Centre asks Bengal to repeal its housing act
New Delhi: With West Bengal notifying its own Housing and Industrial Regulation Act, 2017 (HIRA) instead of implementing the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) 2016 Act enacted by Parliament, the Centre has asked the State Government to repeal its Act, as there is already a Central law on the same subject. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday made it clear that there is no ambiguity when it comes to implementation of the Central law and States have to conform to it.
Navy chief to visit US for seapower meet
New Delhi: Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba is visiting Rhode Island, USA on a bilateral visit from September 18 to 22 September for attending the 23rd edition of the International Seapower Symposium (ISS) organised by the US Navy. He is scheduled to present his views on the topic ‘Defending the Maritime Commons: Safeguarding the Free and International Order’ and participate in panel discussion during the symposium. Lanba will also meet the US Navy top brass during the visit, officials said here on Tuesday.
OZ envoy launches 6-month long fest
New Delhi: Seeking to engage Indians with the Australian culture, spanning food, music, theatre and heritage, a six-month-long mega festival was Tuesday launched by the country’s envoy here, who emphasised that people-to-people ties would be the “defining feature” of the Indo-Australia ties. Australia Fest, which builds on the Oz Fest held in 2012, will be hosted across 20 cities in India involving over 75 events.
Housing min to hold review workshop
New Delhi: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will hold a review workshop with the Urban Development Ministers of all States in next three months for effective implementation of the Street Vendors Act. Speaking at a convention of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), the Minister said that issues pertaining to implementation of the Act will be addressed during the workshop.
AICC foreign dept Vice chairmen appointed
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed Bhubaneshwar Kalita and Pratap Singh Bajwa as vice chairmen of the AICC Foreign Affairs department. Former ministers Manish Tewari and M M Pallam Raju have been made general secretaries of the committee, which is headed by former Union minister Anand Sharma.
Amity bags south asia education award
New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has conferred the ‘South Asia Legal Education Excellence Award’ upon Schools of Law, Amity Group of Universities during the 10th Law Teacher’s Day. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Group of Education accepted the award. Naidu emphasised upon change in quality and content of legal education in the country.
22 lakh decade-old cases pending
New Delhi: Over 22 lakh cases, which are over a decade old, are pending in various subordinate courts of the country. These cases constitute 8.29 per cent of the total nearly 2.50 crore cases pending in the lower courts. According to the National Judicial Data Grid, as on Monday, September 17 evening, a total of 22,90,364 cases, which are 10 years or older, are pending in the lower courts. Of these, 5,97,595 or nearly 5.97 lakh cases are civil in nature and 16,92,769 or 16.92 lakh are criminal in nature.
Cabinet to consider Rs 4.5k-cr package for sugar industry
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to consider on Wednesday a Rs 4,500-crore plan to more than double the production assistance paid to sugarcane farmers and transport subsidy to mills exporting the sweetener. The proposal to raise production assistance to Rs 13.88 per quintal to farmers and transport subsidy to mills for exports of five million tonnes of surplus sweetener is part of Government plan to clear more than Rs 13,500 crore arrears sugar mills have towards farmers.
