Day: July 31, 2019

SC reserves verdict on whether to refer to Constitution bench pleas against 10 pc quota

9:27 pm July 31, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved verdict on whether to refer to a Constitution bench a batch of pleas challenging Centre’s decision to grant 10 pc reservation in jobs and education to economically weaker section (EWS). Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Justice Bobde that the Constitution (103 amendment) Act, […]

Woman writes to Bombay HC about ‘harassment’ by her judge husband

8:43 pm July 31, 2019

Mumbai: The wife of a sessions court judge in Maharashtra has written to the chief justice of the Bombay High Court complaining that her husband and in-laws were “harassing” her. After receiving the letter on July 29, Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog forwarded it to the registry of the high court for preliminary inquiry, the woman’s […]

Harbhajan’s Khel Ratna snub: Punjab Minister orders probe into alleged delay

8:37 pm July 31, 2019

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has ordered an inquiry into the allegations levelled by veteran India player Harbhajan Singh that administrative delay on the part of state’s sports department was the reason for the rejection of his nomination for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award. The off-spinner’s nomination for Khel Ratna award has been rejected by the […]

MP to reopen national parks, tiger reserves from June 1

Madhya Pradesh loses three tigers within a week

8:34 pm July 31, 2019

Umaria (MP): Madhya Pradesh has lost three tigers to territorial fights within a week, forest department officials said on Wednesday. The deaths have been reported at a time when Madhya Pradesh has regained the status of the country’s “tiger state” after a gap of nine years. In the latest case, the carcass of a two-year-old […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Motor Vehicles Bill: Cong alleges govt ‘hoodwinked’ RS

8:32 pm July 31, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that the Centre has “hoodwinked” Rajya Sabha on the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill as it was “defective” and not in the form passed in Lok Sabha last week, a charge rejected by the government. Senior Congress leader B K Hariprasad raised a point of order in this regard […]