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New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, indicted by an in-house inquiry report over the discovery of a cash haul, has moved the Supreme Court against the validity of actions initiated against him, which also includes a recommendation for his removal. After the controversy erupted, Justice Varma was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court. The development has come days before the Monsoon session of Parliament, during which the central government is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma has moved the Supreme Court seeking to invalidate a report by an in-house inquiry panel, which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. Varma has sought quashing of the May 8 recommendation by then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna urging Parliament to initiate impeachment against him. The government plans to move a motion to remove Varma in Parliament's Monsoon session beginning July 21. In his petition, Ju ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the in-house committee's report that indicted him following the recovery of a large sum of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi. The development comes amid reports that the Centre is preparing to introduce an impeachment motion in Parliament seeking Justice Varma's removal from office. In his plea, Justice Varma has questioned the constitutional validity of the recommenda ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] July 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident in Madhya Nayanapalli village of Pakala mandal, a man named Giri allegedly murdered his wife and two daughters and then attempted to take his own life. According to police reports, Giri and his wife, Hemalatha, had two daughters. In a heinous act, Giri reportedly pushed his wife and daughters into a well. A family member stated that he received a call informing him that Giri had thrown his wife and children into a well. Wh ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) A meeting of the leaders of the INDIA bloc parties will be held online on Saturday evening to discuss the prevailing political situation in the country, the Congress announced on Thursday. The meeting comes right before the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which starts on Monday. It will be held after a long gap since the INDIA bloc parties jointly deliberated the country's political situation. The leaders would deliberate on a host of key issues, including the Election C ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 17 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah listened to the concerns, grievances, and sector-specific demands of people and delegations on Thursday as part of his public outreach initiative. He commended the contributions of each delegation in their respective fields and assured appropriate follow-up on the issues raised. "Several deputations and individuals met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the public outreach office 'Raabita' in Jammu today, bringing forward various d ...Read More >
New Delhi: Leaders of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc are scheduled to meet on Saturday at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the strategy for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Opposition alliance has its task cut out, as it plans to corner the government on several key issues, including the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, India's foreign relations, the ongoing voter list revision in Bihar, the demand for statehood in Jammu and Kashmir, the update on the Air I ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress is gearing up to take on the government in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Parliament strategy committee of the Congress under the chairmanship of Sonia Gandhi met in the national capital on Tuesday. Apart from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, other senior leaders of the party attended the strategy meeting. Senior leaders Shashi Tharoor, Gaurav Gogoi and Manickam Tagore were not present, as they wer ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The top Congress leadership decided on Tuesday to raise issues, such as the Pahalgam terror attack, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and rising atrocities against women in the country, during the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament, starting July 21. The opposition party has also decided to raise farmers' problems, the issues of rising unemployment, safety and security of the c ...Read More >
New Delhi: As the Monsoon Session of Parliament approaches, the Congress is gearing up to challenge the government and finalise its strategy. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of senior party leaders on July 15 at her 10 Janpath residence to map out the party's approach for the session. Attendees will include Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, the deputy leaders in bo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Saturday strongly criticised the Centre and the Supreme Court's in-house inquiry against Justice Yashwant Varma, alleging that the process lacked transparency, violated due procedure, and amounted to an unwarranted attack on the judiciary without proper investigation. 'If the government says it wants to initiate the impeachment process, then it cannot do so. So why is the government interfering in this? The incident happened in an ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) The opposition must not support any move by the government to impeach Justice Yashwant Varma till an inquiry is set up under impeachment proceedings against Justice Shekhar Yadav for his "communal" remarks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said on Saturday. In an interview with PTI, Sibal contended that the case of Varma, who is embroiled in a row following the discovery of burnt wads of currency at his residence after a fire incident, was not one of corruption and so the part ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 12 (Maxim News): In a dramatic development pointing to possible judicial accountability at the highest levels, the Union Government has begun collecting signatures from Members of Parliament (MPs) to initiate an impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma. This move follows a controversial fire incident at his Delhi residence earlier this year, which led to the shocking discovery of burnt wads of cash. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp According to highly placed sources, signat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) The opposition must not support any move by the government to impeach Justice Yashwant Varma till an inquiry is set up under impeachment proceedings against Justice Shekhar Yadav for his "communal" remarks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said on Saturday. In an interview with PTI, Sibal contended that the case of Varma, who is embroiled in a row following the discovery of burnt wads of currency at his residence after a fire incident, was not one of corruption and so the part ...Read More >
Noida: The Authority on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Unitech Golf & Country Club, in Sector 96, for violating rules of bulk waste generators. The officials in an earlier inspection, found improper segregation, storage, and handling of solid waste management.Under the Solid Waste Management (SWM) rules, 2016, bulk generators are required to treat their wet waste on-site. The city generates nearly 800 tons of solid waste per day, of which nearly 30% comes from BWGs.SP Singh, general mana ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Union government has begun collecting signatures of MPs to move a motion in Parliament seeking the removal of Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Varma, who is facing corruption allegations following the discovery of burnt cash at his official residence in Delhi. Sources said that signatures of several Lok Sabha MPs had already been secured, suggesting the motion may be introduced in the Lower House. For the Lok Sabha, a minimum of 100 MP signatures are required to move such a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) The government has begun collecting signatures of MPs to move a motion in Parliament to remove Justice Yshwant Varma, who is embroiled in a row following the discovery of burnt wads of currency at his residence after a fire incident. Sources said signatures of many MPs from the Lok Sabha have been collected for the impeachment exercise, an indication that the motion may be moved in the Lower House. Also Read | Karnataka Horror: Man Bites Off Wife's Nose Over Loan Repaym ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The legacy of Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, who once stopped the Afghan forces at the Khyber Pass, is not merely history but a living inheritance, said Dr A. Tajinder Pal Singh Nalwa, his descendant. "If we could protect India from invasions then, we must now protect our children's minds from disintegration." Dr Nalwa was speaking to Sikh educators, community members, students, and lawyers at a seminar hosted by the Sikh Education Society at Guru Nanak High School Lecture Hall. Presided ...Read More >
Mumbai: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai on Tuesday said that if the Constitution of India is followed by Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, there will be no conflict among all three wings of the Constitution. The CJI made this remark while addressing the members of both the Houses of state legislature. Mr Gavai was felicitated by Maharashtra Legislature. Earlier in the day, Maharashtra legislature unanimously passed a congratulatory motion to felicitate the CJI Bhushan Gavai on hi ...Read More >
Kochi, Jul 7 (PTI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said he hopes a criminal investigation will be launched into the large stash of cash found at a judge's official residence in New Delhi, comparing the incident to the "Ides of March" -- a reference to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and a symbol of looming misfortune. Referring to the incident, he said now the point is, if that cash was found, the system should have moved immediately and the first process would have been to deal with it a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court's in-house inquiry report in Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma's case has "no constitutional relevance" as an investigation can only take place under the Judges Inquiry Act. Sibal also accused the government of protecting Justice Shekhar Yadav and questioned the Rajya Sabha Secretariat over its attempt to reach out to him for the reported verification of his signature on the notice to move an impeachment motion aga ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Signalling the government's intent to move ahead with the impeachment motion of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that main opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion in the upcoming monsoon session scheduled for July21-August 21. Rijiju said that the government is yet to decide whether the motion would be brought in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. For the Lok Sabha, signatures of a m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Centre is preparing to initiate the process for removing Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad high court, with plans underway to begin collecting signatures of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the coming days, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters on Thursday, according to PTI. Prominent opposition parties have reportedly given their in-principle approval to support the move, signalling rare bipartisan agreement on the matter."We are yet to decide whether the motion will be ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As the Union government is set to move an impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma in the upcoming Monsoon session over 'burnt cash' controversy, the Opposition parties said they are yet to take call on signing the motion. A three-member committee set up by former Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to probe allegations against Justice Varma has found "sufficient substance" in the corruption charges against him. Congress sources said the party will hold a meeting next week ...Read More >
Resignation is the only option before Justice Yashwant Varma to avoid impeachment by Parliament as the government pushes for bringing a motion to remove the Allahabad high court judge over alleged corruption. IMAGE: Justice Yashwant Varma. Photograph: ANI Photo/span> Officials aware of the procedure to appoint and remove Supreme Court and high court judges pointed out that while defending his case before lawmakers in any of the House, Justice Varma can announce that he is quitting and his verb ...Read More >
New Delhi: Resignation is the only option before Justice Yashwant Varma to avoid impeachment by Parliament as the government pushes for bringing a motion to remove the Allahabad High Court judge over alleged corruption. Officials aware of the procedure to appoint and remove Supreme Court and high court judges pointed out that while defending his case before lawmakers in any of the House, Justice Varma can announce that he is quitting and his verbal statement will be considered as his resignatio ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Robinder Sachdev, a noted foreign policy expert, on Friday reacted to the escalating conflict between US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, calling it "expected but surprisingly early". He warned that the clash between the two powerful figures would create a messy political and economic environment in the US with far-reaching consequences. Their partnership played a critical part in powering the Republican Party and Trump to a dominant victory in ...Read More >
New Delhi: The government plans to reach out to the opposition to build consensus on initiating a motion to impeach Justice Yashwant Varma during the upcoming monsoon session, setting the process in motion. A top government official said a motion for impeachment has to be introduced in the upcoming Parliament session. The government hopes build consensus and get the opposition MPs to sign the notice to start the motion, sources said. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju is expecte ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said every session of Parliament is "special" in remarks that came amid demands by the opposition to convene a special session to discuss Operation Sindoor. As the opposition questioned the haste in convening the session 47 days ahead of the actual commencement date, the minister said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended to the president to convene the session from July 21 to August 12 ...Read More >
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