SC deplores judges conduct

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: The Supreme Court has deplored the tendency of judges to abdicate their task of deciding complex legal issues and merely resorting to quick disposal of cases for statistical delight. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan said directions and decisions passed More
Rule of law binds Parliament: Supreme Court

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: 'Rule of law' is an integral part of the basic structure of the Constitution and cannot be abrogated by Parliament which is bound by it, the Supreme Court has held. "Rule of law as a concept finds no place in our Constitution, but has been characterized as a basic feature More
HC judge’s impeachment proceeding in RS today
New Delhi, Aug 16: Rajya Sabha will be converted into a court tomorrow for its first impeachment proceeding against a judge as it takes up a motion against Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court. The Upper House will make history when it initiates the process against the controversial More
‘2609 highly polluting industrial units identified’
New Delhi, Aug 16: The Central Pollution Control Board has identified 2609 highly polluting industrial units across the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.These units fall under 17 major categories of highly polluting industries in the country, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan More
29 DIE AS RAINS LASH NORTH, EAST

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: Incessant rains today continued its killing spree in north and eastern India claiming 29 more lives, even as flood threat looms large over Delhi and Punjab. Twelve people died in UP, five in Meghalaya and four each in West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.  More
Public distribution system to be computerised
New Delhi, Aug 16: In order to improve the efficiency of the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) operation, the government has decided to computerise the entire system, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said Tuesday. "In the first phase, the scheme on computerization of TPDS operations More
RTI activist killed in Bhopal
Bhopal, Aug 16: Shehla Masood, an anti-corruption crusader and Right to Information activist, was Tuesday shot dead outside her residence here, police said.Masood was in her car in the Koh-e-Fiza area when she was shot in the neck, Inspector General of Police Sailendra Srivastava told IANS.
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  • Kashmir

Ghulam Hassan Mir, Tarigami call on striking contractual lecturers

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, August 16: At last the politicians seem to be taking interest into the problems of contractual lecturers who observed their 19th day of hunger strike in Srinagar on Tuesday.  Two mainstream More


  • Srinagar City

TRAFFIC AT JEHANGIR CHOWK GOES MESSIER, AUTHORITIES SLEEP

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, Aug 16: For the past few days, gridlocks have become a routine scene at Jehangir Chowk, particularly in the afternoons till Iftaar, while the traffic police and other concerned authorities seem More



  • Jammu

Jammu erupts against Hazare arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 16: Detention of noted Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday sparked off protests in the winter capital of the state with civil society, lawyers and political groups slamming the More


  • South Asia

Volcano ticking in Leepa Valley, Kaiserkote:AJK experts

G U KYANI

Rawalpindi, Aug 16: Experts based in AJK on Tuesday revealed that they have discovered a volcano and “fault line” in Leepa Valley and Kaisarkote areas adjacent to Karnah sector  near Line of Control More


  • World

Watching TV for long hours shortens life expectancy

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Sydney, Aug 16: People sitting in front of TV for hours on end could shorten their life expectancy by almost five years, says an Australian study published Tuesday by the British Journal of Sports Medicine More


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