Krishna to oversee coordination with BJP
New Delhi: Krishna Gopal, RSS joint general secretary, will now oversee the job of coordination with the BJP, an assignment which was until now for a decade being looked after by another RSS Joint general secretary Suresh Soni. As RSS pointsman, Gopal would be wielding a considerable influence over the BJP.
SC to hear Jaya’s bail plea on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the bail plea of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Friday. Sentenced to four years in jail for amassing disproportionate assets, the former Tamil Nadu CM mentioned the matter before a bench headed by CJI Hl Dattu for early hearing. Senior advocate Fali S Nariman urged the Court to consider an early date before the Court closes for Diwali vacation. The bench posted her petition for Friday to consider her request for suspension of sentence owing to her old age, ill-health and consideration of being a woman.
Easing of visa to figure in India-Canada talks
New Delhi: India and Canada will hold its second round of Strategic Dialogue here on Tuesday during which issues like visa simplification for businessmen, defence and security ties would be on the agenda even as the Indian side is expected to convey concerns over reported activities of some pro-Khalistan elements.
SC refuses to step into sai baba row
New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused to step into the controversy stirred by the Shankaracharya of Dwarkapeeth rejecting Sai Baba as a saint and ordering removal of his idol from temples under him. A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur observed that such issues cannot be decided in a PIl when remedy is available to devotees to file civil suit or criminal case against Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati and his followers for preventing them to worship or blasphemous statements against their saint.
SC to look only into Dastane’s rank, pay
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will only look into issues of rank, pay and pension of lt Gen Ravi Dastane, who before his retirement had challenged the Government's decision to appoint Dalbir Singh Suhag as the Army chief. “Other issues of pay, pension and monetary benefit have to be seen,” a bench comprising justices TS Thakur, AK Goel and R Banumathi said.
PM’s ps promoted to Joint secretary
New Delhi: The Government on Monday approved elevation of IAS official Rajeev Topno, working as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to the Joint Secretary level. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the in situ elevation of Topno to the Joint Secretary level on the post of Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, said an order issued by the DoPT.