Par panel on land bill gets extension
New Delhi: The lok Sabha on Monday extended the term of the joint committee of Parliament examining the contentious land Bill till the last day of the Winter Session amid protests by the Opposition. With this, it has become clear that Parliament will not decide on its passage in this session and any decision will be taken in the Budget session next year which usually begins in February. Soon after the Question Hour, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said panel chairman S S Ahluwalia had sought a fresh extension as the committee was unable to finalise the report.
New Edu Policy to Come Up Next Year
New Delhi: The Government would come up with a new education policy next year. Amid a series of questions on the involvement of stakeholders from the grassroot level to frame the new education policy, HRD Minister Smriti Irani informed lok Sabha the proposed new policy would “fructify next year”.
No Plans of retiring soon: Def Minister
New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said he has no plans of retiring soon and that he will go back to Goa only after finishing the task given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His comment came following media reports which quoted him as saying that he is planning to retire as he will turn 60 on December 13. “My statement has been misinterpreted and twisted. I did not make any such statement on retirement,” he said.
6,340 Govt schools in dilapidated state
New Delhi: As many as 6,340 Government elementary schools in 28 States are housed in dilapidated buildings as per the provisional Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2014-15 data. In a written reply to a question in lok Sabha, HRD Minister Smriti Irani also said that as per UDISE 2015-15, 833 secondary school buildings in 21 states are in a dilapidated condition.
Malegaon blast: SC gives 2 months to hear bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted two more months to a special court in Maharashtra to hear and decide the bail applications of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case including lt Col SP Purohit and sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. “Two months more time is given,” a Bench of justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre said when Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta informed it that the Presiding Officer of the special MCOCA court has sought a two-month extension.
Israel, AP govt to enhance cooperation
New Delhi: Israel and Andhra Pradesh Government during a joint working group meeting discuss ways to enhance cooperation in agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, urban water management and HlS. The Israeli delegation was led by Dana Krush, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Israel, while the Indian side was headed by J. Satyanarayana, Advisor, e-Governance, Electronics -IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
PIl on Rahul’s ‘British’ citizenship row nixed
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIl questioning Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship as frivolous. The PIl filed by a lawyer Ml Sharma had sought a CBI probe against Rahul based on press reports showing documents filed by him before the company law authorities declaring himself as a British national. A bench headed by Chief Justice Hl Dattu questioned the “authenticity of the document” and said, “Can we start making roving inquiries”, before it dismissed it as “frivolous”.
SC notice to Aligarh Muslim varsity
New Delhi: The SC on Monday sought Aligarh Muslim varsity’s response on a petition seeking a direction to quash the appointment of its vice-chancellor. A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana issued notice to the varsity directing it to file its reply in six weeks on the appeal challenging the Allahabad High Court order which had dismis-sed the plea of an alumni of the varsity.