Modi congratulates 2 for climbing Mt Everest
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated two young mountaineers who recently made India proud by scaling Mt. Everest, saying they had achieved a great feat at a tender age. He blessed 13-year-old Poorna Malavath and 17-year-old Anand Kumar for the rare achievement, an official statement said. Malavath created a record of becoming the youngest female ever in the world to reach the world’s highest peak at the age of 13 years and 11 months on May 25.
Ministry reviews working of central forces
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the working of central paramilitary forces like CRPF, CISF, ITBP and BSF. Officials said Singh was given a presentation on the overall functioning and tasks being rendered by the forces which are primarily deployed
for duties like conducting anti-Naxal operations, guarding India’s borders and aiding state police forces in maintaining law and order. The review was done for forces like the Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and the National Security Guard.
SET UP HIGH COURT BENCH IN western UP’
New Delhi: The JD(U) has urged law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to take measures for setting up of a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh as Allahabad High Court is at least 600 km away from any part of the region which “deprives” people from pursuing justice in the higher court. JD(U) MP and spokesperson K C Tyagi has reminded Prasad that he had raised the demand in Rajya Sabha in September last year and Prasad, whose party BJP was in opposition then, had supported it.
ec: publish poll expense records within 72 hrs
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday asked the State electoral officers to publish poll expense records of all candidates in the recently concluded elections within 72 hours of the receipt of such information from the contestants. The EC issued orders in this regard to all Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of the States who will further notify district election officers for compliance of this order which specifically pertains to the 2014 lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections in States like Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
CPM takes stock of post-poll situation
New Delhi: Top CPI(M) leaders on Friday took stock of the post-poll situation facing the party which was decimated in the recent lok Sabha elections winning just two of the 42 seats from its erstwhile stronghold of West Bengal. In the backdrop of demands for a change of leadership by certain sections in the State, the 15-member CPI(M) Politburo held a day-long session here, examining a report sent by its West Bengal unit on the severe drubbing at the hustings and the political-organisational reasons for such a result. At the all-India level, the left numbers in lok Sabha have dwindled from 24 in the 15th lok Sabha to 10 now, rendering them virtually politically irrelevant in the House.
Gadkari takes charge of Munde’s portfolio
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday took additional charge of Rural Development, Panchayti Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministries — the portfolios held by Gopinath Munde who died in a road accident on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had directed that Gadkari, who is Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, be given additional charge of the portfolios held by Munde. Senior officials of the three departments briefed Gadkari about the key programmes and policies.