Accused in Kathua case be transferred: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered transfer of the accused in the Kathua gang rape and murder case from Kathua prison in Jammu & Kashmir to Gurdaspur district jail in Punjab. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the J&K Police to file a supplementary chargesheet in the case within eight weeks. The apex court granted liberty to the litigants of the case to move Punjab and Haryana High Court in case they felt aggrieved by the trial court orders.
SC seeks reply on Ahmed Patel's plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of BJP leader Balwantsinh Rajput on a plea by Congress MP Ahmed Patel seeking a stay on proceedings in the Gujarat High Court which is hearing a petition challenging the latter's election to the Rajya Sabha. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however, allowed the Gujarat High Court to frame the issues. Rajput had lost the election to Patel.
Govt plans to change existing Visa rules
New Delhi: Spouses of the Indian nationals getting married abroad will no longer have to face difficulties in converting their tourist visa to dependent visa as the Government plans to change existing rules. The move came after the Filipino spouse of an Indian national, who married outside the country, faced difficulties in converting her tourist visa to X2 (dependent visa) as the existing visa rules did not permit to do so. The husband had complained to Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
New use of protein in treating sepsis found
New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee have identified a new function of a protein that could potentially help in treating sepsis and other inflammatory diseases caused by abnormal functions of immune cells.
Rly introduces dwarf container service
New Delhi: Indian Railways has introduced a commercial service to run double-stack dwarf containers on trains to capture the lost traffic through new delivery model for domestic cargo. The containers are shorter in size and can run on electrified tracks. They enable the railways in double-stack movement of cargo and have increased the Ministry's revenue. “Due to this double stacked dwarf container service, Indian Railways has received increased revenue of Rs 18.50 lakh,” the Railway Ministry said in a statement.
Swaraj calls on S Korean Prez Moon
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday called on South Korean President Moon Jae-in here and discussed ways to elevate the Special Strategic Partnership between the two countries.
PIA, Manipal varsity Ink MOU for collaboration
New Delhi: PRIA International Academy (PIA), New Delhi and Manipal University, Jaipur, signed an MoU for collaboration between the two institutions in the areas of academic teaching and research. This partnership paves way for three specific and important areas of cooperation and partnership — Developing and offering joint courses on participatory development, democracy, social justice and gender issues; providing internship opportunities to MUJ students in field based projects; and joint teaching in various academic courses and developing collaborative community-university research partnerships.