MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENTS ON THE CARDS

NEW DELHI: Women can expect better maintenance amount from their estranged husbands even though they may be asked by courts to make a last effort to save their marriage. The government is incorporating the changes after the opposition in Rajya Sabha opposed amendments to Marriage Laws Bill in last monsoon session. The Cabinet is expected to consider amendments on Wednesday in a bid to satisfy the opposition and see it through Parliament. LPG subsidy in bank accounts from October NEW DELHI: In a big push to the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme, the Centre is set to transfer subsidy for cooking gas to the bank accounts of 140 million consumers from October. Senior government functionaries told district collectors of 121 districts on Monday that there was a great level of “satisfaction” over the rollout of LPG subsidy through Aadhaar -based payment platform and the government would aim to cover the entire nation from October. Navy to sack three officers for leaking info NEW DELHI: The navy has decided to terminate the services of three officers for divulging “secret info” on social networking sites, the defence ministry has informed a parliamentary panel. The Sept-ember 2011 case involves officers of the rank of commanders. The navy chief has “censured” a fourth officer in the same case, awarding him “severe displeasure” for five years. Coal scam: BJP slams govt over suppression of facts NEW DELHI: In the context of the CBI telling the Supreme Court that government had vetted its status report on the coal blocks allocation, the BJP on Monday accused the government of being a party in the suppression of facts before the SC. “Additional Solictor general Rawal told the SC on March 12, 2013, that the CBI’s report hasn’t been shared with the government. This in spite of the fact that he was present in the meeting called by the Law Minister on March 8,” BJP’s leader Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad said. Sohrabuddin case accused spent night with family AHMEDABAD: A key accused in the Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case, suspended IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian, has been caught on camera spending night at his residence with his family when he was supposed to be under police custody in Ahmedabad. Pandian was brought to Ahmedabad for a court proceeding on Saturday. IIM- I professor sacked over false complaint INDORE: A woman professor of IIM-Indore was sacked on Sunday after an institute panel found her charges of sexual harassment against a colleague “false and baseless”. Sources at the institute said IIM-I director N Ravich-andran took a final call on the sacking, reportedly, on admini-strative grounds. EC for amendments to tackle hate speeches NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has recommended amendment to the Representation of People Act to enable it take action against political leaders making hate speeches. Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, commission counsel Meenakshi Arora said if EC’s suggestions are accepted, it would be in a position to act against registered political parties. Three killed in Goalpara violence GUWAHATI: Three persons, of whom two were killed in police firing, reportedly died in two different but related incidents on Monday in Goalpara district, 130 km west of Guwahati.