PM modi to inaugurate projects in nagpur today
New Delhi: On the occasion of Ambedkar jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Nagpur on Friday where he will visit a sacred place closely associated with the Dalit icon and inaugurate a series of development projects. "I am extremely honoured to be visiting Nagpur tomorrow, on the very special occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti," he tweeted. "In Nagpur, I will pray at Deekshabhoomi, a holy spot that is very closely associated with Dr Ambedkar," he added. Deekshabhoomi is a sacred monument of Buddhism located where Ambedkar reverted to Buddhism on Ashok Vijaya Dashami on October 14, 1956.
will go to any extent for jadhav: Rajnath
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reiterated that India will go to any extent to ensure justice for former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. He said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had already made the country's stand clear in this regard and that whatever he had said in Parliament in this regard few days back remains unchanged. "We will go to any extent to ensure justice to Kulbhushan Jadhav," he said on the sidelines of a CISF event here.
wider consultation needed: Medical body
New Delhi: Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI), which represents a section of the medical device sector on Thursday urged the Government to involve it too in the consultation before finalising the forthcoming National Medical Device Policy. Pavan Choudary, Director General of MTaI said that, "The wider consultation with the industry would give a wide-angle view to the policy makers without which there is the danger of the policy being impractical and unbalanced, which would make it difficult for the Make in India needle to move."
2002 Gujarat riots: sc relieves ex-CBI chief
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday relieved former CBI Director RK Raghavan from his responsibility as head of the apex-court appointed Special Investig-ation Team (SIT) to probe the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. Raghavan cited health grounds as the ground for stepping down. Along with him, the Court also relieved another SIT member K Venkatesam, even as the Bench headed by Chief Justice placed on record the appreciation for the job done by the two officers.
liquor ban: sc to hear plea on chandigarh roads
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear after summer vacation a plea challenging a decision of Chandigarh administration to denotify certain highway roads with an aim to "circumvent" the Court's verdict banning liquor vends within 500 metres from state and national highways. A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar observed that the decision to denotify must have been taken to ensure the flow of funds required to maintain the roads. The hearing of the case is expected to come up in July.