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Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Related To Manipur Violence
The Supreme Court, which had asked the Centre and the Manipur government to file a status report on the recent violence in the state, will hear the matter on May 17. Petitioners have demanded a SIT inquiry into the Manipur unrest.
In the last hearing, Supreme Court directed the Centre to ensure all remedial steps are taken in the violence-hit state and stressed the need to arrange for food and medicines at relief camps housing the displaced people and protect places of worship in the state.
"All remedial steps will be taken care of by the solicitor general. We emphasize the need for arrangements to be made in relief camps - foods and medicine, necessary precaution for the rehabilitation of displaced people, and protecting places of worship. Authorities will make necessary arrangements for the medical needs at the Army hospital or any other hospital," Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud had said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre as well as the state government, had informed the bench about the steps taken to deal with the violence and said 52 companies of Central Armed Police Force, besides Army and Assam Rifles contingents have been deployed in the strife-torn areas.
KCR To Chair Meeting Of BRS MLAs, MPs On May 17
A meeting of the ruling BRS MLAs, MLCs and MPs in Telangana would be held on May 17 at the party headquarters here.
The meeting, to be chaired by BRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, would be held on May 17 afternoon, a BRS release said on Monday. It did not give details on the meeting's agenda.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh To Inaugurate All-India Pension Adalat
Union Minister Jitendra Singh will inaugurate an all-India pension adalat here on Wednesday, where chronic cases will be taken up and resolved, an official statement issued on Tuesday said.
Till date seven all-India pension adalats have been organised, in which 24,218 cases were taken up and 17,235 cases were resolved, PTI reported.
The pension adalat initiative was started on an experimental basis in 2017 by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare. In 2018, national pension adalat was held by leveraging technology for the speedy resolution of pensioners’ grievances.
According to the model adopted, all stakeholders to a particular grievance are invited on a common platform and the case is resolved as per every stakeholder to complete the pension processing so that the pension is started on time.
Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, will also preside over the 50th pre-retirement counselling (PRC) workshop in New Delhi on Wednesday.
"Conducted by Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, this PRC is being organised for 1,200 officers of all ministries/departments who are going to retire in next 6 months," said the statement issued by the personnel ministry.
BJP President JP Nadda Meets Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
BJP National President JP Nadda met Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde at his residence in Mumbai today.
BJP National President JP Nadda met Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde at his residence in Mumbai today.
— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2023
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, BJP state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, BJP Maharashtra in-charge CT Ravi, BJP Mumbai President Ashish Shelar, & MP Manoj Kotak were also… pic.twitter.com/1hG9vVwC6Z
Crisis-Hit Go First Extends Flight Cancellations Till May 26
Go First on Wednesday announced that it had cancelled all flights until May 26, the airline said in a statement.
"Go First flights scheduled till May 26, 2023, have been cancelled. A full refund will be issued to the original mode of payment," the airline said.
'I Am Thrilled': Former Jet Airways Executive Sanjiv Kapoor Joins Saudia Group
Aviation industry veteran Sanjiv Kapoor, who stepped down as the CEO-Designate of Jet Airways last month, has joined Saudia Group. Formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, Saudia is the national carrier of Saudi Arabia. "I am thrilled to share that I have joined the Saudia Group as Advisor to His Excellency Ibrahim Al-Omar, Director General of the Group," he said in a tweet on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu Hooch Tragedy: Death Toll Rises To 21
So far, a total of 21 - a total of 13 in Villupuram and 8 in Chengalpattu - have died in the spurious liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu, DGP C Sylendra Babu told ANI.
Cruise Drug Raid Case: CBI Summons Ex-NCB Officer Sameer Wankhede On May 18
CBI summoned former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, asking him to appear before them tomorrow, May 18 in Mumbai.
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