PAC to take up report on farm loan waiver
New Delhi: Murli Manohar Joshi-led Public Accounts Committee has decided to take up the contentious CAG report on UPA’s much-talked about farm loan waiver scheme, setting the tone for yet another political clash.
Though the term of the present PAC end on April 30, the panel on Tuesday decided unanimously to take up the report. The new PAC will be constituted next month and as per procedures, it will take up the “pending agendas” of the outgoing committee. The other reports PAC decided to take up include is the one on Integrated Child Development Scheme and Army’s ‘Pinaka’ multi-barrel rocket launching system.
MBBS entrance exam postponed in K’taka
New Delhi: In view of the Assembly elections in Karnataka on May 5, CBSE on Wednesday postponed the first National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS courses to May 18 in the State. The NEET for under-graduate medical courses was to be held on May 5, as per the announcement made by CBSE in September last, which clashed with date of polls in Karnataka.
NHRC puts UP cops on notice over ‘torture’
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly “torturing” a five-year-old boy by subjecting him to electric shocks. “The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that in an alleged case of theft, a five-year-old boy was severely tortured by police in lucknow, Uttar Pradesh,” said a statement from the NHRC.
SC gets 2 more judges, strength rises to 30
New Delhi: The strength of judges at Supreme Court rose to 30 as two more appointments were cleared by the President on Wednesday. An official communication issued by the Ministry of law and Justice announced the appointment of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as judges of the Supreme Court from the date they would take oath.
Justice Sikri heads the Punjab and Haryana High Court and had his legal practice in Delhi. While Justice Bobde, who was first appointed as Additional Judge of Bombay High Court in March 2000, is the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.