NEW DELHI: The discriminatory criteria for creamy layer determination came to life with a ‘clarificatory letter’ issued by the Centre in 2004, but, surprisingly, its origin has not been traced.While settling the controversy and ruling that the same criteria must be followed for all govt and non-govt employees, the apex court noted that Parliamentary Committee…
NEW DELHI: In a significant move, CBI has taken over two massive “digital arrest” cases reported from Gujarat last year. The financial losses in the cases – the victims, all senior citizens, lost Rs 19.2 crore and 11.4 crore – represent some of the largest sums siphoned in such scams.Officials said CBI’s economic offences unit…
NEW DELHI: The income of parents cannot be the sole criterion for exclusion of a candidate from OBC quota on the ground of being part of ‘creamy layer’, the Supreme Court has said, stressing that status and category of parents’ jobs have to be considered, with income/wealth test as an additional criterion for exclusion. At…
NEW DELHI: The opposition and treasury benches targeted each other in Rajya Sabha on Thursday soon after leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge raised the attack on Farooq Abdullah. While Kharge blamed the Centre for the law and order situation, leader of the House J P Nadda dismissed linking the incident to the statehood issue….
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission may announce assembly polls in five states/UT anytime after March 15, which is also the deadline for filing of appeals against the final electoral roll for West Bengal published on Feb 28 with a total 6.4 crore electors.The window for appeals against the final electoral rolls for other poll-bound states/UT…
‘Can’t Have Sweeping Provision To Access Individual’s Info’ NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said invocation of public interest could not be grounds for seeking sweeping access to private information of persons holding public offices.“The right to access information in public interest must be balanced with the right to privacy of individuals. There cannot be…
NEW DELHI: A Liberian-flagged ship, “captained by an Indian national”, loaded with crude oil from the Saudi port of Ras Tanura has arrived at the port of Mumbai, via the Strait of Hormuz, Mumbai Port Trust has informed.Tanker Shenlong Suezmax, allegedly carrying approximately 135,335 metric tonne (or roughly 1 million barrels) of crude oil, had…
A US-owned oil tanker Safesea Vishnu, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, was attacked near Basra in Iraq on Wednesday, claiming the life of an Indian crew member. Another ship, Malta-flagged ‘Zefyros’ owned by a Greek entity, was also attacked.Safesea Vishnu was chartered by an Iraqi company contracted with the State Organisation for Marketing of…
NEW DELHI: DMK Rajya Sabha MP demanded the govt to bring a legislation with provision for suspension of judges facing serious allegations with strong evidence while highlighting that impeachment is a complicated process.Speaking during Zero Hour on Thursday, Wilson said, “We must legislate for a mechanism to suspend judges facing serious allegations with clinching evidence…
SRINAGAR: A court in Srinagar Thursday recalled a non-bailable warrant it had issued against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in the J&K cricket association scam.Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar had earlier issued a non-bailable warrant against Dr Abdullah rejecting his plea for exemption from personal appearance in the case. His advocate, Ishtiyaq Khan, informed court…
