Vadra land deals
Hooda govt forms panel to probe Khemka claims
Chandigarh, October 16
With senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka cancelling the mutation of the Rs 58-crore Robert Vadra-DLF deal in Manesar, the Haryana Government today instituted a high-level inquiry into issues raised by the officer. The inquiry panel, to be headed by Additional Chief Secretary and two other senior members of the state government, will look into all issues raised by Khemka.
                                                           Ashok Khemka

Trouble seems to follow Ashok Khemka

2 dead as train catches fire in K’taka
Bangalore, October 16
Two persons were charred to death and six others suffered burns when a coach of a Solapur-bound passenger train from Hyderabad caught fire.
The Hyderabad-Solapur train catches fire at the Gulbarga railway station in Karnataka on Tuesday. — PTI

Group of Ministers clears land Bill
New Delhi, October 16
The new “investor-friendly” version of the controversial land Bill was today cleared by a group of ministers led by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. The consent of two-thirds of landowners would now be required for acquiring land for public-private-partnership (PPP) and private projects.

Saini’s appointment as DGP to remain on HC radar
Chandigarh, October 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today made it clear that Sumedh Singh Saini’s appointment as the Punjab Director General of Police would remain under its scanner. Taking “suo motu” notice of his appointment, a Division Bench of the High Court said it would pursue the case, even as it dismissed a petition filed in public interest in the matter by NGO Voices for Freedom.

Supreme Court lifts ban on tiger tourism New Delhi, October 16 Tiger tourism will be back to business as the Supreme Court today lifted its July 24 ban that had made the core areas of all the 41 tiger reserves across the country out-of-bounds for tourists. Tourists will, however, be allowed to visit only 20 per cent of the core areas of each reserve and that too with a lot of restrictions under the revised guidelines notified by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.