security audit of all installations ordered
New Delhi: The Government on Wednesday ordered security audit of all vital installations, wherever due, in the country besides the review of Budget provisions earmarked for making security arrangements. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said it must be ensured that adequate security arrangements were in place for all such installations which include nuclear and aerospace buildings, sensitive Government departments and power and energy set-ups.
IAF grounds choppers of AgustaWestland
New Delhi: The IAF has grounded its fleet of three AW-101 VVIP helicopters built by Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland due to lack of spares, officials said here on Wednesday. The Government had cancelled `3,600 crore deal in January this year following allegations of bribery and kickbacks. The contract was for 12 helicopters and three helicopters were delivered to IAF when allegations surfaced early last year. The three helicopters were part of IAF’s VVIP squadron based at Palam airbase here. The CBI and Italian authorities are investigating into the allegations and the outcome is awaited.
jolly leaves for nepal CPN convention
New Delhi: BJP convener for overseas affairs Vijay Jolly left for Nepal on Wednesday to attend the 9th General Political Convention of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist leninist) led by President Jhalnath Khanal (Former Nepal Prime Minister). CPN (Ml) has 91 MPs and is in ruling alliance with Nepali Congress party led by Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. A special message of solidarity from BJP president and Home Minister Rajnath Singh is being carried by Jolly to be read at the conference. Rajnath Singh has reiterated the commitment of BJP & India for “India - Nepal Friendship” and all round development of Nepal in his message to the CPN (Ml) convention.
Judges are not supermen: Katju
New Delhi: Judges are not “supermen” and they also require some rest, was how a former Supreme Court judge expressed his disapproval of Chief Justice of India RM lodha’s suggestion of making courts function all round the year. “The Chief Justice of India has said that Courts should remain open 365 days in a year. How is this possibleIJ Does a Judge not require some restIJ Is he not a human being with a family to look afterIJ” Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), wrote in his blog.
death sentence of cop commuted
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a police constable for murdering his wife and two daughters to life imprisonment with a direction that the convict must spend at least 30 years behind bars. A bench of Justices Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Dipak Misra commuted the death sentence given to Amar Singh Yadav and said the capital punishment in the case is unwarranted as the case does not fall in the “rarest of the rare” category.
‘life, other jail terms cannot run together’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reiterated that life imprisonment means imprisonment for full and complete span of life and jail terms for other offences cannot run consecutively. A bench headed by SJ Mukhopadhaya set aside the Orissa High Court verdict which directed that various jail terms, including life term imprisonment, awarded to a convict to run consecutively.
security audit of all installations ordered
New Delhi: The Government on Wednesday ordered security audit of all vital installations, wherever due, in the country besides the review of Budget provisions earmarked for making security arrangements. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said it must be ensured that adequate security arrangements were in place for all such installations which include nuclear and aerospace buildings, sensitive Government departments and power and energy set-ups.
IAF grounds choppers of AgustaWestland
New Delhi: The IAF has grounded its fleet of three AW-101 VVIP helicopters built by Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland due to lack of spares, officials said here on Wednesday. The Government had cancelled `3,600 crore deal in January this year following allegations of bribery and kickbacks. The contract was for 12 helicopters and three helicopters were delivered to IAF when allegations surfaced early last year. The three helicopters were part of IAF’s VVIP squadron based at Palam airbase here. The CBI and Italian authorities are investigating into the allegations and the outcome is awaited.
jolly leaves for nepal CPN convention
New Delhi: BJP convener for overseas affairs Vijay Jolly left for Nepal on Wednesday to attend the 9th General Political Convention of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist leninist) led by President Jhalnath Khanal (Former Nepal Prime Minister). CPN (Ml) has 91 MPs and is in ruling alliance with Nepali Congress party led by Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. A special message of solidarity from BJP president and Home Minister Rajnath Singh is being carried by Jolly to be read at the conference. Rajnath Singh has reiterated the commitment of BJP & India for “India - Nepal Friendship” and all round development of Nepal in his message to the CPN (Ml) convention.
Judges are not supermen: Katju
New Delhi: Judges are not “supermen” and they also require some rest, was how a former Supreme Court judge expressed his disapproval of Chief Justice of India RM lodha’s suggestion of making courts function all round the year. “The Chief Justice of India has said that Courts should remain open 365 days in a year. How is this possibleIJ Does a Judge not require some restIJ Is he not a human being with a family to look afterIJ” Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), wrote in his blog.
death sentence of cop commuted
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a police constable for murdering his wife and two daughters to life imprisonment with a direction that the convict must spend at least 30 years behind bars. A bench of Justices Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Dipak Misra commuted the death sentence given to Amar Singh Yadav and said the capital punishment in the case is unwarranted as the case does not fall in the “rarest of the rare” category.
‘life, other jail terms cannot run together’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reiterated that life imprisonment means imprisonment for full and complete span of life and jail terms for other offences cannot run consecutively. A bench headed by SJ Mukhopadhaya set aside the Orissa High Court verdict which directed that various jail terms, including life term imprisonment, awarded to a convict to run consecutively.
First Aid Post at Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan along with his counterpart in Human Resources Development Ministry Smriti Irani inaugurated the “First Aid Post” at Shastri Bhawan on Tuesday. To be run by the CGHS, the unit will provide first aid service like BP monitoring/dressing and other referral services to about 15,000 employees of various ministries posted at Shastri Bhawan and other nearby Govt offices. CGHS is already running five such health posts in Delhi at Central Secretariat, Parliament House, Vitthal Bhai Patel House, SC and Nirman Bhawan premises.New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan along with his counterpart in Human Resources Development Ministry Smriti Irani inaugurated the “First Aid Post” at Shastri Bhawan on Tuesday. To be run by the CGHS, the unit will provide first aid service like BP monitoring/dressing and other referral services to about 15,000 employees of various ministries posted at Shastri Bhawan and other nearby Govt offices. CGHS is already running five such health posts in Delhi at Central Secretariat, Parliament House, Vitthal Bhai Patel House, SC and Nirman Bhawan premises.