Kalpetta (Kerala), July 9 (IANS) Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan over his remarks on the environmental clearance granted to the Wayanad tunnel road project, accusing the government of attempting to create a controversy to divert attention from administrative lapses that may have contributed to the devastating mudslide at Kalladi.The tunnel project was cleared by Vijayan when he was the Chief Minister and he …
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New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the civic authorities over rampant illegal constructions and repeated non-compliance with its earlier directions, observing that if officials fail to act even after the top court’s orders, it raises serious concerns about the plight of ordinary citizens.A Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan directed the constitution of an expert committee comprising senior professors and draughtsmen from IIT Delhi, wh…
Bengaluru, July 9 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, on Thursday asserted that the Karnataka government has no legal claim over the disputed HMT land in Bengaluru and accused the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Eshwar Khandre of making misleading statements on the issue. Eshwar Khandre served as the Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment in the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka. He had accused the Centre of attempting t…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The investigation into the murder of Duttabad-based gold merchant Swapan Kamilya has gathered fresh momentum, with a forensic team visiting a house in New Town near Kolkata that police suspect may have been the crime scene.The Bidhannagar police have already formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murder case. On Thursday, the Bidhannagar police, the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal police, the cybercrime and forensic teams went to the house in New To…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) In a major move towards implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Maharashtra state government has constituted a high-level committee to draft the framework. Making the announcement in the Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis shared details regarding the committee’s chairperson and its members. The panel has been tasked with studying the matter and submitting its comprehensive report within the next six months. The government aims to table the draft…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday held that an uncle-in-law cannot claim to have adopted his niece’s husband as a ‘ghardamad (resident son-in-law)’ for inheritance purposes unless such a custom is proved, setting aside concurrent judgments of three courts in a property dispute involving members of the Oraon tribal community in Jharkhand. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh allowed an appeal filed by Bejla Oraon after holding that the defendants had failed …
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred the hearing on the Meghalaya government’s plea challenging the grant of bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case, till July 14 and directed the state authorities to place on record the arrest memo and other documents supplied to the accused at the time of her arrest.A Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Shree Chandrashekhar did not pass any interim order staying the bail granted to Son…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Nearly a year after they were allegedly pushed into Bangladesh on suspicion of being infiltrators, Bengali migrant worker Sweety Bibi and four others from Paikar village in Birbhum district returned to India on Wednesday along with her two minor children.Among those who returned was Danesh Sheikh, the husband of another migrant worker, Sonali Bibi. The family had alleged that they were pushed into Bangladesh from Assam after being detained on suspicion of being illegal inf…
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) The Maharashtra government stands firmly behind the Marathi-speaking population in the border areas and will leave no stone unturned to secure their just rights, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured on Wednesday. The chief minister made these remarks during a high-level coordination committee meeting on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute held at Vidhan Bhavan. The meeting saw a broad spectrum of political leadership in attendance.Key members of the high-level comm…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has held that the suspension of an employee of a recognised private school automatically lapses if it is not approved by the Directorate of Education (DoE) within 15 days, clarifying that any approval granted thereafter cannot revive the suspension. A Full Bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar, Om Prakash Shukla and Renu Bhatnagar answered a reference arising out of conflicting Division Bench judgments on the interpretation of the second proviso …