Retd lt General Nirbhay Sharma appointed Arunachal Pradesh Guv
New Delhi: lt General (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma has been appointed the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. The appointment of lt General Sharma, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, would be the Governor with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué said on Thursday.
India to Press for Rana, Headley’s girlfriends access to
New Delhi: India is likely to press for access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, and wife and two girlfriends of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley during Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s visit to the United States next week. Government sources said though India got access to Headley, who carried out a recce of the 26/11 targets for the Pakistan-based terror outfit lashkar-e-Tayyeba, the US has not given any opportunity to question Pakistani-Canadian Rana, Headley’s US-based wife Shazia, his girlfriend Portia Peter and one more female friend.
India, US to boost cooperation in knowledge sector
New Delhi: HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju during a round table discussion on advances in US-India Academic Partnership in Washington said that India and US will further expand cooperation in knowledge sector. Raju is leading an Indian delegation under the Singh-Obama Knowledge Initiative programme. He said there is a proposal to place young Indian faculty in best of US institutions to enhance their capabilities. Under this plan, 126 post doctorals have been selected. The Minister sought US cooperation in promoting skill building in India through community colleges. The round table organised by the International Institute of Education at Washington discussed issues such as collaboration in the field of Community Colleges and promoting massive online courses and Technology Enabled Education. It also discussed students’ mobility, particularly encouraging US students to visit India, according to a HRD Ministry Press release.
Suppressing facts amounts to playing fraud with court
New Delhi: Taking exception to litigants and their lawyers suppressing facts of case in court proceedings, the SC on Thursday warned them saying such acts amount to playing fraud with the court. Sending a stern warning to litigants who try to get relief by hiding facts, a Bench of Justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said, “Court is not a laboratory where children come to play.”