The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government effected a second reshuffle of bureaucrats after assuming power. Arun Goyal, who until now was principal secretary (urban development), will replace S.S. Yadav as principal secretary-cum commissioner (food and supplies). The order is dated Jan 6 (Monday) when the government reshuffled 800 officials in the Delhi Jal Board. During […]
The Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP), a new political outfit comprising mainly Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebels, Tuesday demanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe payoff allegations against Himachal Pradesh Chief MiniThe Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP), a new political outfit comprising mainly Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebels, Tuesday demanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
A Mumbai court Tuesday postponed till Jan 21 the hearing in the 2002 accident case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan after the prosecution sought time to appeal against the retrial order in the Bombay High Court. Public prosecutor J.V. Kendralkar informed Sessions Court Judge D.W. Deshpande that the prosecution was awaiting the state government’s response […]
Saritha Nair, one of the key accused in the solar scam that has rocked Kerala’s more than two-year-old Oommen Chandy government, led a luxurious life, according to a police report that came out in the media Tuesday. The police have registered 33 cases against her, of which she has secured bail in 30. The detailed […]
Justice (retd.) A.K. Ganguly quit as West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman to “obviate any further controversy” and “to ensure the peace and happiness” of his family, he said in his resignation letter. In the letter dated Jan 6, a copy of which is with IANS, the former Supreme Court judge has denied the allegations […]
A trial court in Goa said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) tampered with facts to implicate the Hindu right-wing organisation “Sanatan Sanstha” in a 2009 Goa blast case. A designated NIA court in Goa last week said in its order, released to public Monday, that right from the stage of filing of the first information […]
Taking note of the failure of the states and union territories to implement the “Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007”, the NHRC Tuesday sent notices to them in this regard, seeking a report within six weeks. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) felt that the Act was not being executed “in […]
The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to vacate its Aug 17, 2007 order restraining Haryana from breaching the Bhakra Main Line (BML) canal and connecting it with its intra-state Hansi-Butana canal to draw part of its share of the Ravi-Beas waters. “Stay is there for six years. Why should we disturb it now,” said a bench […]
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Jan 21 DMK leader Kanimozhi’s plea seeking the quashing of charges against her in the 2G case being exclusively heard by a special CBI court on day-to-day basis. A bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said the 2G bench comprising Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice K.S. […]
A Delhi court has acquitted a man of rape charges after observing that the victim had admitted that they had a consensual physical relationship. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat held Kamaljeet Singh innocent of the accusation made in a police complaint but which the young woman withdrew in her statement to a magistrate. The court […]