Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, July 5 (IANS) The Karnataka government has suspended the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) and two other officers in connection with the shocking deaths of a tigress and her four cubs in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district. Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre recommended … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Citing technological glitches and gaps in the availability of vehicle databases from NCR states, the Delhi government on Thursday approached the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to place on hold its direction to stop selling fuel to overage and polluting vehicles. In a letter … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has summoned Boeing executives, Air India representatives, the Civil Aviation Secretary, and DGCA officials for a discussion on air safety issues related to the tragic Boeing Dreamliner crash within seconds of take-off from the Ahmedabad airport. The meeting is likely … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha on Wednesday met party president and her father K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) at the latter’s house in Siddipet district. This was her first meeting with the former chief minister after her confidential letter written to him was leaked and … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 8 (IANS) With favourable water storage levels in the Mettur reservoir and an optimistic monsoon forecast, the Tamil Nadu government has set an enhanced Kuruvai cultivation target of over five lakh acres in the Cauvery delta region for the ongoing agricultural season. This marks a significant increase from … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) In what is being seen as an extraordinary and rare development in the Indian judiciary, a three-member committee appointed by then Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna has indicted Justice Yashwant Varma, now of the Allahabad High Court, finding serious substance in allegations of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court has turned down an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking a copy of the report of the top court-appointed in-house enquiry panel, which was formed to probe into cash-discovery allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma. Rejecting the RTI application … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of an alleged assault by a teacher on a Class 11 student, who suffered a fractured hand, and issued a directive for action. The case pertains to a private school in Jhajjar district where teacher Sonu, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The latest report by a three-member committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court to probe the communal violence in Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal last month, indicated police negligence and indifference to bring the situation under control before the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces … Read more