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NGT stays construction activity at Delhi's Qutab Golf Course
The National Green Tribunal today imposed an interim stay on construction activities in Qutab Golf Course in South Delhi where five artificial lakes are being built allegedly by concretisation of pits
PM expresses anguish over flood situation NE, promises help
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed anguish over the flood situation in various parts of the Northeast and promised all possible help from the Centre. He said he had asked Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju to personally supervise the rescue and relief operations and facilitate all possible help needed
Muslim man slapped during protest against attack on pilgrims
Hisar: A Muslim trader from UP was allegedly slapped by an unidentified person when he refused to raise 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan during a protest by Bajrang Dal activists here against the attack on Amarnath pilgrims, police said today. The activists of the Dal took out a march near a mosque here yesterday to protest the attack on pilgrims in Kashmir Valley.
Cabinet approves creation of directors' post for 3 new AIIMS
The Union Cabinet today approved the creation of three posts of directors in the new AIIMS that will come up in Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal and Nagpur in Maharashtra
Sonia, Rahul dial Nitish after oppn picks Gopal Gandhi as VP
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today phoned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to thank him for supporting Gopalkrishna Gandhi as the opposition's vice presidential candidate, JD(U) leader K C Tyagi said
Misa's husband appears before ED in money laundering case
RJD MP Misa Bharti's husband Shailesh Kumar today appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a Rs 8,000 crore money laundering case, officials said. Bharti, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter, had appeared before the central probe agency yesterday and was grilled for about eight hours. Kumar, who was summoned again today after he skipped the first date on Monday, will be confronted with the documents seized by the ED in the case and the statements given by his wife in relation to their finances and business transactions, officials said on the condition of anonymity
MACT awards Rs 24 lakh to kin of man killed in accident
The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 24.09 lakh to the wife and other family members of a man who was killed in a road accident in 2014. Tribunal member and district judge K D Vadane observed that even though the driver of the tanker, which hit the man, did not possess a valid licence at the time of the accident, the insurance firm was liable to pay the compensation and recover it from the offending vehicle's owner
Restrictions in old Srinagar after local militant killed
Authorities today imposed restrictions in several parts of the old city after a militant from downtown Malaratta was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Budgam district
Centre's stand sought on plea for SIT probe into Sunanda's death
The Delhi High Court today sought to know the stand of the Centre on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and P S Teji, who did not issue notice in the matter, has said that it needs to hear the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the CBI and the Delhi Police on the plea
SC to give urgent hearing to disqualified MP minister's plea
The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a plea of senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Narottam Mishra who was recently disqualified by the Election Commission