Make milk adulteration punishable with life imprisonment: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday urged the state governments to make necessary amendments to their laws to make production and marketing of adulterated milk, which is injurious to human consumption, an offence punishable with life imprisonment. The observation by an apex court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice AK Sikri came after taking note of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha having made the sale of adulterated milk, contaminated with synthetic material, an offence punishable with life imprisonment. Asking the states to make the law to deal with production and sale of milk which is harmful to human beings more stringent, the court observed that the maximum punishment of six months for such offences under the Food Safety and Standards Act was grossly inadequate. The court was hearing a public suit which said samples collected by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in 2011 revealed large-scale sale of adulterated milk across the country. (IANS)
Five girls murdered following land dispute in Gaya
Gaya: In a gruesome killing some armed villagers killed five girls of a family following a land dispute in Dullabigaha Somnath village under Khijarsarai police station here late Wednesday night. Police on Thursday said one Shashibhushan Singh was involved in a land dispute with other villagers. Following the land dispute some villagers attacked Shashibhushan’s home and pumped bullets and stabbed the girls sleeping in separate rooms in the house. All of them died on the spot. The police said Shashibhushan who was sleeping in another house along with other members of his family escaped miraculously. The marauders had attacked his residence in search of Shashibhushan but when they did not find him they killed the girls. An FIR was lodged at the concerned police station against five suspects Anant Singh, Kishori Singh, Navin Singh, Shambhu Singh and Kumar Abhinav. (UNI)
We did not favour or acquire land for Vadra: Haryana CM
New Delhi: Dismissing allegations of irregularities in the DLF-Robert Vadra land deals, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said his government did not favour or acquire land for anyone and the issue was being raised to malign Congress and Gandhi family. “We have not given an inch of land to anyone. People buy land among themselves and we give license and there are no exceptions,” Hooda said alluding to the Vadra-DFL land deals. He was speaking at the Aaj Tak Agenda conclave here, where he was one of the speakers along with his Goan counterpart Manohar Parrikar and Hemant Soren of Jharkhand. (UNI)