Agra civic body gets nod for felling trees
New Delhi: The Supreme Court allowed the Agra Municipal Corporation to cut down 38 trees in the protected area of Taj Mahal under the Taj Trapezium Zone but directed it to plant thrice the number of trees in the compound or nearby areas. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur passed the order after the corporation submitted that trees need to be cut down to renovate the tehsil building.
SC seeks responses from Centre, CAG
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and CAG on two separate pleas of private telecom majors against a Delhi High Court verdict holding that the top auditor was empowered to conduct revenue audits of the firms.The bench comprising justices KS Radhakrishnan and Vikramajit Sen, which also issued a notice to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, said “the issue relates to the important question of law and requires hearing. Fix it for hearing on February 11.”
TCAS installed to curb train collisions
New Delhi: With anti-collision systems installed earlier achieving partial success, Railways on Monday announced installation of an indigenous and efficient technology to prevent train mishaps. The Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) has shown positive results during its run as a pilot project in South Central zone, a Railways official said. TCAS enables the driver to view signal from his cabin itself through a monitor, and also advises the loco pilot about increasing and decreasing train speed, he said.
Fake encounter: SC notice to Amit Shah
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Narendra Modi’s close aide Amit Shah and other accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case on the plea of CBI seeking transfer of certain documents from Gujarat to a Maharashtra court. “Issue notice to respondents returnable within four weeks,” a bench of justices Ranjana Prakash Desai and Madan B lokur said.
‘National Register of Citizens in progress’
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told that Supreme Court that it has put in motion the process for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and it would be completed within three years.
Honorarium of midday meal may get hiked
New Delhi: A proposal to increase the honorarium of midday meal workers from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 is likely to be taken up by an empowered committee scheduled to meet on Tuesday. The proposal, which would benefit close to 28 lakh workers across the country, 80 per cent of whom are women, has received the nod of the Planning Commission, sources in the HRD Ministry said.
German President to arrive today
New Delhi: German President Joachim Guack will arrive on Tuesday on a six-day state visit to India during which he will hold talks with the top leadership and discuss ways to enhance bilateral ties.
VK Singh condemns attack on N-E people
New Delhi: Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Monday condemned the acts of violence against the people from the Northeastern states, saying this “deep-rooted malice” in the society has to be addressed immediately.