SC seeks casualties in army branches
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Government to apprise it of the percentage of casualties suffered by various branches like the Armoured Corps, Engineering, Infantry and Artillery in the last three wars that India fought. The court, while hearing the appeal of the Defence Ministry against the Armed Forces Tribunal’s decision to quash Army’s ‘command exit promotion’ policy on the ground that it violated Article 14 (Right to Equality) of the Constitution, also sought a response on the issue of “batch parity” in promotion of Army officers of the rank of Colonel and above belonging to various branches. The direction by the Bench comprising Justices TS Thakur and Kurian Joseph came in wake of claim and counter-claim that Infantry and Artillery suffered more casualties than other wings like Engineering in conflict situations.
‘Foundation for new India-china ties laid’
New Delhi: The foundation for the model of a new type of relationship between India and China has been laid, said President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday while noting that their simultaneous re-emergence as two major powers offered a momentous opportunity for realisation of the Asian century. In his message to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the eve of the 66th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the President said both the country share a mutually-beneficial relationship within the framework of the closer developmental partnership that has been established during his visit to India last year.
No exit polls in bihar from oct 12: ec
New Delhi: The Election Commission has banned the publication and dissemination of exit polls of any kind from October 12, the first phase of Bihar Assembly election, till November 5 when the last phase of the polling ends.
NIA refutes public prosecutor’s claim
New Delhi: The NIA has termed as “unwarranted and baseless” the allegations levelled by its ex-special public prosecutor Rohini Salian that she was asked to “go soft” against the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case. Refuting Salian’s claims before the Supreme Court, the NIA said that no accused was granted bail since June 2014 when prosecutor was allegedly asked to “go soft”.
convicted IRS officer gets 2.5 yrs’ jail
New Delhi: The Indian Revenue Services (IRS) official convicted in a visa misappropriation fee scam in Tanzania at the Indian High Commission was on Wednesday awarded two and a half years imprisonment by a special court.