Not permissible for High Courts to summon govt officials to exert pressure: SC

New Delhi, 3/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down Standard Operating Procedure for personal appearance of government officials by the courts, saying that it is impermissible to summon government officials by the High Courts to exert pressure on the government under the threat of contempt. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y…

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CM Enhances Monthly Stipend of Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Medical Students

Bhubaneswar, 3/1:Considering the request of the students of Nursing, Pharmacy and Allied Medical Students for enhancement of their stipend, and taking into account the importance of services being rendered by them, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has approved enhancement of stipend amount in favour of the students. After this enhancement, these students will get stipends…

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Adani-Hindenburg row: Supreme Court to deliver orders on additional directions to SEBI tomorrow

New Delhi, 2/1: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its orders on Wednesday on additional directions to the SEBI which probed the Adani-Hindenburg controversy. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had on November 24, 2023 reserved its order on PILs filed by…

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Hemant Soren rules out wife contesting, calls it BJP’s imagination

Ranchi, 2/1: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday dismissed speculations of his wife Kalpana Soren contesting from Gandey Assembly constituency in the state and termed it as a “complete imagination” of the BJP. There is not an iota of truth in the speculations, Soren told PTI. “Possibility of my wife contesting in near future…

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Union Home secretary to meet protesting truckers to resolve issue of new law’s hit-and-run provision: Report

New Delhi, 2/1: The Union Home Secretary is meeting protesting truckers in the evening amid a stir by drivers against the new law on hit-and-run cases, and the issue is likely to be resolved amicably, sources said on Tuesday. Sources also said that truckers’ body The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has so far…

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Plane with 379 passengers catches fire on runway of Japan’s Haneda airport; flyers evacuated

Tokyo, 2/1: A Japan Airlines aircraft was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft, with the airline saying that all 379 passengers and crew had been evacuated. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft erupt in flames as it skidded down the…

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Shocking: A bus collided with a truck near Nischintkoili

Cuttack, 2/1: In a shocking development a  bus while processing towards Cuttack collided with a truck near Nischintkoili. Nischintkoili, Salepur and Cuttack FS personnel are on the spot and started rescue operation. Both the drivers with two passengers are trapped. FS personnel rescued all the four trapped person by help of hydraulic cutting gears and…

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