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Supreme Court agrees to hear Owaisi’s plea for implementation of 1991 places of worship law

New Delhi, Jan 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider a plea of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi seeking the implementation of the 1991 places of worship law, which asks to maintain the religious character of a place as it existed on August 15, 1947. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar ordered that Owaisi’s fresh plea to be tagged with pending cases on the matter and said it will be taken up on February 17 with them. At the outset, lawyer Nizam Pasha, appearing for Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Pak govt reduces pension benefits of retired civil, armed forces personnel

Islamabad, Jan 2 (PTI) The Pakistan government has drastically reduced pension benefits of retired civil and armed forces personnel to reduce a growing pension bill which has already swelled over Rs 1 trillion, according to a media report. The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday issued three separate notifications to discontinue multiple pensions, reducing both the first home take pension and also lowering the base for determining future increases in pensions, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. After debt servicing, defence and development, the pension is the fourth largest expenditure in the budget, the paper said. According to the Ministry of Finance’s

Toxic waste from1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site moved for disposal after 40 years

BHUBANESHWAR, India, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Indian authorities said on Thursday they had completed moving toxic waste from the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed more than 5,000 people, to a disposal facility where it will take three to nine months to incinerate. In the early hours of Dec. 3, 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide factory owned by American Union Carbide Corporation poisoning more than half a million people in Bhopal, capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Twelve leak-free containers carrying 337 metric tons of toxic waste for incineration reached the

December factory activity growth hits 2024 low, PMI shows

BENGALURU, Jan 2 (Reuters) – India’s manufacturing activity grew in December at its weakest pace for the year amid softer demand and despite easing cost pressures and strong jobs growth, a survey showed, dulling the outlook for the start of 2025. That confounded a preliminary reading showing faster expansion last month in a sector that accounts for about a fifth of overall output in Asia’s third-largest economy, which grew at its weakest pace in seven quarters in July-September. The HSBC final India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index compiled by S&P Global, fell to 56.4 – the weakest since December 2023 –

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