Panel to watch situation on Bangladesh border The Union home ministry has set up a five-member high-level committee led by Ravi Gandhi, Additional Director General, Border Security Force, Eastern Command. The committee will be in touch with Bangladesh officials to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals, Hindus, and other minority communities, Home Minister Amit Shah said DHARMAPURI l saturday l august 10, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l CITY EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI D I PA K M O N D A L @ New Delhi MINISTER of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Friday introduced the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha, proposing up to four nominees for each bank account. The bill has enabling provisions to transfer unclaimed dividends, shares, and interest or redemption of bonds to the Investor Education and Protection Fund, allowing individuals to claim transfers or refunds from the fund, thus safeg u a rd i n g i nve s t o r s ’ interests. The bill proposes to extend the tenure of directors in cooperative banks from 8-10 years. It also proposes to allow a director of a Central cooperative bank to serve on a State cooperative bank board. Congress MP Manish Tewari said the power to legislate cooperatives vests with state governments. Govt ducks the SC/ST creamy layer bullet gorisation and creamy layer in detail. The Cabinet’s well-thought In a significant move, the Centre decision is that the NDA governon Friday said it will not implement is committed to the constitument the Supreme Court’s proposal tional principles laid down by Dr of carving out the creamy layer Ambedkar. There is no concept of within the reservations for Schedcreamy layer in SC and ST reservauled Castes (STs) and tion under Ambedkar’s Scheduled Tribes (STs). principles,” he said. The decision was taken at The decision is on expecta Cabinet meeting chaired ed lines as the Modi governThe Cabinet’s by Prime Minister Narenment is facing pressure on well-thought dra Modi on Friday . the creamy layer issue from decision is that Announcing the deciallies and from within the the NDA sion, Minister of Informaparty NDA ally LJP’s chief . government is tion and Broadcasting committed to the Chirag Paswan has already constitutional Ashwani Vaishnaw said announced that he will file principles laid that there is no concept of a review petition against down by Dr creamy layer in SC/ST resthe Supreme Court ruling. Ambedkar ervation under Baba SaThe thinking within the heb Ambedakar’s princi- — Ashwani Vaishnaw government is that the imples. “The Cabinet has plementation of the creamy taken a well-thought decision that layer will further alienate the backthe provisions for SC/ST reservaward community from the BJP. In tions will be in tune with Ambedthe 2024 general elections, the BJP kar’s principles,” he said. suffered major losses especially in “In the Cabinet meeting chaired Uttar Pradesh after the backward by PM Modi today we discussed the , community and Dalits voted issue of the SC ruling on sub-cateagainst it. P r e e t h a N ai r @ New Delhi Sisodia finally gets bail S u c h i t r a K alyan M o h an t y @ New Delhi Seventeen months after he was arrested for alleged money laundering linked to the Delhi excise policy scam, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday walked out of Tihar jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail. “It appears that the trial courts and the high courts attempt to play safe in matters of grant of bail. The principle that bail is a rule and refusal is an exception is, at times, followed in breach,” a two-judge bench led by Justice B R Gavai said. While rejecting the trial court’s position that Sisodia was responsible for delaying the process, the bench said, bail can’t be rejected as a punishment. As for the trial court’s claim that he kept various documents, the bench said it was not supported by record. Just 13 and 14 applications were filed by him in the CBI and ED matters respectively it said. , express read Bill proposes up to 4 nominees per bank accts Shankar’s detention under Goondas Act quashed by HC 4 of a family from Dindigul found dead in Pondy hotel SC stays Mumbai college circular banning hijab Chennai: The Madras HC on Friday quashed the detention of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar under the Goondas Act and ordered his release. However, Shankar may not walk free as there are multiple cases pending against him across TN. The bench, in its order, noted that the soul of a healthy democracy lies in free speech | P2 Puducherry: Four of a family from Dindigul were found dead at a hotel in Puducherry on Friday. Police said no suicide note was recovered. Bodies of the deceased — Chandrasekhar (60), Saraswathi (52), Sudarshan (25), and Soundarya (22) — were shifted to a morgue and a case was registered under Section 174 of the BNSS | P2 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday partly stayed a circular issued by the Chembur Trombay Education Society, which runs the N G Acharya & D K Marathe College in Mumbai, which prohibited female students from wearing hijabs on the campus. The SC, however, clarified that burqas would not be permitted inside classrooms
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