Rathore meets Rajnath over surgical strikes
New Delhi: Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had a meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh against the backdrop of his comments over Army’s surgical strikes in Myanmar that was also dubbed by opposition parties as “boastful” and “chest thumping”. Rathore was closeted with Singh for about 20 minutes last evening soon after the Home Minister chaired a high level meeting to take stock of the situation arising out of the killing of 18 army personnel on June 4 and the cross-border operation on camps of Northeast militants.
Waste mgmt rules take leaf out of metro book
New Delhi: Aiming to reduce pollution at construction sites, the Government has adopted the “Metro model” in drafting its new solid waste management rules, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday. The minister was speaking at a national-level conference on Green Metro Systems here organised jointly by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and industry body CII.
PCI team to probe Jagendra’s killing
New Delhi: The Press Council of India (PCI) has set up a three member fact finding team to enquire into the reported killing of journalist Jagendra Singh in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district.In a statement released here, the PCI said that its chairperson Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has set up a three member fact finding team.