Year: 2022

NEW DELHI: Senior Supreme Court judge Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, after assuming office as Chief Justice of India (CJI), announced his plan of action with a message. Chandrachud whose father Y V Chandrachud had also served as the CJI took the oath administered by President Droupadi Murmu. After taking oath, he visited the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Supreme Court to pay tribute to it. While doing so, he said he aims to, “serve the nation is my priority. We’ll protect all the citizens of India, be it in terms of technology…

Lok Sabha Speaker, Shri Om Birla today said that the main aim of the Right to Information Act is to empower citizens, bringing transparency, getting system rid of corruption and taking the democracy to the hands of the people of the country in true sense. Speaking at the 15th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission titled, “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Citizen – centric Governance through RTI” at Vigyan Bhawan, Shri Om Birla said that effective use of the RTI will help in building a developed and corruption-free India, as envisioned…

New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh elections are just around the corner — on November 12 and tensions are soaring high as 413 candidates compete for 68 Assembly seats. The Himachal Pradesh Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) recently published a report on the income levels, criminal records, and wealth of the candidates from their self-attested affidavits. According to the report, around 23 percent of candidates contesting the upcoming elections have a criminal record. The report also said that the average assets of 49 MLAs out of 58 increased in…

Barring two Malayalam channels from his press meet at Kochi on Monday, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan asked the reporters of Kairali News and Media One channels to leave the place. He said that he will not meet these two channels, accusing them of “masquerading” as political persons. Asking them to go out, he said “I considered the media as very important. I have always responded to the media but I am not now able to persuade myself to those that masquerade as media. They are not media, they are…

UP Ayush Scam: The anomalies were flagged by the Union Ayush Ministry last week. After an internal probe, the director, ayurvedic services, UP, Prof SN Singh lodged an FIR on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has recommended a CBI inquiry into the Ayush admission scam, said reports on Tuesday. Confirming the development, a UP government official spokesperson said, “Following orders from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the case of anomalies in Ayush colleges admission has been referred to the CBI.” At least 12 per cent of admissions in Ayush…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began two months ago, entered Maharashtra from Telangana on Monday night. He has said that the Yatra won’t stop and it will end only in Srinagar Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his party’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began two months ago, will not stop at any cost and it will culminate in Srinagar as scheduled. The Gandhi scion made these remarks after the Yatra entered Maharashtra from Telangana on Monday night. “The objective of the yatra is to…