Colonel accuses Chandigarh cops’ SIT of shielding ‘assaulters’; Haryana and Punjab high court summons IPS officer | India News

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday summoned the IPS officer heading Chandigarh Police SIT probe into the assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath in Patiala, allegedly by Punjab Police personnel. The officer has to present himself in court on Wednesday with the case record.Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj gave the directive on a plea…

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Can legislative committees interfere in Revenue deptt work? | India News

[ad_1] Representative imageRepresentative image SC to examine their power to interfere in quasi-judicial functionsNew Delhi: Can parliamentary and legislative committees interfere in the quasi-judicial work of the revenue department? The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine this question arising from the directions issued by a parliamentary committee in the UP Assembly in a land…

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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey cites Himalayan ‘CIA operation’, claims Nehru surrendered to US | India News

[ad_1] File photo: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: As Parliament’s monsoon session approaches, the stage seems to be getting set for a BJP-Congress duel over “foreign interference”, with BJP MP Nishikant Dubey circulating documents about Jawaharlal Nehru govt’s decision to let US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) install “two nuclear-powered devices” high…

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AI171 crash: Probe gives ‘clarity yet spurs new questions’, says Air India CEO | India News

[ad_1] File photo: Air India CEO Campbell Wilson NEW DELHI: A preliminary probe into the June 12 AI-171 crash finds no “mechanical or maintenance issues” with the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft and its engines, and also no fault with fuel quality and “medical status” of the pilots, according to the airline’s CEO Campbell Wilson.In his…

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EAM seeks de-escalation, fair trade with China, hails progress in relationship | India News

[ad_1] EAM S Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar’s first visit to China in six years, amid the thawing of Sino-India ties, saw him pressing Beijing to further address border issues, including through de-escalation, while also urging China to avoid restrictive trade measures.In a meeting…

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Balasore sexual harassment case: Student succumbs to injuries after self-immolation; Odisha CM expresses grief | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced the death of the 20-year-old girl student from FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation earlier this month after alleging sexual harassment by a faculty memberThe victim, a second-year BEd student at FM Autonomous College, was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after…

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Government appoints chief justices of 5 high courts, transfers 4 others | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday notified the appointment of chief justices of five high courts – Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gauhati, Patna and Jharkhand – while transferring the chief justices of four others.Acting chief justice of MP high court Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has been appointed as the chief justice of the same high…

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Jammu and Kashmir: CM Omar Abdullah alleges ‘physical grappling’ as police stop him from visiting martyrs’ graves | India News

[ad_1] J&K CM Omar Abdullah speaks to the media as he recites prayers to mark Martyrs’ Day amid restrictions from the Srinagar district administration (Picture credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah climbed over a wall at Srinagar’s Naqshband Sahib shrine Monday after police denied entry to him and several cabinet members attempting to pay…

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‘Determined to destroy education’: AAP MP Sanjay Singh accuses UP government of prioritising alcohol; launches campaign over school closures | India News

[ad_1] AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh Aam Aadmi Party’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath-led government over the state’s educational infrastructure.He said it was shameful that in a state where millions of children study in government schools, thousands of these schools…

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