Drones used by rlys to monitor project
New Delhi: Indian Railway has started the use of Drones to monitor railway projects, aid crowd management and oversee the maintenance works across its zones. The West Central Railways is the first zone to procure the drone cameras. The move assumes significance at the backdrop of the Elphinstone station road bridge tragedy in Mumbai in which 23 people had died in a stampede on September 29 last year.
SC to hear plea on CBI on February 6
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday fixed February 6 for hearing a plea challenging the Government’s 2011 decision to keep the CBI out of the ambit of the Right to Information Act. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud posted the matter for final hearing after the parties said that they need time to make detailed submissions on the issue.
Reference book on lS polls released
New Delhi: A reference book on the lok Sabha elections, with details of all the constituencies in the form of an atlas, was released on Monday. The “Election Atlas of India” contains the poll results of all the parliamentary constituencies of the country, from the first general election in 1951-52 till the 2014 polls, which led to the formation of the 16th lok Sabha.