Judicial panel completes probe into Odisha Army officer, wife’s custodial assault

Judicial panel completes probe into Odisha Army officer, wife’s custodial assault

The judicial commission, headed by retired high court judge CR Dash, probing the alleged torture of an Army officer and sexual assault of his fiancée at Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar last year, concluded its inquiry on Wednesday, an official said. The commission completed its inquiry as it is mandated to submit the report by … Read more

Ambedkar statue incident: BJP panel visits Amritsar, lashes out at AAP

Ambedkar statue incident: BJP panel visits Amritsar, lashes out at AAP

Members of a six-member delegation during their visit to probe the vandalism of BR Ambedkar’s statue situated on Heritage Street, in Amritsar, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A six-member panel formed by the BJP visited Amritsar on Sunday (February 2, 2025) to probe the recent Ambedkar statue vandalisation bid. Panel members, including … Read more

Expert panel exploring solutions to control sea erosion in Thiruchendur, says Sekarbabu

Expert panel exploring solutions to control sea erosion in Thiruchendur, says Sekarbabu

Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P. K. Sekarbabu on Monday said the committee of experts trying to find a remedy to the problem of sea erosion in Thiruchendur are aiming at finding a long-term solution and also one that will not push the problem to another spot. For the past two days, the experts … Read more

Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks details of properties in ‘unauthorised’ occupation of State governments

Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks details of properties in ‘unauthorised’ occupation of State governments

Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal. File | Photo Credit: ANI The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has sought details from various State governments about the veracity and updated details of Waqf properties which, according to the Sachar committee, they had occupied in an unauthorised manner, … Read more

UP sets up judicial panel to probe Sambhal violence that killed 4

UP sets up judicial panel to probe Sambhal violence that killed 4

The Uttar Pradesh government has formed a three-member judicial inquiry commission to investigate the November 24 violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, which killed four people during clashes over a mosque survey. The panel will be headed by Justice Devendra Kumar Arora, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court. The other members include Amit Mohan … Read more

17,600 trees axed in U.P. to pave way for proposed Kanwar Yatra route, fact-finding panel tells NGT

17,600 trees axed in U.P. to pave way for proposed Kanwar Yatra route, fact-finding panel tells NGT

Devotees walking during the Kanwar Yatra at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in July this year. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Around 17,600 trees have been cut in Ghaziabad, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh to make way for a new Kanwar Yatra route, a four-member panel constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) … Read more

Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan joint panel formed for coordination on cheetah project

Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan joint panel formed for coordination on cheetah project

In this file image, Cheetahs at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district. | Photo Credit: PTI In the wake of incidents of cheetahs from Madhya Pradesh straying into neighbouring Rajasthan, a joint corridor management committee of both the states has been formed to work for conservation of the felines, officials said on … Read more

Consumer panel imposes fine on investment firm

Consumer panel imposes fine on investment firm

The Ernakulam District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered an investment firm to pay an investor ₹4.68 lakh after collecting investments offering an exorbitant interest rate of 12.50% for five years. The Commission comprising president D.B. Binu and members V. Ramachandran and Sreevidhia T.N. issued the verdict on a petition filed by Vignesh M., originally … Read more

Issue of sugar content in baby food under Parliamentary panel scanner

Issue of sugar content in baby food under Parliamentary panel scanner

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Sugar content in packaged baby foods, safeguarding consumer rights in the banking sector and rising prices of medicines are some of the issues that have come under the scanner of the Parliamentary panels. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, chaired … Read more

Justice Shameem Akhter to head Telangana govt.’s one-man panel to study SC sub-categorisation

Justice Shameem Akhter to head Telangana govt.’s one-man panel to study SC sub-categorisation

View of Telangana High Court building, in Hyderabad. Picture used for represenational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Telangana Government has appointed Justice Shameem Akhter, former Judge of Telangana High Court to head the one-man commission constituted under the Commission of Inquiry to study on sub-classification within Scheduled Castes reserved categories and make … Read more