‘Form plan for disaster management in 8 weeks’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Government to formulate a national plan for disaster management to provide relief and rehabilitation to calamity-affected persons. A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh asked the Centre to draw up the plan within eight weeks, after it was submitted that such a draft was already in its final stages and pending approval.
no early hearing to Swamy's plea: sc
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to give an early hearing to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking facilities for the devotees visiting the disputed site in Ayodhya. “You (Swamy) are just an intervener and your plea will be heard along with that of other aggrieved parties,” a Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur said. Swamy mentioned the matter before the bench, also comprising Justice UU lalit, and said that devotees who are visiting the disputed site are not getting basic amenities like drinking water, toilets etc.
all-women team ends trek to Pindari Glacier
New Delhi: An all-women high-altitude trek to Pindari Glacier, organised by the Indian Navy to introduce women officers to the adventure sport of mountaineer-ing, was successfully concluded here. The team, flagged off from New Delhi on March 22, reached loharkhet on March 26 from where they commenced its high- altitude trek to the glacier through Dhakuri, Khati and Dwali. The team reached the Pindari Glacier zero point (3,353 m) on March 30, the Navy said in a statement.
need to streamline legal system: gowda
New Delhi: Ruing the huge expenditure that the Government has to incur on international arbitration cases, law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday stressed on the need for streamlining India’s legal and judicial system for speedy resolution of commercial disputes. He also said the Government will have to evolve new principles and lay down new norms to deal with new problems in highly-industrialised economy.
agri minister reviews indo-israel action plan
New Delhi: Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart MK Yuri Ariel reviewed the Action Plan 2012-15 which is being carried out in Haryana, Maharashtra, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab with the help of Israel. The third phase of Indo-Israel Action Plan for the year 2015-18 has been finalised in which 21 States have been included.