INDIA
SC dismisses plea challenging appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti declined to entertain the public interest litigation (PIL) after noting that a Constitution Bench had already examined the files relating to appointment of Goel earlier.
Union Home Secretary Ajay K. Bhalla gets another extension
In an order, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said: "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service of Ajay Kumar Bhalla, lAS (AM:84) as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a further period of one year beyond August 22, 2023 up to August 22, 2024."
PM to lay foundation stone for redevelopment of 508 railway stations on Aug 6
his is part of the Amrit Bharat station scheme, which was launched by the Centre to redevelop 1,309 stations across the country. The 508 stations will be redeveloped at a cost of more than Rs 24,470 crore.
Delhi HC allows Tihar Jail superintendent's plea to produce Yasin Malik via video conference
A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal allowed the urgent application modifying its May 29 order issuing production warrants when it heard the National Investigation Agency's plea seeking his death penalty, challenging trial court's order, in the terror funding case on August 9.
Supreme Court upholds Allahabad HC nod to ASI survey of Gyanvapi
A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra recorded the undertaking given by the Archaeological Survey of India that it will not make any excavation at the site during the survey.
Mobs loot huge cache of arms, ammunition from Manipur Police posts, one cop killed
A security personnel was killed at Koutruk in Bishnupur district when the armed attackers engaged in an encounter with the security forces. A Manipur Police statement late on Thursday night said that a mob stormed Keirenphabi Police outpost and Thangalawai Police outpost of Manipur Armed Police's 2nd Battalion in Bishnupur and took away a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
Extradited gangster Sachin Bishnoi reveals plan to kill rival Kaushal Chaudhary
As per the sources, during the interrogation by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, Sachin Bishnoi revealed that he had travelled to Dubai from Delhi using a fake passport in April and while staying in Dubai, he had numerous conversations with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and wanted gangster Goldy Brar.
Nuh violence: 44 FIRs & 139 arrests, Haryana Police action continues
Tension prevailed in both districts where police and central forces have been deployed in large numbers to keep the situation under control. The police action was going on against those who indulged and spread the violence that broke out on July 31. So far 44 FIRs have been registered and 139 have been arrested, including 23 on Wednesday night in connection with the Nuh riots.
Gyanvapi mosque case: Allahabad High Court allows ASI survey
Dismissing the Muslim side's plea that the survey may damage the structure, Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar said: "The survey is required to do justice. Survey needs to be done with few conditions. Do survey, but without dredging." Earlier, the High Court had directed ASI not to carry out survey until hearing in the case is completed.
Gurugram violence: Muslim cop with Hindu name dies combatting mob
Having served the Haryana Police with discipline and dedication for 15 years, Home Guard Neeraj, a Muslim man with a Hindu name, was the sole bread-earner of his family. As communal violence in the Nuh district of Haryana spread to the adjoining Gurugram district, the Kherki Daula police station, where Khan was posted, received frantic calls for help from panic-stricken citizens.
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