GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON AKASH CONSTRUCTION AND ANR V/S THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT AND 5 ORS

GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 19 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Nov. 19: 1. Heard Mr. B Barooah, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. Ms. J Sarma, the learned counsel, who appears on behalf of the respondent No.1 and Ms. S Dasgupta, the learned counsel, who appears on behalf of the respondent Nos.2 to 6. 2. The petitioner herein has approached this Court assailing the exparte order dated 23.08.2021 passed by the learned Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON KAMALESWAR BORO AND 33 ORS. V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS.

GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 19 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Nov. 19: 1. Heard Ms. R. Kalita, learned counsel for the petitioners; Ms. P.R. Mahanta, learned Standing Counsel, Revenue Department for the respondent no. 1; Mr. B.J. Talukdar, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. P.K. Medhi, learned State Counsel for the respondent nos. 2 - 5; Mr. D. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel, Forest Department for the respondent no. 6; and Ms. P. Thapa, learned counsel representing Mr. S. Du...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON GIREN V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR.

GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 19 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Nov. 19: 1. Heard Mr. M. K. Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the revision petitioner. Also heard Mr. M. P. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam appearing for the respondents. 2. By way of this application under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 read with Section 401 of the said Code the petitioner is assailing the impugned judgment and order dated 27.10.2014 passed by the learne...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON DAIVER ALI V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM

GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 19 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Nov. 19: 1. Heard Mr. S Rahman, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. B Sarma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application under Section 528 of BNSS has been jointly filed by the petitioners, namely, Daiver Ali @ Driver Ali and Mainul Hoque praying for quashing of the criminal proceedings of PRC Case No. 419/2024 pending before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First C...


GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON OMARJAN BIBI V/S THE UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS.

GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 19 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Nov. 19: 1. The petitioner, Omarjan Bibi @Amartan Nessa @ Begum is aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 12.11.2018, passed by the learned Member, Foreigner's Tribunal, No. 3, Nalbari in FT Case No. 189/2018, arising out of [IM(D)T] Case No. 619/2002. 2. It is submitted that the learned Tribunal has erroneously held the petitioner to be a foreigner only by the certificate issued by the Gaon Panchayat Secretary. I...


Vice-President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan participates in Christmas celebration organised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India

India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: PR/ASM The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, today participated in a Christmas celebration organised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) in New Delhi and extended warm greetings and best wishes to the Christian community ahead of the festival. The Vice-President said that Christmas is a celebration of universal values such as peace, compassion, humility and service to humanity. He noted that the m...


PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), which includes eligible ICH elements received from States and Union Territories, is maintained centrally by the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) under Ministry of Culture. The Inventory is updated on a regular basis based on the requisite documentation submitted by the States/UTs and other stakeholders including elements pertaining to marginalised, tribal and indigenous tradi...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: LEVERAGING INDIA'S THORIUM RESERVES

India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government has drawn up a comprehensive road map to reach a capacity of about 100 GW by 2047. The present nuclear power capacity is planned to be increased to about 22 GW by 2031-32 on progressive completion of projects under implementation. Further, NPCIL has drawn up plans to contribute about 54 GW out of the 100 GW capacity envisioned by 2047. India has limited uranium and abundant thorium reserves. Thorium unlike uranium, ...


ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION, 2025

India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Discipline Number of candidates recommended for appointment Total General EWS OBC SC ST Civil Engineering 202 78 26 54 26 18 Mechanical Engg. 61 22 05 21 10 03 Electrical Engg. 79$ 30 10 21 12 06 E & T Engineering 116 38 09 37 20 12 Total 458 168 50 133 68 39 $ In Electrical Engineering, 01 PwBD-3 backlog vacancy has been interchanged with PwBD-1 due to non-availability of PwBD-3 candidate...


Ministry of Steel to hold Open House on Steel Import Issues on 26th December

India, Dec. 18 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Ministry of Steel will be conducting Open House to discuss issues related to import of steel on 26th December 2025 in Steel Room, 3rd Floor, GPOA- 3, Netaji Nagar New Delhi. Companies and associations may present their issues related to above subjects in the Open House. To participate in the Open House e-mails may be sent on tech-steel[at]nic[dot]in for getting a confirmed time slot on above date. While sending the e-mail, followi...