‘WILL FILE REVIEW PLEA ON FACULTY RESERVATION’
NEW DELHI: HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said Tuesday that the government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court after its Special Leave Petition on faculty reservation mechanism for universities was rejected by the apex court. The announcement comes in the wake of protests by teachers and students bodies after the SLP seeking restoration of earlier mechanism of faculty reservation, which is calculating total posts institution-wise rather than department-wise, was dismissed by the apex court last month. “We will file a review petition soon and we will put our point strongly. We are confident there will be justice and reservation will continue as per the earlier system. The government will ensure that reservation for SC/ST/OBC is not hampered,” Javadekar added.
Parrikar returns to Goa after treatment in Delhi
PANAJI: Ailing chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is suffering from a pancreatic ailment, returned to Goa Wednesday after undergoing a follow-up treatment at AIIMS in Delhi. Parrikar returned after completing “scheduled medical review/check-up”, his office said in a statement. He was flown to Delhi on January 31 after a three-day session of the Goa Assembly, where he presented the budget, ended. Parrikar, 63, has been in and out of hospitals in
Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and the US in the last one year.
Himachal Pradesh students to visit Canada
NEW DELHI : Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Anurag Thakur, has signed an agreement with Canada India Foundation to send eight meritorious students of Himachal Pradesh to Canada under an exchange programme. “These students will be chosen from amongst the topper of secondary and senior secondary examination in the hill state,” Thakur, a threeterm member of the Lok Sabha from Harmirpur in Himachal Pradesh. Thakur has for the past a couple of years choosing meritorious students from Himachal Pradesh for a countrywide tour, during which they are made to meet achievers from different walks of life.
Advertisement for Lokpal panel sought by govt
NEW DELHI : The government has sought applications for chairman and members of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, nearly five years after the Lokpal Act came into force, officials said Wednesday. An advertisement seeking applications from desired and eligible candidates has been issued by the Personnel Ministry. For the appointment as the chairman, a person who is or has been Chief Justice of India or a Supreme Court judge is eligible to apply. Besides, individuals with “impeccable integrity and outstanding ability” having special knowledge and expertise of not less than 25 years in matters related to anti-corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, finance including insurance and banking, and law and management are eligible to apply.
Main accused arrested in Mahatma effigy incident
ALIGARH: A leader of Hindu Mahasabha and her husband were arrested on Wednesday on the outskirts of the district and remanded in judicial custody for allegedly shooting at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and glorifying his assassination on his death anniversary, police said here. Puja Shakun Pandey, who is the national general secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha, and her husband Ashok Pandey were nabbed in the early hours from a house by the Aligarh police, Superintendent of Police (City) Ashutosh Diwedi said. They were absconding since January 30 after they were booked along with nine others for burning an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and pumping three bullets into it on the day the country was observing his death anniversary, he said.
Film-maker arrested for wife’s murder
CHENNAI: An assistant director in Kollywoood was arrested on Wednesday on the charge of murdering his wife last month and dumping her body parts in garbage dumps in the city. With the arrest of Gopalakrishnan (51) , the police have solved the mystery behind the recovery of a woman’s limbs – a hand and two legs, at the Corporation dump yard at suburban Perungudi. On January 19, a couple of days after the Pongal festival, the corporation conservancy workers who brought the garbage in a truck alerted the police about this.