Action ordered against 10 BRO officers
New Delhi: Actions have been ordered against 10 officers and 16 subordinates of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) after they were found guilty of irregularity in a project, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday in a written reply to the lok Sabha. Parrikar said a case of irregularity in the purchase of various types of Hume pipes was noticed in Project Vartak (44 BRTF) of BRO for which an internal Court of Inquiry had been ordered by the oraganisation in October, 2014.
‘NCC not compulsory due to non-feasability’
New Delhi: The Government has not found it feasible in terms of infrastructure and resources to make NCC training compulsory for school and college students, the lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said during Question Hour that if it is made compulsory, then nearly 4 crore youth will have to be trained against the 13 lakh being done now.
10 RS members to study Citizenship Bill
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Friday named 10 of its members to the Joint Committee of Parliament that will go into the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Members who were nominated to the Committee were Vinay Sahasrabuddhe (BJP), Dilip Pandya (both BJP), P Bhattacharya, Bhubaneswar Kalita (both Cong), Javed Ali Khan (SP), Derek O' Brien (TMC), Harivansh (JD-U), Prasanna Acharya (BJD), Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP) and Swapan Dasgupta (Nom).
Army part of Amity’s I-day celebrations
New Delhi: Amity University on Friday celebrated Independence Day with the performance of Army's Grand Symphony Band by the 22 Infantry Division of Indian Army on the occasion of 70th Independence Day Celebration. The performance by the Chief of Army Staff's Symphony Band and Striking Seven Tagra Assam Pipers enthralled the audience and patriotic fervour reached a crescendo through the musical notes of band.