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Apr 16, 2017

New Dossier on Kulbhushan Jadhav

Pakistan has prepared a new dossier about alleged militant activities of Indian prisoner on death row Kulbhushan Jadhav and will share it with the UN and foreign envoys.
The new dossier is based on Jadhav's early testimonial and statements given in front of the Field General Court Martial about his alleged involvement in espionage and sabotage activities in Karachi and Balochistan.
The documents will also contain details of arrests and raids done by Pakistan security agencies on Jadhav's tip-offs.

Apr 15, 2017

Kulbhushan Jadhav's Death Sentence

India will go to any extent to get justice for Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan after an army court found him guilty of espionage.
The Indian High Commission made a fresh attempt to get consular access to the retired Indian navy officer but it was refused. It has also demanded a copy of the charge-sheet and the court order.
India will definitely go to appeal against the judgement but it cannot do it unless it has the details of charges and the copy of verdict.

Apr 14, 2017

Himmat App for Women Safety now in Hindi

To encourage more people to download Himmat, its safety mobile application for women, the Delhi Police unveiled new features to make it more user-friendly. The app that was earlier available in English,will be available in Hindi as well and on both Android and iOS platforms. It was launched in January 2015, for the safety of women who travel alone in and around Delhi.

Haryana to Become the First State to Scrap Habitual Offenders Act 1952

Haryana shall become the first state to do away with the Habitual Offenders Act, 1952. Dr.Balwan Singh, Chairman of the Denotified Nomadic tribes made an announcement in this regard.There are many tribes or castes which are presumed to be group of criminals. There were declared so, because they resisted the British Rule. The Criminal Tribes act, introduced in 1871, was replaced with the Habitual Offenders Act.The scrapping of the act will remove the stigma of being criminals from these castes and tribes. The board is also planning to set up 8 hostels across the state, for children belonging to these tribes.

Apr 13, 2017

HSAMB Secretary Suspended

The Secretary of Haryana state Agriculture Marketing Board (HSAMB) , Hakikat Rai has been suspended by Home Secretary Ram Niwas, in Madlauda, on charge of dereliction in the duty and ordered cancellation of the tender for wheat lifting from the grain market. The Home Secretary had received complaints from the villagers about Hakikat Rai, who has not been paying any heed to their problems. The charge has been given to HSAMB Secretary in Israna. The contract for wheat lifting has been cancelled, and the work is handed to the ‘arhtiyas’.

Interim Fine Rs.5 crore imposed on Art of Living

The NGT slapped an interim fine of Rs.5 crore on the Foundation for environmental damage while efforts were made to to ascertain the exact cost of the damage.The festival had completely destroyed the riverfront area between DND flyover and the Barapulla drain, which had served as the main event site.The floodplain was severely harmed and almost all its natural vegetation was lost, affecting the large number of animals, insects, and other organisms.

Directors of Suryavinayak Industries Arrested

The CBI arrested four directors of Suryavinayak Industries for allegedly cheating banks to the tune of Rs.2,240 crore. Chief Metropolitan magistrate Sumit Dass sent Sanjay Jain, Rajiv Jain, Rohit Chaudhary and Sanjeev Agarwal, arrested on a complaint filed by Punjab National Bank. The accused were arrested for using more than 100 shell companies for diversion of bank funds.The accused had cheated 17 nationalised banks and four private banks.

Dainik Bhaskar Group Head passes away

Chairman of the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers Rameshchand Agrawal died in Ahmedabad, following cardiac arrest.He was at the Ahmedabad airport, when he complained of chest pain. He was rushed to nearby Apollo Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.

Apr 12, 2017

BJP to Support Independents

Following the rejection of nomination papers of five of its candidates for the April 23 civic polls in Delhi, the BJP will support Independent candidates in the affected five wards.
The Independent candidates extended support by the BJP are Twinkle Kalia in Kishanganj ward, Amrita Rashmi (Bapraula), Rahul Singh (Vinod Nagar), Gulfam (Abul Fazal Enclave) and Lata Soni (Lado Sarai).

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