No proposal to give full-statehood to Delhi: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday said it was not considering any proposal to grant full statehood to the national capital, a key demand of the Aam Aadmi Party government. “There is no proposal with the government for granting full statehood to Delhi,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said, replying to a question in the Lok Sabha. The AAP has been demanding grant of full statehood to Delhi. In the campaign for Lok Sabha polls last year, BJP too had promised to declare Delhi a full state if the party came to power, noting that it will help ensure proper coordination between various agencies. BJP had swept the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi winning all seven seats with huge margins. However, the party did not clearly spell out its position on the statehood issue in its vision document released ahead of Assembly polls in February. The party had come out with a vision document instead of a manifesto. (PTI)
Kerala police officer may be suspended for cheating in exam
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after Kerala’s senior police officer T.J. Jose was caught cheating in LL.M exams, he is facing a possible suspension from service and being debarred to appear in university examinations for a certain period.Officials, requesting anonymity, said Jose is likely to face suspension from service and debarment from exams.Jose, the inspector general of police, Thrissur range, was caught cheating on Monday while taking an exam for the Master of Law degree.Soon after the incident was highlighted by TV channels, the Kerala government and the M.G. University headquartered at Kottayam swung into action, with Jose’s superior officer asking him to extend his study leave.On Tuesday, a Mahatma Gandhi University official visited the St. Paul’s College Kalamassery near Kochi, where Jose was writing the examination, to conduct a probe.Deputy registrar A.C. Babu, on Tuesday spoke to the officials of the college, from where Jose was sent out of the examination hall after being caught with cheating material from which he was copying.Babu is expected to submit his report to the vice chancellor of the M.G. University and it is possible that Jose may be debarred from appearing in examinations for two years. (IANS)
Don’t clap, you are in uniform: Army chief to officers
New Delhi: Taking a cue from Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Tuesday directed his officers and others not to clap after his address. “After I finish my address please do not clap. Hereafter, we will maintain the decorum of not clapping in uniform,” Gen Suhag said after a round of applause following his address at an Army event here. The General also noticed that he had forgotten to mention it at the start of his address. He also referred to Parrikar, who after his address at Commanders’ conference last month, had said he was under the impression that people in uniform don’t clap after an individual’s address. (PTI)
All-party meeting on Moga molestation case postponed: Bajwa
Chandigarh: An all-party meeting convened by Punjab Congress Chief Partap Singh Bajwa at Moga on Tuesday to discuss the strategy to intensify the agitation against alleged deteriorating law and order situation in the state, has been postponed by a few days. “The new date would be announced soon as the Communist parties were busy with their May 6 programme on the same issue,” a statement quoting Bajwa said here. Bajwa said that there have been talks with BSP in which its state leadership will discuss the matter with senior leadership in Delhi and then confirm. Manpreet Singh Badal led Peoples Party of Punjab and former governor Surjit Singh Barnala’s Shiromani Akali Dal have already confirmed their participation in the all-party meeting, he said. He said the death of a teenage girl after being molested and thrown off a moving Orbit bus at Moga was the “culmination of the jungle raj prevailing in the state.” (PTI)
Tension in Naida village after murder of three people
Nadia: Tension ran high in Nadia district’s Kaligunj area on Tuesday following the murder of three people last night, police said. The Rapid Action Force was deployed as sporadic violence was reported from Junapur area under Kaligunj where miscreants killed the three people. The identification of the victims was not immediately revealed. Eye witnesses said bombs, guns and lethal weapons were used by the miscreants while attacking the victims. (UNI)
