‘Bihar flood crisis worst in 3 decades’
New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said the Bihar flood crisis was the “worst in almost three decades” as he took up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who assured him that the Centre was providing all possible help to the eastern state. Talking to reporters after meeting the PM, the lJP leader said Modi assured him that the Union government in coordination with the Nitish Kumar dispensation had taken effective steps to help the affected families. He said 9-10 districts of Bihar were facing a grave flood crisis. “It is something I have not seen since 1987,” he said.
SC refuses to transfer Tamang murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to transfer the trial in the Madan Tamang murder case of 2010 from Kolkata to Sikkim but ordered that the proceedings should be conducted through video conferencing from Darjeeling. A Bench comprising Justices SA Bobde and l Nageswara Rao said that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) general secretary Roshan Giri, who is an accused in the case and had moved the apex court seeking transfer of trial from Kolkata to Sikkim, does not represent all the persons facing trial in the matter.
‘Pass specific orders to states on jail reforms’
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to pass “specific directions” to States to comply with the orders on jail reforms, including overcrowding of prisons and improving the living conditions of prisoners. Attorney General KK Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, told a bench of Justices Madan B lokur and Deepak Gupta that if specific directions were passed, the states would have to comply with it, otherwise they would be guilty of not adhering to the apex court’s order.
Take call by tomorrow on re-induction of NK Amin
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat Government to take a call by Thursday on the re-induction of NK Amin as Superintendent of Police after his retirement, observing he had serious charges against him and had spent eight years in jail.
Pakistan’s new High Commissioner takes charge
New Delhi: Pakistan’s new High Commissioner designate, Sohail Mahmood, took charge on Wednesday. Prior to his posting to India, Mahmood was Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey.