Martin Ney is new German envoy to India
New Delhi: Dr Martin Ney is the new Ambassador of Germany in India. Ney presented his credence to President Pranab Mukherjee in a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday. From July 2012 until recently, Ney was the legal Adviser of the German Foreign Office. He has also served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in New York in the past. Ney's appointment comes about a month ahead of German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel's visit to New Delhi.
non-loanee farmers can insure crop till sept 15
New Delhi: The Government has the extended period for crop insurance for the non-loanee farmers from July 31 to September 15, 2015 under National Agricultural Insurance Scheme. This is expected to benefit farmers of the States like Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Orissa, and Gujarat which had low rainfall or late rain and delayed planting. The crop insurance cut-off date for loanee farmers is September 30, 2015.
attacks on scribes: AINEC demands strict laws
New Delhi: The All India Newspaper Editors' Conference (AINEC) has demanded strict laws with “stiff and deterrent” punishment to deal with rising incidents of attacks on journalists in the country and said any case of fatality should automatically be referred to CBI or any other national-level probe agency. Expressing deep concern over targeting of journalists, AINEC strongly supported Press Council of India's demand that all cases of such attacks be investigated by a special task force under the supervision of the Press watchdog or court and investigation completed within a month.
Vyapam: CBI collects Akshay’s medical reports
New Delhi: In its probe to unravel the cause of the mysterious death of Aaj Tak journalist Akshay Singh, CBI has collected his medical reports from his family to ascertain whether he had any medical history which might have led to his death. CBI sources said the medical reports of Singh, who was trailing the story of Vyapam beneficiary Namrata Damor, have been collected and sent to a medical board to ascertain if it was any medical pre-condition which might have led to his sudden death.
Why won’t Rahul share dais with lalu: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday sought to dismiss speculation that Rahul Gandhi will not share dais with RJD chief lalu Prasad in poll-bound Bihar. “These sort of doubts only you have. The meaning of an alliance is to fight unitedly. It is a grand alliance. We will all be together. The Congress president has shared (the dais). Question does not arise of the Congress vice-president not doing,” party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.