Thiruvananthapuram, July 4 (IANS) The Kerala government’s decision to withdraw and redraft a controversial order granting prosecution sanction in the alleged multi-crore cashew import corruption case has sparked questions over whether entrenched interests within the Secretariat continue to influence key decisions despite a change in political leadership.Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan is yet to respond to the controversy surrounding the order, which was issued by the Industries Department sanction…
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Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) The death of elderly man Aslam Shaikh, who fell into an open manhole during heavy rains in Mumbai, triggered a political storm on Friday, with the Congress terming the incident an administrative failure, while the BJP and Shiv Sena blamed years of mismanagement by the previous Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administration. Speaking to IANS, Congress MLA Amin Patel described the incident as a complete administrative failure and questioned the use of funds allocated…
Ranchi, July 2 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday impleaded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a respondent in the case of a minor girl who has been missing from Bokaro district for the past six years and directed it to participate in the investigation.Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl’s mother, Usha Jha, a division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad asked the CBI and the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) to carry forward …
Kochi, July 2 (IANS) In a significant development in the long-running alleged corruption case involving the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC), the High Court on Thursday was informed that the state government has finally passed the sanction order to prosecute former senior officials of the corporation, ending years of resistance that had triggered contempt proceedings against top bureaucrats.The submission was made before Justice A. Badharudeen by the Director General of Prosec…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar on Wednesday informed the state assembly during question hour that the Cabinet has approved the recruitment of 5,000 new positions in the public health department to tackle the manpower shortage across state medical facilities. He announced that the hiring process will be accelerated this week.Coinciding with National Doctors’ Day today, appointment orders for 1,400 doctors are being issued immediately, w…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) A face recognition-based biometric attendance system will be introduced in every government school in West Bengal in phases, said state School Education Minister Dipak Barman on Tuesday. He also assured that he would take a quick decision on the long-pending teacher recruitment process in state-run schools.Speaking at a programme of the BJP’s teachers’ cell at the National Library, he said that the education department has already begun work on this.At the same time, his …
Vijayawada, June 30 (IANS) Speakers at a round-table conference here on Tuesday expressed concern over the complete collapse of law and order in Andhra Pradesh under the coalition government.The speakers felt that democratic values, constitutional rights and the rule of law were under unprecedented assault. They highlighted rising attacks on women, political violence, false cases against victims, custodial deaths and the shrinking space for democratic dissent.The round table on “Police Functioni…
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday cleared the way for long-pending promotions of its employees by directing all departments and district collectors to begin the process under the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Promotion Rules, 2025. The General Administration Department (GAD) issued a notification to Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, heads of departments and district collectors. The directions are based on the Advocate General’s legal opinion.”Plea…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged ‘fake’ encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu questioned the maintainability of the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution and asked the petitioner to pursue appr…
Shimla, June 27 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday accused the Congress-led state government of undermining democracy by misusing the administrative machinery to manipulate the outcome of Panchayati Raj and urban local body elections. He alleged that “after failing to prevent the elections, the state government is now deliberately delaying the election of Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons in an attempt to facilitate horse-trading and overturn the people’s m…