PM to meet CJI, Kharge over njac appointment
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India Hl Dattu and Congress’s leader in lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, are likely to meet sometime next week to nominate two eminent persons to the NJAC. Sources in the Government said on Friday that law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has already approached Kharge, leader of the single-largest Opposition party in lS, to join the meeting. Gowda is likely to approach Justice Dattu.
Bose Regiment Bill’15 introduced in ls
New Delhi: A Private Member’s Bill, seeking to raise a regiment in the Indian Army in the name of Subhash Chandra Bose was introduced in the lok Sabha on Friday. Introducing “The Bose Regiment Bill, 2015”, Congress MP from Rohtak Deepinder Singh Hooda said Netaji deserves to be bestowed upon this unique and great distinction.
azam post: No Sec 66A against Bareilly boy
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Police told the Supreme Court to go ahead with the prosecution of a Bareilly boy for allegedly posting objectionable comments on Facebook against senior SP leader Azam Khan only under IPC and not under the controversial Section 66A of cyber law which was quashed by the apex court.
57 per cent decline in hiv+ cases
New Delhi: The number of HIV positive cases reported annually in the country has declined by 57 per cent — 1.16 lakh in 2011 from 2.74 lakh in 2000 — Union Health Minister JP Nadda, in a written reply to a question, told lok Sabha.
multi-storey complex opens for rs members
New Delhi: A multi-storyed complex, which has 14 spacious four-bedroom flats for members of Rajya Sabha on Talkatora Road here was inaugurated by Vice- President M Hamid Ansari on Friday. The Swarn Jayanti Sadan Delux Flats has eight floors and built up area of 6,548.65 sq mtrs.