Parliament remembers Bhopal tragedy victims
New Delhi: The Parliament on Wednesday remembered the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy which struck the Madhya Pradesh capital 30 years ago and extended its support towards them. In lok Sabha, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the “House expresses its support and commitment to the people affected by the gas leak.” Members of both the Houses stood in silence for a few minutes as a mark of respect for those killed. In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Hamid Ansari said the human tragedy shivers us even to this day when we are reminded of people who were rendered incapacitated and children who were born with various deformities after the tragedy. “It is incumbent on us to do our utmost to support the surviving victims in every manner possible,” Ansari said.
‘Non-veg food in IIT stopped during UPA’
New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday rejected allegations that she was promoting vegeterian food in IITs, contending that such meals were stopped during the UPA rule, much before she assumed charge following complaints about high price. “We have turned IITs into a vegetarian complexIJ I would like to tell my learned friend that IIT students in Delhi explained and in fact, expressed their anguish at the high cost of non-veg food and it was stopped in April 2014 much before I took office,” she said in the lok Sabha.
Explore sanskrit dept option, varsities told
New Delhi: Close on the heels of German being replaced with Sanskrit as third language in KVs, the Government on Wednesday said all central universities have been asked to explore the possibilities of opening of Sanskrit department. “In order to promote Sanskrit, the Centre has requested all central universities, where department of Sanskrit does not exist, to explore the possibilities of opening of Sanskrit departments,” HRD Minister Smriti Irani told the lok Sabha.
lJP mP seeks action against demolition
New Delhi: An lJP member from Bihar on Wednesday alleged in the lok Sabha that foundation stone laid by her for a project under PMGSY was demolished and wanted action, prompting Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to say that she will look into the matter. Veena Devi, a first-time MP from Munger, said she had laid foundation stone on November 21 and the very next day it was demolished.