"Legislatures are important pillars of our Republic through which the sovereignty of the people is ensured. I fondly hope that the spirit of Republic will guide all of us during this Session of Parliament,” he said. Naidu made these remarks during an all-party meeting called by him on the first day of the Budget Session.
Speaking outside Parliament before the start of the session, the prime minister said there is awareness among the people in the country and all citizens watch the proceedings closely.
After CJI Ranjan Gogoi and justice AK Sikri, justice NV Ramana became the third judge to recuse himself from hearing a plea challenging the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Earlier, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and justice AK Sikri had recused themselves from the hearing the matter.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana as head of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. SC bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the plea filed by advocate ML Sharma against Asthana made little sense and in anyway rolled in everything under the sky into one.
The Department of Homeland Security said it set up a fake university as part of an undercover operation to identify recruiters and entities engaged in immigration fraud. Eight student recruiters were charged with participating in a conspiracy to help at least 600 foreign citizens stay in the US illegally, according to the indictments.Top opposition figures, including Congress's Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar and Le...
