Akhilesh Das resigned from Congress Party
Akhilesh Das , Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh has submitted his resignation on Tuesday from Rajya Sabha saying he had “no faith” in the party. He also resigned from the primary membership of the Congress Party.
As soon as the House met for the day, Das walked up to Chairman Hamid Ansari with his resignation letter.
Akhilesh Das said, “I have no faith in the Congress part”. Ansari did not accept the letter & asked the member to go back to his ….
Senior citizens accidentally locked up during sealing by MCD
Two senior citizens were accidentally locked up by officials of MCD, who were sealing their property in West Delhi on Monday.
A senior official of MCD said that the incident took place in Tilak Nagar area. The two were rescued a couple of hours later.
The official blamed “negligence” by the concerned MCD team for the incident & said necessary action would be taken against them.
The civic body has been conducting a Supreme Court-ordered sealing drive targeting illegal commercial units in the ….
Rahul Mahajan Case: Supreme Court dismisses Apollo doctors plea
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petetion on Monday which was filed by six Indraprashtha Apollo Hospital doctors & five others seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings launched against them in the Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case. A Bench of Justices A K Mathur & Aftab Alam directed the petitioners to approach the trial court for relief.
Eleven Apollo staffers including six doctors, who were charged with misleading the investigation & tampering with the evidence, in a special leave petition (SLP) ….
Advani addressed Pranab Mukherjee as “leader of Opposition”
A slip of tongue landed NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate LK Advani in a piquant situation in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
L.K. Advani on Monday addressed Pranab Mukherjee as the “Leader of the Opposition”. Pranab Mukherjee is the Leader of the House.
This prompted Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to remark in a lighter vein that the observation by Advani, who is Leader of the Opposition, is “in anticipation”. The senior BJP leader immediately expressed regret. The incident took place amid the discussion on ….
Women’s Reservation Bill may be introduced Tomorrow
A Bill, providing for reservation for women in Lok Sabha & assemblies may be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday. The Women’s Reservation Bill, which provides for 33 per cent quota for women, will be considered by the Cabinet on Monday night & is expected to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
The Bill is expected to be referred to the Standing Committee soon after being tabled in the Upper House. The proposed legislation has been stuck for long due to differences ….
Sonia Gandhi launched satellite TV channel “Vasanth”
Sonia Gandhi the president of Congress has launched the satellite TV channel named as “Vasanth” from the party headquarters at 24, Akbar Road in New Delhi.
The launching was done in the presence of H. Vasanthkumar, chairman & managing director of the channel & Congress MLA in Tamil Nadu.
Apart from news & current affairs, the channel will also provide entertainment via tele-serials, feature films & documentaries. It will also focus on the Congress party & its achievements. It is to begin ….
Marathi newsreader Data Kulkarni passed away
Marathi newsreader Data Kulkarni has passed away on Sunday. Datta Kulkarni, whose voice was familiar all over Masharashtra in yesteryears as reader of Marathi news was passed away in new Delhi.
He was 82 years old. Dattatreya Ramchandra Kulkarni was the head of Marathi news unit at All India Radio, Delhi for 30 long years. He retired from service 23 years ago.
Kulkarni, who was not keeping well from the past few months, breathed his last at his residence in east Delhi. ….
142 prisoners still detained under TADA Act
At least 142 prisoners are still detained under TADA Act across India with Maharashtra topping the list with 50 such detentions.
These persons are in judicial custody as per orders of the designated TADA Courts. Maharashtra tops the list of TADA detainees with 50 prisoners while Assam came second with 28 such detentions followed by Gujarat with 18.
Seventeen people were still detained in Tamil Nadu under the scrapped anti-terror legislation. In Jammu &Kashmir, eight people are still in prisons under the ….
Sikand murder: Delhi court awarded life term to Ex-army officer
A Delhi court awarded life term to ex-army officer SJ Choudhary for killing businessman Krishan Sikand in a parcel bomb explosion 26 years ago.
District Judge Mamta Sehgal said, pronouncing the sentence in a jam-packed courtroom, “I sentence you to life term”. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Choudhary.
Choudhary, 70 years old was on April 28 found guilty by the court for the murder of Krishan Sikand 40 years old, who had died in an explosion caused ….
Supreme Court adjourned hearing of Sethusamudram case
The hearing of the Sethusamudram project has been adjourned in the Supreme Court for Thursday. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan agreed to hear the matter on Thursday after Janata Party President Subramanium Swamy & lawyers for other petitioners brought to its notice that there was some confusion as the order mistakenly showed that the matter will be heard on May one.
The apex court had earlier stayed the project, which involves dredging a shipping channel between India ….
Supreme Court will hear Sethusamudram case today
The Supreme Court will hear the Sethusamudram case today. The apex court had earlier stayed the project, which involves dredging a shipping channel between India & Sri Lanka over objections that it would affect the Ram Sethu.
Meanwhile, Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy has filed a petition alleging that Shipping Minister TR Baalu has vested interest in the project as his family companies are involved in the project.
Arms dealer Suresh Nanda granted bail
Delhi High Court has granted bail to arms dealer Suresh Nanda, his son Sanjeev & two others on Tuesday who allegedly manipulated evidence in a case of alleged kickbacks in the Barak missile deal.
The Nandas, their chartered accountant Bipin Shah & IRS officer Ashutosh Verma had been in custody for the last 53 days. Justice S N Muralidhar said, ”Each of the petitioners shall be released forthwith”.
The court directed them not to leave the country without the court’s permission. Suresh ….
Delhi Mayor Aarti Mehra: No sealing in city’s rural areas
Delhi Mayor Aarti Mehra has announced on Tuesday that there will be no sealing in the rural areas of the city. The Delhi Mayor has ordered the MCD Commissioner not to conduct ongoing sealing & demolition drive in the rural areas adjoining the National Capital Region.
The move is likely to bring respite for traders & business, as the ongoing sealing & demolition drive is having a negative impact on the society & its economic growth. Mehra had recently written a ….
MCD’s sealing drive in New Delhi will begin today
Delhi’s Municipal Corporation will start the sealing drive on non-notified roads from today. The civic body has completed all preparations to begin the drive as the deadline for traders operating on such stretches to shut their shops ended on Sunday.
K. S. Mehra, MCD Commissioner said, ”We will start the court-ordered drive from Monday. We had already issued a notice in the regard earlier”.
The Supreme Court had, on March 10, asked the civic body to seal within three months all ….
70 people will run in Olympic torch in Delhi
IOA on Wednesday has said that at least 70 people, including 47 sportspersons, will take part in the Olympic torch relay in Delhi on April 17. Actors Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan & Sagarika Ghatge are scheduled to take part in torch relay, said IOA. Some of the sportspersons participating in the run took the occasion as an opportunity to share their feeling about the run.
Two-time hockey gold medallist G Nandy Singh too was elated to be part of the ….
Tibetans protesters tried to storm Chinese embassy
At least 60 Tibetans on Wednesday attempted to storm the Chinese embassy in New Delhi & clashed with security personnel. Waving Tibetan flags and wearing “Free Tibet” headbands, about 60 protestors, including women, emerged near the embassy located in high security Chanakyapuri area at around 10:30 am & tried to break the security cordon.
The protestors then entered into a clash with police & paramilitary personnel, who were deployed in large numbers near the embassy building. The Tibetans shouted slogans against ….
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad BJP’s MP disqualified from Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has announced on Tuesday that the Jai Narain Prasad Nishad has been disqualified as a BJP Rajya Sabha member under the anti-defection law. Ansari further said that the Nishad’s disqualification was followed a petition by senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on charges that he had campaigned against the party.
The issue was referred to the Privileges Committee which submitted its report in November last year. Subsequently, Nishad was given an opportunity to appear before the Chairman ….
Supreme court will hear Sethusamudram issue today
The Supreme Court will hear the petition against the Sethusamudram project today.
Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said that on April 15 it will further decide the date for further hearing on the matter.
On February 29, the Centre had filed a fresh affidavit in the apex court on the project seeking vacation of its interim orders putting on hold any damage to “Ram Setu”.
Chinese security officials to review Olympic torch security in Delhi
A team of Chinese security officials is expected in Delhi on Monday to inspect the route for the Olympic torch run on April 17. Indian officials are expected to take them for a survey of the route. The torch will arrive in Delhi on Thursday afternoon.
The run has been shortened to just 2.3 km, down Rajpath, a high security zone of Delhi. India is home to lakhs of Tibetan refugees, hundreds of whom have begun arriving in Delhi for protests. ….
Education in private schools in Delhi to get costlier
Education in private schools in New Delhi the national capital is set to get costlier, with their federation deciding to effect a 30 per cent fee hike.
The chairman of Federation of Schools, R P Mallick said, “There will be 20 to 30 per cent increase in fees”. He expressed hope that the decision will help its 300 member institutions to raise the salary of teachers by about 40 per cent. However, he said, the new fee structure will come into ….