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SC warns people obstructing sealing

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday warned that those obstructing the Government officials from carrying out sealing of unauthorised and illegal constructions in Delhi would be sent directly to the Tihar jail from the court.

The stern warning came from a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, which accepted an unconditional apology tendered by Mukesh Suryan, the chairman of the wards committee of the Najafgarh zone, against whom allegations were levelled that he had threatened the officials.

30m of Debris pile up at mouth of ganga

New Delhi: Debris of 30 metre has piled up at the mouth of the Ganga, but there has been no significant change in the course of the river, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.  Minister of State for Water Resources Satya Pal Singh in a written reply said the debris have been observed based on information from the National Remote Sensing Centre and the National Technical Research Organisation.

Juvenile Justice (A) Bill, 2018 tabled in LS

New Delhi: A Bill seeking to empower district magistrates to pass orders for adoption of children to reduce the time taken for issuing such directions, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Currently, there is an inordinate delay in issuing adoption orders by the courts due to “heavy work load”. Against this backdrop, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2018, was introduced by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.

Centre unleashing super emergency: TMC

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-led Centre of unleashing “super emergency”, TMC leaders on Monday protested outside Parliament to voice their objections to the Government’s “interference” in media houses and the implementation of NRC in Assam. Armed with placards, several Trinamool Congress leaders staged a ‘dharna’ outside Parliament over the issues.

AMU yet to remove  Jinnah portrait

New Delhi: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is yet to take a decision on removing a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from the office of its students’ union, an issue that had triggered a controversy in May. The information was shared by Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State for HRD, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

‘Notice against assam Home secy considered’

New Delhi: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday said a notice for breach of privilege moved by TMC leader Saugata Roy against Assam Home Secretary and DGP for allegedly manhandling four party members was under her consideration.

Rs 6 cr allocated for project Mausam

New Delhi: An amount of around Rs 6 crore has been approved and allocated for Project Mausam, which aims to collate archaeological and historical research to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean region, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma informed Parliament on Monday.

Work on five river project to be started

New Delhi: The Government is trying to start work on five river inter-linking projects in the current fiscal and secure financial assistance from the World Bank and the ADB for the Rs 2 lakh crore project, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday.

Pollution level in Delhi improved: Min

New Delhi: The number of ‘good days’ have gone up in Delhi and the ‘bad days’ declined, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday in Rajya Sabha while referring to the pollution levels in the national Capital.