In a landmark ruling, the Delhi High Court on Friday ordered granting of permanent commissions to 50 short service commissioned (SSC) women officers belonging to both the Army and the Air Force who had accused the government of gender discrimination.

Crisis managers in the ruling United Progressive Alliance are working on a proposal to bring the 33 per cent quota for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies (in the bill passed by the Rajya Sabha earlier this week) down to 20 per cent.

As many as 11 state revenue officials including Mr K. Harshavardhan, who was raided by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), were conferred IAS.