Supreme Court bars all High Courts from hearing any petition on Judge BH Loya death case
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) today transferred two cases to do with the alleged suspicious death of CBI judge BH Loya from the Bombay high court (HC) to itself. The SC then also asked other HCs not to entertain any PILs on the issue relating to Loya’s death and posted the matter for hearing on February 2. As […]
91-year-old‘casual labourer’ enrolled for regular Govt service
Srinagar.Rafiqa Begum is a little over nine years short of celebrating her 100th birthday. She was born on 18 March 1927. The last Dogra monarch Hari Singh had ascended the throne only two years earlier. At the age of 90 years, 10 months and 17 days, Begum has been enrolled in J&K education department as […]
Change in Bench, CJI Dipak Misra to hear Judge Loya case
January 20, 2018 A new three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is scheduled to hear the Justice Loya case on Monday. The bench excludes Justice Arun Mishra, whose bench was assigned the case earlier. The composition of the bench was changed on Saturday amid the rift between the CJI and four […]
Kumar Vishwas terms office of profit case as ‘unfortunate’
January 20, 2018 Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on Saturday termed the disqualification of 20 of its MLAs for holding the office of profit as ‘unfortunate’ and ‘sad’. “It’s very unfortunate and sad that the Election Commission has recommended 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs be disqualified from the Delhi assembly for holding offices of […]
Six get death in 2013 Maharashtra honour killings
Nashik, Jan 20 : A court here on Saturday send six men to the gallows in the honour killings of three Dalit youths in Ahmednagar district five years ago. On January 15, Nashik District and Sessions Court Judge Rajendrakumar R. Vaishnav pronounced six of the seven accused guilty for the brutal murder of Sachin S. […]
Pakistan brings up Kulbhushan Jadhav in UN Security Council debate
United Nations, Jan 20:At a high-level Security Council meeting, Pakistan has raised the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, whom Islamabad has accused of being an Indian spy and given him a death sentence. “Those who speak of changing mindsets (about terrorism) need to look within and their own record of subversion against my country as our […]
US government shuts down after Senate rejects spending bill
January 20, 2018 The United States government officially shutdown on Saturday for the first time in five years after the Senate rejected a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government running, marking a chaotic end to Donald Trump’s first year as president. The shutdown began at 12:01 am (local time) after a few Republicans […]
Army jawan among 3 killed in cross-border firing in Krishna Ghati sector
An army jawan was on Saturday killed after being hit by a bullet during cross-border firing in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district, the officials said. A defence spokesman identified the slain soldier as sepoy Mandeep Singh, 23, a resident of Alampur village of Sangroor in Punjab. He said the Pakistani Army initiated unprovoked and […]
DDC Pulwama flags-off exposure tour for school children
PULWAMA, JANUARY 19: District Development Commissioner Pulwama Ghulam Mohammad Dar today Flagged off a group of 100 students of the District on education tour to New Delhi. The tour is planned under the aegis of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), a centrally-sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Speaking on the occasion, […]
Govt cautions against fake lists being circulated in social media
Law enforcing agencies asked to identify mischief-mongers, initiate action against them: Finance Secy JAMMU, JANUARY 19: The Government today made it clear that no lists of casual labours, daily wagers & other such workers have been finalized for regularization yet and all such lists being circulated on the social media are fake and bogus. Responding to […]
