funeral of the former president will be held in Rameswaram, his birth place in Tamil Nadu, on July 30 with full military honours.

The tracking point on one of the devices showed Talwandi point, Parmanand village and Dina Nagar, while the other had Gurdaspur Civil Lines marked, indicating that the area was also their target.

Security forces have busted a terrorist hideout in the forest area in North Kashmir's Kupwara district and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, police said.

A mild tremor measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale was felt in Nepal on Tuesday morning. The aftershock was recorded at 9.21 am with epicentre at Sidhupalchowk district, according to the National Seismological Centre.

As many as 19 structures, including 5 houses, were damaged and 11 mud houses partially damaged in the cloudburst which hit mountainous Mendhar belt of Poonch district.

One of the several people the affable Dr Kalam managed to inspire through his life-span is Nila Madhab Panda, the director of the 2011 release 'I am Kalam'.

Kalam (84) took ill at a function here and was rushed to the hospital, M Kharkrang, SP Khasi Hills, said.

National carrier Air India has reduced its net loss by more than a quarter to Rs 5,547.47 crore in the previous fiscal as compared to a net loss of Rs 7,559.74 crore in FY12, government said on Monday.