New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to initiate a breach of privilege motion against Congress MP and Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, for his comments in Parliament that Chinese troops were present on Indian soil. Dubey accused the Congress leader of distorting … Read more
Bhopal, Feb 4 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday moved an application before a Bhopal district court, hearing the disproportionate assets case against ex-RTO Saurabh Sharma and his two associates, seeking permission to interrogate them. In its application, the ED sought the court’s permission to interrogate Saurabh Sharma and his two associates – Chetan … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday called for a reply from its registry over the designation of an appropriate court to hear the bail plea of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, accused in a terror funding case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). After it was told that … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking the appointment of Judicial as well as Expert Members to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Section 4(1) of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, mandates that the NGT “shall consist of”, “not less than ten” Judicial Members, and “not less … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Continuing his attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for alleged bias, the AAP’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sought registration of an FIR against Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini for attempting to create an artificial water crisis ahead of the Assembly election by sending ‘poisonous’ Yamuna … Read more
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) A man from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district has sent a notice to the Indian Railways, seeking Rs 50 lakh compensation after he and his in-laws could not board a train to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to alleged negligence of its officials. The complainant, Janak Kishore Jha alias Rajan, alleged that despite … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Following the tragic stampede at the Maha Kumbh in which at least 30 people were killed and around 60 others injured, a public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking legal action against authorities and officials for their “negligent conduct”. The petition said the incident depicts … Read more
Bengaluru, Jan 29 (IANS) The infighting within the BJP’s Karnataka unit has come out into the open with the party’s Chikballapur MP and former minister K. Sudhakar on Wednesday lashing out at state President B.Y. Vijayendra and warning that if national leaders fail to take action, the party has no future. Addressing the media in … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, sought a report from the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata on the allegations of “threat culture” prevailing at the premium medical institute of the state. The single-judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta has directed the hospital authorities … Read more
