Not to grab executive powers: 2G judge
Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly,who was part of the two-judge Supreme Court bench that delivered the 2G verdict on Thursday, has written the following article in response to The Telegraph report on Saturday that had quoted former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The former Speaker has since said The Telegraph report had given rise to a wrong impression and his comments were strictly confined to policy, not executive decisions. "What I had stated was that the court itself has held that it will not interfere ordinarily with the government's policy decisions nor will it substitute such policy with a policy formulated by the court," Chatterjee said on Saturday after the report was published.
Typhoon in London over aid 'peanuts' Delhi doesn't want
London, Feb. 5: Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said India "does not require" British aid, describing it as "peanuts".
Why India chose Rafale
Washington, Feb. 5: When Pratibha Patil travelled to Europe last October, she and others in her entourage had a pleasant surprise in the sky. At one point along the air space that the President's flight was using, half a squadron of Eurofighters appeared on both sides of her Air India plane.
Yuvi's
Calcutta, Feb. 5: Yuvraj Singh, who is into his first cycle of chemotherapy at a facility in Boston, is tired but high on motivation.
Industry plan on HEC land
Ranchi, Feb. 5: The Centre is toying with the idea of inviting new industries to set up shop on vacant land owned by Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) Ltd, complete with joint venture agreements, in order to "ensure a perennial source of income for the corporation".