Chidambaram in Parl panel
New Delhi, Aug 29: Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday nominated former home minister and Congress member P Chidambaram to the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. Chidambaram’s nomination comes in the wake of the retirement of Congress member P Bhattacharya from Rajya Sabha. The Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs is currently looking into the three new bills Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, seeking to replace criminal laws IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act. “The Chairman, Rajya Sabha has, on the 28th August, 2023, nominated Shri P. Chidambaram, Member, Rajya Sabha, to the Committee on Home Affairs vice P Bhattacharya, who retired from the membership of Rajya Sabha on the 18th August, 2023,” a bulletin from the Rajya Sabha secretariat said. Dhankhar had on August 18 referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs is of the Rajya Sabha and has members from both Houses of Parliament. BJP member Brij Lal is the chairman of the committee. (PTI)
Holy mace en route Amarnath
Srinagar, Aug 29: The saffron-robed holy mace of Lord Shiva, popularly known as ‘Chhari Mubarak’, Tuesday reached Sheshnag where it will halt for the night before heading for the Amarnath holy cave shrine, officials said. Amidst religious chants, the Chhari was taken from Chandanwari to Sheshnag by Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of the holy mace. The holy mace will reach the cave shrine, considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva, in south Kashmir Himalayas for special prayers on August 31, which will mark the culmination of the annual Amarnath Yatra. The holy mace will be taken to Panchtarani on Wednesday for a night halt. The Chhari Mubarak Swami Amarnath Ji had left for the main course of pilgrimage on Saturday from Mahadev Gir Dashnami Akhara here Special prayers were held at the Dashnami Akhara temple. (PTI)
