Rajya Sabha passes Juvenile Justice Bill
The upper house of Rajya sabha today successfully passed the Juvenile Justice Bill, after a marathon debate. The bill further lowers the Juvenile’s age to 16 years from the previous 18 years. Any criminal convict above 16 years of age will be punished according to the court of law.
RS debates Juvenile Justice Bill
The bill was taken up against the backdrop of uproar over release of juvenile convict in the heinous gangrape-cum-murder of a 23-year-old girl on December 16, 2012. We may not be able to do anything about the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case but we can deter many other boys from doing so, demanding for passage of Juvenile Justice Bill Maneka Gandhi said.
Bhujbal PMLA case: ED attaches Rs 110 crore assets
ED today attached assets worth Rs 110 crore belonging to a realty firm in connection with its money laundering probe against NCP leader and former Maharashtra PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal. . This is the third such action in this case by the ED after it had attached a plot worth Rs 160 crore of a realty firm and seized over Rs 17 crore assets of another firm embroiled in this case.
Unnecessary to amend Juvenile Justice Bill: Ram Jethmalani
The Juvenile Justice Bill is completely fine and there is no need to amend it just because of one incident. It is totally unnecessary, says Ram Jethmalani. The Juvenile rapist in Nirbhaya gangrape case was freed on 20th December 2015.
76 still missing in China landslide
At least 76 people remained missing two days after a massive landslide hit an industrial park in China’s Shenzhen city,
Brazil’s new finance minister takes office amid recession
The government announced last week that Joaquim Levy would step down as finance minister and would be replacemed by Nelson Barbosa, the planning and budget minister.
I-T department to launch Project Insight to curb black money
‘Project Insight’ has been initiated by the Department for data mining, collection, collation and processing of such information for effective risk management with a view to widening and deepening tax base.
Hema Upadhyay Murder Case: Mumbai Police arrests Chintan Upadhyay
“Chintan Upadhyay has been arrested by the Mumbai police in connection with Hema Upadhyay murder case,” told Additional Commissioner of Police Fateh Singh Patil.
Bus hits parked aircraft at Kolkata airport
A Jet Airways shuttle bus on Tuesday rammed into a stationary Air India flight at the city airport here. However, no casualty or injury was reported.
Vyapam scam haunted Chouhan govt in 2015
The Vyapam scam remained a hot-button issue in Madhya Pradesh during 2015, giving a tough time to Shivraj Singh Chouhan government and even resulting in the washout of the state assembly’s budget session besides overshadowing the Monsoon session of Parliament.
DDCA row: Assembly to hold special one-day session today
“Delhi Cabinet resolves to set up Commission of Enquiry on DDCA scam. Special session of assembly tomorrow to discuss DDCA scam and CBI raids on Delhi Secretariat,” said Arvind Kejriwal.
Rajya Sabha to take up Juvenile Justice Bill today
The Rajya Sabha will take up the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015 for consideration and passage today.
Chartered BSF plane crashes in Delhi
A chartered plane of Border Security Force (BSF) crashed a few minutes after take-off from the Palam airport here on Tuesday morning, officials said.
