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Defence procurement policy set to change
Curfew in UP town after violence
Social activist Sharmila charged with suicide bid
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Land allotment for godowns
SC guidelines for curbing fall in girls’ ratio
Private varsities covered under RTI Act, rules HC
Sonia handing over Cong reins to Rahul, gradually
SC notice to Centre on PIL for snapping ties with Pak
BJP plays down cancellation of Modi’s Wharton address
Bansal rules out further hike in freight charges
Govt plans reforms in NSAP pension scheme
Discount retailer targets Punjab, Haryana, HP
India inks social security pact with Portugal, discusses Salem
CRPF to raise two new women battalions
India reports first case of rare genetic disease
Man sets himself ablaze; pro-Tamil groups protest
Home Ministry official arrested for spying
New IAF boss at Nagpur
7 die in Mumbai road accident
M’rashtra Cabinet expansion on cards
Kashmir student’s suicide triggers tension in varsity
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Defence procurement policy set to change
New Delhi, March 4 Defence Minister AK Antony told Parliament today that the UK had not launched any investigation into the case and was awaiting result of Italian investigations. The UK had been contacted as one of the middlemen in the deal was a British national. In his two-page note in the Lok Sabha, Antony said the judge in Italy had said the matter, so far was covered under the secrecy laws of that country. “When the secrecy obligations are over, his office would be glad to examine a new request from India,” Antony said citing the judge’s communication. Allegations of bribery had surfaced after top executives of helicopter maker AgustaWestland, a subsidiary of Italian Finmeccanica, were arrested in February 2013. The minister went on to promise that the defence procurement procedure was going to change. He said the government had to import defence equipment because the services required the most modern equipment to meet their operational necessity. “Because of the operational necessity of the services, on the request that they need the most modern equipment to meet the operational necessity, the government moves to import any high-value equipment from foreign sources,” Antony said. Repeating his stress on indigenous production, he said the government would give “more priority to indigenisation so that Indian public and private sectors can play a major role in producing state-of-the-art equipment for the Indian forces”. Referring to the CBI investigation in the VVIP chopper deal, he said it would be too early to opine on the extent to which the case was likely to affect other defence deals that were in the pipeline. The CBI, after a visit of its team to Italy and on further examination of the documents available, registered a Preliminary Enquiry on February 25, 2013, in this matter against 11 entities, including five Indian nationals and four firms (two Indian). Among those named in Italian court are former IAF Chief SP Tyagi and his cousins. Executives of Chandigarh firms questioned New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday examined executives of two Chandigarh-based firms — IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix — in connection with alleged kickbacks received in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP helicopter deal. These companies were named in the preliminary inquiry of the investigation agency. Executives of these firms arrived at the CBI headquarters in Delhi on Monday after being summoned by the agency. The CBI team collected records of ownership of these companies, the contracts handled by them besides other documents.
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Curfew in UP town after violence
Lucknow, March 4 As the news of his murder spread, his angry supporters took to the streets setting vehicles ablaze, attacking policemen and damaging government and other properties. IG Saurabh Chandra reached the scene. Police contingents were summoned from Barabanki and Faizabad to take charge of the situation. Renewed violence erupted when Gupta’s body was brought to his village after the post-mortem, forcing the district administration to impose the curfew. The situation in the district was tense but under control.
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Social activist Sharmila charged with suicide bid
New Delhi, March 4 Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain framed charges against the activist under Section 309, IPC, as she refused to plead guilty by stating that her fast unto death at Jantar Mantar in October 2006 amounted to attempting to commit suicide. The magistrate slated May 22 for recording prosecution evidence against her even as hundreds of activist’s supporters raised slogans outside the Patiala House Courts complex. Sharmila, who flew into the capital yesterday, told the court that her fast was not aimed at committing suicide. “Mine is only a non-violent protest. I love life. I do not want to take my life but I want justice and peace…I will end my fast only if AFSPA is repealed.” The magistrate said her refusal to take medical help during her fast was tantamount to attempting to commit suicide. “I respect you but the law of the land does not permit you to take your life.” He also explained that repealing AFSPA was a political process, while and he was concerned only with the case against her. Sharmila’s lawyer Svetlana contended that her client was fasting for the neglected people of Manipur and that she should be exempt from personal appearance in the court. She is currently on bail in the case. The lawyer also pointed out that Sharmila had already undergone one-year judicial custody in connection with the case and this was the maximum punishment prescribed under Section 309, IPC. At this, the magistrate said she would have to move an application seeking exemption from appearance to enable him to consider the plea. Sharmila is being fed through a nasal tube ever since she went on a hunger strike demanding revocation of AFSPA following the killing of 10 people in an alleged encounter with Assam Rifles in Imphal valley on November 2, 2000.
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Punjab, Haryana LPG distributors threaten strike
Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service
With regulatory authorities in the two states having raised their ante against LPG distributors for having godowns in land acquired by the urban development authorities, the LPG distributors are now demanding that the state governments come up with a definite policy for allotting them land and shifting of their godowns to less-populated zones. “We have been demanding this for a long time now, but instead of coming up with a policy, the regulatory authorities have declared our godowns illegal as these now stand on acquired lands. They have started demolishing these godowns,” said Manoj B Nangia, secretary, All-India LPG Distributors Federation. There are about 700 LPG distributors of the three state-owned oil marketing companies - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). Since most of the distributorships are old, the godowns built by them were originally in the periphery of the towns and cities where they operate. However, with rapid urbanisation and massive land acquisition drives undertaken by the urban development authorities in the two states, the LPG distributors claim that these godowns have either come in the populated areas or are now located on acquired land. Nangia said that though they have taken up the matter with the regulatory authorities on a number of occasions, they have not received any positive response.
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SC guidelines for curbing fall in girls’ ratio
New Delhi, March 4 The SC directed the trial courts across the country to dispose of within six months all pending cases under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition on sex selection) Act, 1994. The supervisory boards of the Centre, states and Union Territories constituted under the Act should meet at least once in six months for effective implementation of the law. The boards should report the offences to the state medical councils for proper action, including suspension of the registration of the unit and cancellation of the license to practice. Authorities should ensure that the manufacturers and sellers of ultra-sonography machines do not sell any machine to any unregistered centres. They should also map all registered and unregistered clinics within three months.
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Private varsities covered under RTI Act, rules HC
Chandigarh, March 4 The judgment by Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa came on a petition filed by Chandigarh University against the State of Punjab and other respondents. It assumes significance as one of the arguments was that the petitioner-university was a privately owned and managed institution, which was not receiving financial assistance directly or indirectly from the state. On this count alone, it could not be construed as “public authority” as defined under the RTI Act. The varsity had challenged an order dated December 14, 2012, passed by the Punjab State Information Commission holding that the university was a “public authority” within the meaning of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act. Taking up the matter, Justice Dhindsa asserted: “The expression public authority would include an authority or a body or an institution of self-government, established or constituted by a law made by the state legislature….” “Admittedly, the petitioner-university is a body established by law made by the state legislature. Clearly, the petitioner would be covered under the scope and ambit of the definition of public authority… “Once it is shown that a body has been constituted by an enactment of the state legislature, nothing more needs to be shown to demonstrate that such a body is a public authority….” Before reaching the conclusion, Justice Dhindsa asserted the RTI Act intends to achieve access to information and to provide an effective framework for the purpose. Referring to the preamble to the RTI Act, Justice Dhindsa said, “Democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold governments and their instrumentalities accountable to be governed.” Dismissing the petition, Justice Dhindsa added: “It is against such background that the provisions of the RTI Act, as also definition of public authority, would require to be interpreted. A wider definition would have to be assigned to the expression public authority rather than a restrictive one.”
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Sonia handing over Cong reins to Rahul, gradually
New Delhi, March 4 After his recent meetings with AICC office-bearers and state Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi stepped up his engagement further when he met party MPs from Delhi and Tamil Nadu today to streamline the organisation for the 2014 Lok Sabha poll. He will hold similar meetings with MPs from all states in the coming days. Today’s interaction further affirmed Rahul Gandhi’s ascendancy in the party as the Congress president used to hold such meetings with MPs from different states in the past. This is the first time Rahul has been entrusted with this responsibility. Having been handed over the party baton, Rahul Gandhi faces the onerous task of fashioning the Congress stand on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue and ensuring that the faction-ridden Delhi unit puts up a united fight in the year-end Assembly poll. Apprising Rahul Gandhi of the situation in their state, Tamil Nadu MPs pointed out that the two Dravidian parties-the DMK and the AIADMK-were whipping up emotions on the issue of human right violations of Sri Lankan Tamils in the run-up to next year’s General Election. Urging Rahul to take immediate corrective measures, the MPs said the Congress was getting isolated in Tamil Nadu as some regional outfits were blaming the UPA government for the large-scale massacre of Tamils as it was arming Sri Lanka. The MPs pressed Rahul that India should support the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) meet in Geneva next month. In their meeting, Delhi MPs complained that the party had to take the flak for the Centre’s decisions as two important subjects-law and order and land-were not under the control of the Delhi Government. They said the party should put in place a proper system for early distribution of ticket.
Priyanka operated upon
Priyanka Vadra (pic), daughter of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, was operated for the removal of a gall bladder stone at Sir Gangaram Hospital in the Capital on Monday. Hospital sources said Priyanka was stable following the surgery and a call on her discharge from the hospital would be taken by a team of specialists on Tuesday. Present with her at the hospital are Sonia Gandhi, her brother and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and husband Robert
Vadra.
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SC notice to Centre on PIL for snapping ties with Pak
A Bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and JS Khehar sought the replies of the Defence, External Affairs and Home Ministries to the PIL filed by advocate Sarwa Mitter. Citing the beheading of a soldier, Hemraj, on January 8 this year and the killing of another on the line
of control by Pakistani troops, the PIL said the government’s “inaction” in forcing Islamabad to return the head “has a demoralising effect on the Indian Army,” thereby affecting national security. Instead of taking up the issue with the international court of justice (ICJ), India was having “celebrations” like holding cricket and hockey matches and literary and musical festivals with Pakistan, the petitioner said. He also wanted the government to announce national mournings after such barbaric acts by Pakistan. The SC tagged the PIL with a similar petition filed by Dr NK Kalia, father of Kargil war hero Capt Saurabh Kalia who had been subjected to inhuman torture by the Pakistani army before being killed in the Kargil war during May-June 1999. A Bench comprising Justices RM Lodha and Anil R Dave had issued notice on Kalia’s plea on December 14, 2012. The Bench, however, clarified that it wanted to be “absolutely clear” in the first place that it had the jurisdiction to issue a directive to the government for taking up the issue with the ICJ. In his PIL, Kalia has also sought justice for six other fellow officers of his son who had also been tortured and killed.
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BJP plays down cancellation of Modi’s Wharton address
New Delhi, March 4 An outsider to the Delhi’s power scene, Modi was the flavour of the day at the conclave much to the discomfort of some of his senior colleagues. The same day the Wharton India Economic Forum cancelled his key address following uproar from a section of university professors and students. When questioned about Modi’s lack of international acceptability, BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain said “We need acceptability of the Indian people. He (Modi) did not apply for it (to speak at the conference). It is they (Wharton) who sent him the invitation and cancelled it. For us, it is a minor issue.” Political observers, however, believe that the incident will provide fodder to BJP leaders who are questioning his pan-India appeal. The Congress party has chosen to decipher the development as “lack of Modi’s international acceptability” but speculations are that Modi’s growing popularity and good response he received when he addressed a group of students at SRCC function in the Capital recently prompted some managers of the grand old party to swing into an action. Apparently, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is expected to address the forum while other invited speakers from India include Minister of State for IT and Communications Milind Deora, actor Shabana Azmi and poet and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar. Organisers of the forum said the student body was impressed with Modi’s credentials, governance ideologies, and leadership, which was the primary reason for his invitation and apologised for putting the university and the Wharton School administration in a “difficult position”. Main sponsor Gautam Adani, chairman of Gujarat-headquartered Adani group, has opted out of the event and Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu said he was calling off his visit to Wharton in protest. According to reports, the Wharton India Economic Forum revoked its decision after three Indian-American professors from the University of Pennsylvania sent a petition signed by about 135 persons “furious” against the move. It so seems that not a single professor from the Wharton School, which is part of the University of Pennsylvania, is a signatory to this letter.
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Bansal rules out further hike in freight charges
New Delhi, March 4 The Railways had proposed about five per cent fuel adjust component (FAC)-linked hike in freight rate in the Rail Budget. Asked whether FAC for revising the fare suggested in the Rail Budget will be applicable after the recent diesel hike, Bansal said, “It has to be done only once in six months. We analysed the fuel increase in the past six months so that we can plan for our next six months. But I cannot say what will be final shape to it.” The Railways’ fuel requirement has gone up to 300 crore litres in a year for running about 4,500 diesel locomotives.
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Govt plans reforms in NSAP pension scheme
New Delhi, March 4 The Rural Development Ministry today accepted a proposal in this regard and said it would move to the Cabinet to get its approval for the implementation of the scheme. The revised scheme which is expected to cost Rs 1,31,626 crore will have an exclusion criteria and the assistance extended to beneficiaries would be indexed to annual inflation. A task force headed by Planning Commission member Mihir Shah recommended that the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) should gradually move towards universal coverage, excluding families so identified by the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data, and quantum of assistance should be indexed to annual inflation. It also recommended that the coverage of the pension scheme should be expanded over the 12th Plan Period gradually, with ultimate objective that “all households eligible for benefits under the National Food Security Act will also be provided pensions” under the NSAP by the end of the plan period. On widow pension, the task force recommended a revise eligibility norm by reducing minimum age from 40 years to 18 years. Presently, the pension covers only widowed women and does not cover single women, divorced, separated and abandoned women. The task force recommended that pension might be extended to single never married women above 40 years and divorced/abandoned/separated women above 18 years and half widows. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh supported the proposal and said he would move the Cabinet to implement it in a phased manner. The panel had suggested that the phase-1 recommendation should be implemented from 2013-14 and phase-2 recommendation should be done with effect from 2014-15 to 2016-17. Ramesh said the total budgetary outlay required for all the five schemes would progressively increase from Rs 14,369 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 55,496 crore in 2016-17. “The total financial implication for the 12th Plan period is estimated to be Rs 1,31,626 crore,” he said.
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Discount retailer targets Punjab, Haryana, HP
Mumbai, March 4 The chain, which retails branded fashion items from different labels at discounted rates throughout the year, is quickly scaling up its operations in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. “There are presently 12 company-owned stores and one franchise in the region. We are planning to open 15 company-owned stores by April end and another 10 stores in the next few months,” says Promart Retail CEO Puneet Agarwal. The chain has so far opened 50 stores across the country and will end the current calendar year with 100 stores, he said."The bulk of Promart sales (55 per cent) comes from the northern region. We are getting good response to our discount offers throughout the year," he said.
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India inks social security pact with Portugal, discusses Salem
New Delhi, March 4 The social security agreement was signed by Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and visiting Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas. The agreement is expected to hugely benefit Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) in Portugal as also Portuguese nationals living in India, mainly in Goa. Portugal is home to the third largest population of PIOs in Europe. Recent Indian immigrants and people who trace their ancestry back to India together constitute around 75,000. The Portuguese minister earlier in the day met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. The Portuguese side is learnt to have raised objection to the charges invoked by the police in India against Salem, who was extradited in 2005 for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, which entail death penalty. "I think the judiciary in Portugal has raised some issue. The judiciary here in our country, will take care of them," Khurshid later assured the Portuguese minister as a joint press conference. "We already have petitions in the Supreme Court. We would like, obviously, to remain compliant with the entire Portuguese system including judiciary. I have reassured the minister," he added. While getting Salem extradited, India had given an executive assurance to Portugal that it would not slap any charge which would have death penalty and would not keep him behind bars for more than 25 years, key requirements in extradition proceedings in Europe. Later, Delhi and Mumbai Police slapped charges which entail death penalty against Salem, an accused in several criminal cases, leaving the government and the CBI red-faced. Khurshid also conveyed India's "deep appreciation for the positive support" extended by Portugal on the extradition of Salem.
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CRPF to raise two new women battalions
Chandigarh, March 4 “A new Mahila Battalion became functional a few months ago, while the proposed two battalions will come up within the next five years,” said Inspector General (North-West Sector) Kulbir Singh, responsible for the administrative control of the CRPF’s Mahila Range. Raising new women battalions is in line with CRPF’s long-term vision of having women personnel constitute at least five per cent of the three-lakh strong force responsible for supplementing the local and state police forces and undertaking counter-terrorist operations. The three current Mahila Battalions - 88 at Delhi, 135 at Gandhinagar and 213 at Nagpur - have several of their companies deployed in New Delhi, Srinagar, Guwahati, Ayodhya, Imphal and Ajmer, primarily to assist in the maintenance of law and order and riot control. “Some companies from Mahila Battalions were moved to Srinagar to deal with local women involved in protests and stone-pelting,” Kulbir Singh said. “Each of the CRPF’s 10 Rapid Action Force battalions now has a complement of 100 women personnel attached to it to handle law and order situations involving women,” he added. The CRPF was the first Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) under the Ministry of Home Affairs to raise a women’s battalion in 1986. A battalion has around 1,000 personnel. In the past few years, other CAPFs, like the BSF and ITBP, have also raised women battalions. The CRPF has the largest component of women personnel among all CAPFs followed by the BSF with about 1,500 women constables.
Women power
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India reports first case of rare genetic disease
New Delhi, March 4 The study published in the latest issue of Journal of Medical Genetics marks a huge step forward in the diagnosis of rare genetic disorders that traditional genetic diagnosis tools can’t detect. In this case, experts from the Centre of Medical Genetics, Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, partnered with US-based Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, and the Institute of Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, to reveal what caused sudden death of 5, 8 and 9-month-old children of an Ahmadabad-based family over the past few years. They applied “exome sequencing”, a powerful tool for diagnosis of rare genetic conditions for the study. The technology is not yet available in India. The case was baffling as children had died following relentless rise in body temperature during summer months, but they had no infection or visible abnormality. Doctors at Gangaram Hospital, where the couple enrolled for the study, suspected it to be “malignant hyperthermia (rise in body temperatures)”. Dr Sunita Bijarnia of the Centre of Medical Genetics, who authored the research, says, “Normally, we associate high fever with infections, but that was not the case here. Body temperature had risen in the case of each infant around three months prior to death and the rise was continuous (going above 38.5°C).” Parents and grandparents of the deceased were subjected to traditional genetic studies which didn’t give any result. “Clinical history of children indicated a recessive gene disorder in which both parents are carriers of a defective gene that they pass on to their kids. But studies didn’t lead us there, so “exome sequencing” was necessitated,” Bijarnia said. DNA from the last deceased child (who died in May, 2010) along with that of parents was subjected to “exome sequencing” which involves sequencing only protein coding parts of the human genome to detect diseases. The laborious year-long exercise revealed mutations (gene variations which are disease causing) in an important gene called SCO2. “Defect in this gene in infants had led to energy metabolism problems which caused “fatal infantile encephalopathy”.
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Man sets himself ablaze; pro-Tamil groups protest
Chennai, March 4 Mani, a social worker of coastal Nallavadu village in Cuddalore district, doused himself with petrol and set himself ablaze at the Collectorate complex, raising slogans against Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and demanding that he be tried in the International Court of Justice for alleged war crimes, police said. He was admitted to the government hospital in Cuddalore with serious burns, they said, adding he came to the Collectorate to present a petition to the collector on the Lankan Tamils issue. In Chennai, MDMK chief Vaiko, along with activists of several pro-Tamil groups, were arrested when they tried to picket the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission pressing their demands, including a probe against the island government. The protesters, including Tamil Desiya Iyakkam (Tamil Nationalist Movement) leader P Nedumaran and around 400 persons were arrested, the police said. They demanded that India support the US-backed motion. Meanwhile, expressing their solidarity with the Tamils cause, a majority of advocates in the principal and Madurai bench of Madras High Court boycotted court proceedings, demanding that the Centre support the resolution. —
PTI
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Home Ministry official arrested for spying
New Delhi, March 4 The official reportedly works with the foreigners division of the Union Home Ministry. He was allegedly in contact with an alleged ISI agent, Sumer Khan, who was arrested from Jodhpur on February 24 for spying. Khan was allegedly revealing about the “Iron Fist 2013” over the phone to an ISI agent in Pakistan. The Iron Fist was an exercise of the Indian Air Force that took place at Pokhran in Rajasthan last month. During the exercise, the Air Force’s fighter jets, transport aircrafts and helicopter gunships showcased their operational and fire-power capabilities.
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New IAF boss at Nagpur
New Delhi, March 4
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7 die in Mumbai road accident
Mumbai, March 4 The mishap took place when a jeep packed with passengers crashed into an unidentified heavy vehicle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway while overtaking at Kalamboli around 3.20 am, they said. — PTI
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M’rashtra Cabinet expansion on cards
Mumbai, March 4
While Chavan’s opponents continued with their old cribs about slow clearance of files by the Chief Minister’s office, several other leaders demanded that vacant positions as heads of corporations and boards be filled immediately. Sources say Chavan is likely to meet senior party leaders in New Delhi before deciding on suitable candidates to fill various posts in the state set-up. Sources say a number of young leaders from Maharashtra are vying for Cabinet berths and posts of corporation head. Many of them are said to have established good relations with Rahul Gandhi and his team, and are expected to be rewarded with important postings. At least six new faces are expected from the Congress side with at least three ministers due to be replaced. Chavan is also keen on inducting Amit Deshmukh, son of late Vilasrao Deshmukh, into his team. The Nationalist Congress Party, which is part of the ruling coalition in the state, is also keen on inducting a number of new faces. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is said to be pushing for a number of supporters in the cabinet. Incidentally, Chavan’s decision to expand his team comes at a time when several Congress veterans are demanding a leadership change in Maharashtra. Apart from Industry Minister Narayan Rane, who has never bothered to hide his ambitions ever since he defected to the Congress from the Shiv Sena, there are several others whose interests have been hurt by Chavan’s clean-up act. The builders’ lobby, which has borne the brunt of Chavan’s simplified regulations regarding construction in urban areas, is said to be aggressively pushing for his removal from the top job.
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Kashmir student’s suicide triggers tension in varsity
Missing suicide note, ‘blast’ link
Hyderabad, March 4 Kamran was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room at the campus on Sunday. No suicide note has been found. Though the police said that the youth had taken the extreme step following a quarrel with his roommate Wasim Salim, the campus was agog with rumours that he was picked up by the police for questioning in connection with the recent twin bomb blasts in the city. This evoked a violent public reaction in his native Pulwana district in Kashmir. Sensing further escalation of trouble in the valley, the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, called up Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and enquired about the case. Soon after, the DGPs of the two states also got in touch over phone and arrangements have been made to send the body to Kashmir by air. During the investigation, it came to light Salim had last year lodged a complaint with the EFLU authorities against the behaviour of Kamran. He had alleged that Kamran was harassing and physically torturing him. This prompted the University Proctor Pro Harish Vijra to issue a memo to Kamran, a first year PhD scholar of English language Education (ELE), asking him to mend his ways. However, with the problem between the two students persisting, the matter was to the notice of the Osmania University police Station. Both the students, accompanied by the Chief Warden Vedasharan, were taken to the police station on Friday last and were given counseling by the police. The Chief Warden then gave an undertaking to the police that the matter would be resolved amicably. Meanwhile, the EFLU Vice-Chancellor Sunaina Singh has ordered constitution of a committee comprising faculty members and students to probe the circumstances that led to the suicide.
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Curfew was imposed in the Tanda police station area of Ambedkar Nagar after angry mobs resorted to violence and arson damaging property following the murder of Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) district president.
A Delhi court today put Manipur civil rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila (40), who has been on a fast for 12 years demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), on trial for attempting to commit suicide by fasting.
India today signed a social security pact with Portugal and assured the European nation that New Delhi would remain compliant with the expectations of Portuguese system and judiciary on the issue of gangster Abu Salem.
Chandigarh, March 4
New Delhi, March 4
Six new faces expected from Congress with at least three ministers due to be replaced