Digvijay attacks BJP on Asaram issue
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday took a dig at the BJP on the Asaram Bapu issue, accusing the Opposition party of practicing double standards on crime against women. “Double standards of BJP on crime against women. Death penalty to others but pardon to fake God Men,” he said on microblogging site Twitter without directly referring to Asaram Bapu. His remarks also came in the backdrop of the BJP raising a hue and cry in Parliament over rapes across the country.
life term for 3 for killing elderly
New Delhi: Three convicts were awarded life sentence by the Supreme Court for murdering an aged man who thwarted their attempt to molest his daughter, by rejecting the contention that the offence was committed in the heat of passion as the victim gave choicest of abuses to them. A Bench of justices RM lodha and CK Prasad set aside the judgement of Orissa High Court which had altered the conviction of the trio from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder for which they were given eight years jail term.
Bill to scrap collegium system in RS likely
New Delhi: A Bill to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts is likely to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The Constitutional amendment Bill seeks to replace the collegium system with a Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) to give the Executive a say in appointing members to the higher judiciary.
EC team to assess poll preparedness
New Delhi: A full team of the Election Commission will be on a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh from Friday for an on-the-spot assessment of poll preparedness in the Naxal-hit State. The team of Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath and Election Commissioners HS Brahma and Nasim Zaidi will meet representatives of various political parties in Raipur besides poll officials of the State. Chhattisgarh goes to polls by the end of the year to elect its 90-member new Assembly. The tenure of the Assembly expires on January 4, 2014 and poll process has to be completed before that.
Uttarakhand Govt to build 3 helipads soon
Haldwani: The Uttarakhand Government is now weighing some other options like strengthening air transport services in hilly regions of the Kumaon division to make its response time quicker at least during crisis times like natural disaster or any eventuality. The State Government is going to construct three helipads ie two in Nainital district and one in Almora this year.