Arvind Kejriwal alleges Judges’ phones are tapped October 31, 2016 16:39
In another shoot and scoot drama Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that Judge’s phones are tapped, without producing any evidence. Kejriwal made his remarks at an event to mark 50 years of Delhi High Court where the ministers from both the Central and state government were present. “I heard that judges’ phones are being tapped and they are afraid to talk. This is wrong and must not be allowed,” said Kejriwal at the event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present. While speaking after Kejriwal, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has strongly denied the allegation that Judges phones were being tapped. “I wish to deny, with all the authority at my command, that the phones of judges have been tapped in India at all,” said Prasad. Earlier, Chief Justice TS Thakur slammed the government over the delay in the procedure of the appointment of judges for which the Supreme Court has not yet approved the MoP. “Executive inaction is decimating the judiciary,” he had said. By Premji
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Russia voted out of UN Human Rights Council October 29, 2016 15:36
Russia, lost its seat on the UN Human Rights Council, while facing the allegations of war crimes in relation to its policies in Syria, as the UN General Assembly voted to elect 14 members to the Geneva-based organ. Brazil, China, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq, Japan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia, United Kingdom and the United States are elected for the three-year term beginning from January 1, 2017. India is a member of the 47-member human rights body and the term will expire in 2017. Russia is in the fray for re-election to the human rights body, competing with Hungary, Croatia and Bulgaria for two seats in the Eastern European bloc. Russia is edged out in a close vote, getting only 112 votes, just two less of the 114 that Croatia had polled, Hungary got 144 votes. "In rejecting Russia's bid for re-election to the Human Rights Council, UN member states have sent a strong message to the Kremlin about its support for a regime that has perpetrated so much atrocity in Syria," UN director at Human Rights Watch (HRW) Louis Charbonneau said in a statement. UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer said the "non-election of Russia shows that the nations of the world can reject gross abusers if they so choose." "The UN's election of Saudi Arabia as a world judge on human rights is like a town picking a pyromaniac to be the fire chief," said Neuer. Charbonneau said that Saudi Arabia, which was re-elected without competition, “doesn’t belong on the council in light of its indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Yemen. We’ll be keeping all members’ rights records under the microscope while they’re on the council.” By Premji
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7 schemes worth Rs 5,000 cr for Varanasi October 25, 2016 16:49
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched seven schemes at the total cost of Rs 5000 crore, boosting the development in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi. Modi has laid the foundation stone for second line and electrification of Allahabad-Varanasi rail line and unveiled the setting up of perishable cargo centre at Rajatalab Railway Station. The schemes launched includes Urja Ganga, an ambitious gas pipeline project, to bring piped cooking fuel to residents of this ancient temple town and will cater to millions of consumers in the neighbouring states. Expansion of Diesel Locomotive Works, dedication of 765/400 KV GIS Varanasi Power Sub-station and inauguration of Varanasi Postal Region are the other programs. He said that his government has focused on the timely completion of projects and has worked towards ensuring that, not only are foundations are laid, but projects are also inaugurated on time. By Premji
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Cyrus Mistry removed as Tata Sons chief! October 24, 2016 18:07
Tata Sons removed Cyrus Mistry as its chairman, after almost four years. He was appointed as the first chief of the conglomerate from outside the immediate Tata family. A press release said after a board meeting in Mumbai, that, “Tata Sons today announced that its Board has replaced Mr. Cyrus P. Mistry as Chairman of Tata Sons....The Board has named Mr. Ratan N. Tata as Interim Chairman of Tata Sons.” The selection panel comprises “Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Mr. Venu Srinivasan, Mr. Amit Chandra, Mr. Ronen Sen and Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, as per the criteria in the Articles of Association of Tata Sons”. Mistry had worked as the deputy chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, for more than a year before the board announced that he would succeed Tata. Nandini
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Modi sounds pol bugle in Uttar Pradesh October 24, 2016 18:03
While infighting is at its peak in Samajwadi Party, Modi sounds pol bugle in Utar Pradesh, while he was adresing a public meting in Mahoba. Prime Minister Modi advised Uttar Pradesh to "break the SP-BSP cycle" and asked the people to vote for development in the crucial assembly elections to be held early next year. "On the one hand there are people who want to save their family," the Prime Minister observed, also attacking Bahujan Samwaj party chief Mayawati and he said, "on the other there are those willing to grab power at any cost." These two parties had no plans for the progress of the state, the Prime Minister alleged, saying his party, the BJP only "wants to serve UP." "I want to do more work than that done by all PMs elected from UP taken together," promised PM Modi. By Premji
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PM Modi inaugurates terminal building of Vadodara airport October 22, 2016 17:04
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the integrated terminal building of Vadodara Airport in Gujarat. The PM has expressed his happiness on the occasion and said that two airports have now joined the green movement in the country. “I am happy that 2 airports in India have joined the green movement – one in Kochi and now another one in Vadodara,” he said. “A new aviation policy has been released under this Government which looks at growth of the sector,” he said. “We have limitless opportunities when it comes to tourism in India. I am sure that Vadodara will contribute to that,” he added. The Prime Minister also mentioned about the upcoming Railway University at Vadodara. “India’s first Railway University will be at Vadodara soon. Imagine the contribution it will make,” the Prime Minister said. The prime minister said, “Many innovations have happened in the world. We need to bring new technology to the Railways.” By Premji
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Air India suspends 3 for allowing employee to sleep on flight's floor! October 20, 2016 18:33
Three employees of crew members, including two airhostesses were suspended by the Air India, after they allegedly allowed one of the company's employee to sleep on the floor of a flight from the US. A senior Air India official said that, "We have grounded all three crew members, pending enquiry, after it was brought to our notice that they allowed the company employee to sleep on the floor." "In this case the aircraft had full load but the staffer managed to board the flight by telling them that he would not mind travelling on the jump seat, which are meant for crew rest," the official said. "This (issue) is more to do with the Flight Standard Directorate. These are low-level violations more to do with the discipline, wherein they permitted first of all a person to travel on jump seat and then let him sleep on the floor, which is really bad," the official added. - Nandini
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Rita Bahuguna Joshi quits congress, joins BJP October 20, 2016 17:29
The former Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who was a prominent Brahmin face in the party's state unit resigns from the Congress and joined the BJP in presence of party chief Amit Shah. Rita Bahuguna Joshi said after jointing the BJP, that, "This was a difficult decision. I have served Congress for 24 years. I have taken this decision for benefit of the nation." "When the whole world has accepted that we carried out the surgical strikes, I didn't like it when Congress and other parties questioned it," she said. Though Bahuguna is not seen as a major force, her induction in the BJP will undercut Congress's Brahmin outreach that has seen the party project former Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit as its chief ministerial nominee. Nandini
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Eighth arrest Made in Tamilnadu over the chief Minister health rumors!! October 19, 2016 18:33
Among the criticism over the arrests of those reportedly spreading rumours on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s health, Sagayam, a 28 years old youth who runs a small shop in his village near Tuticorin, has been arrested on Wednesday by Tamil Nadu police for a Facebook post on Jayalalithaa. While police sources confirmed that Sagayam did commit a ‘crime’ by using Facebook to spread wrong information about Jayalalithaa’s health. What exactly he shared in social media remains unclear. According to sources close to his family, Sagayam had been picked up from home on Wednesday morning by a police team. A relative said, “they came and told his mother that they need to question him in connection with an inquiry on his passport. Soon he was taken in the police vehicle. Few minutes later, the team was at home again to return his valuable possessions including a gold ornament and told the relatives that he is being taken to Chennai for further questioning for spreading rumours about Jayalalithaa’s health”. Sagayam had been working abroad for sometime before he returned to his village and started a small business. After the local police claimed that ignorance of his arrest and suggested that it might have been the cyber crime wing from Chennai that had taken him in custody, Sagayam’s relatives have decided to approach the Tuticorin collector and protest for his immediate release. Sagayam’s was the eighth arrest in Tamil Nadu for spreading rumours about Jayalalithaa’s health. A total of 43 cases have been registered since September 22, the day when Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai. By Prakriti Neogi
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Make Salman Khan surrender, go back to Jail: Rajasthan to Supreme Court October 19, 2016 18:10
The Rajasthan government said to the Supreme Court, actor Salman Khan should be ordered to surrender immediately so he can return to jail in two poaching cases. The Rajasthan High Court found Mr Khan not guilty killing an endangered species of gazelle or chinkara in two separate incidents in 1998 while he was shooting a film in the desert state. The state government has today challenged his acquittal and wants him to be imprisoned to serve the rest of his sentence after being convicted in 2007 for hunting down and killing the chinkaras, he was awarded a one-year prison term and a five-year prison term respectively. The actor then spent a week in jail in Jodhpur before being granted bail. - Nandini
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Human Rights Panel issues notice to Odisha on Bhubaneswar hospital fire tragedy! October 19, 2016 17:30
The National Human Rights Commission issued notice to the Odisha government over the deaths of 20 persons in the October 17 fire that broke out in Bhubaneswar's SUM Hospitals. According to the commission, it observed that the SUM Hospitals was warned as early as 2013, for not adhering to safety norms but the hospital authorities ignored. The commission said that, "The callous attitude and lapses of the authorities, if any, amount to violation of right to life of the patients." "It is a matter of shock how the state authorities allowed such a large number of hospitals to function without proper fire safety clearance," said the NHRC. It issued a notice to the Odisha government through its Chief Secretary, and asked for a report on the incident within six weeks. Also Read: At least 22 killed, several injured as fire engulfs SUM hospital in Bhubaneswar Nandini
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Smriti Irani will not be summoned in fake degree case! October 18, 2016 17:34
In a big relief to former HRD minister Smriti Irani, the Patiala House Court refused to summon her in the fake degree case. Irani had allegedly given false information about her educational qualifications in the election affidavit. According to the court, plea was filed with the the "malafide intent" of harassing Smriti Irani and further observed that it would not have been filed if it did not involve a Union minister. Irani is now the Union Minister for Textiles in the Narendra Modi government. Calling it a "great delay of 11 years in filing the complaint", the court said that the original evidence was lost in the passage of time and secondary evidence was not enough for summoning Irani. The court was hearing a private complaint by Ahmer Khan, who accused Irani of submitting varying details about her educational qualifications in her three affidavits filed before the ECI for the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha polls held in 2004, 2011 and 2014. Nandini
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