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Row over appointment of EC: SC to hear plea of NGO on Friday

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 15 a plea of an NGO challenging the exclusion of the Chief Justice of India from a panel meant for selecting the CEC and the election commissioners. A bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms, seeking urgent listing of the plea and said it will be listed on Friday. “I just got the message from the CJI that it will be listed on Friday,” Justice Khanna said. The NGO

IAS officer poses as patient, inspects health centre in UP’s Firozabad

Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 13 (ANI): An IAS officer conducted an inspection at a government health centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad wearing a veil and posing as a patient. The officer said that she decided to conduct the inspection after receiving several complaints regarding inconveniences faced by patients in the area. “I had received a complaint in regards to Dida Mai health centre that the doctor was not present even after 10 am to administer an injection for a dog bite,” Kriti Raj posted as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in the area said. Raj said that she took an

What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin? An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia

What can we expect from six more years of Vladimir Putin An increasingly weak and dysfunctional Russia

There is very little drama in Russia’s upcoming presidential election this weekend. We all know Vladimir Putin will win. The only real question is whether he will receive more than 75% of the vote. It could be tempting to see these results as a sign of the strength of the Russian system. Recent gains by the Russian army in Ukraine seem to further support this. But my own research – soon to be published in a forthcoming book – shows the election results and Russia’s military gains in Ukraine hide a much more problematic reality for the country. The constitutional

Odisha govt’s women employees to get 25 days casual leave a year

Bhubaneswar, Mar 12 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced casual leave of 25 days in a year for women employees working in different departments of the state government. The women employees would now get an additional 10 days of CL taking their total CL in a year to 25 days, an official said. An official release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said Patnaik took this decision keeping in mind the family responsibilities and various problems of women. The state government also said that Odisha was the first in the country to take radical steps like reserving

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