The Karnataka high court, which faces a piquant situation arising out of an order passed by its division bench that virtually amounts to inquiring into the functioning of the Chief Justice on the administrative side, moved the Supreme Court on Monday for a stay on the order.

Wholesale price inflation, a measure of rising costs, rose to 10.16 per cent in May, the highest in the last 19 months, due to high food and fuel prices.
Economists and other experts predicted double-digit inflation was likely to delay any government move to decontrol fuel prices. “Inflation is always a matter of concern. S

Amidst growing outrage over last week’s Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped in on Monday and directed the group of ministers (GoM) headed by Union home minister P. Chidambaram to report to the Union Cabinet within 10 days after assessing the “options and remedies available”.

Naga leaders, after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday, hinted at a temporary suspension of their 65-day-old blockade of two national highways in the Northeast. Earlier on Monday, the Centre had said it would send more than 2,000 security personnel to end the blockade by Naga groups.

The government has decided to curb the teaching of practical subjects through distance mode. University Grants Commission, the higher education regulator, has in a directive stated that subjects that involve a large component of practical training should be taught in in face-to-face mode.

Even as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probes the alleged transfer of information —— from the computer of an Indian Army Major posted in the Andamans ——- to a computer in Pakistan, the Indian Army on Monday sought to dismiss speculation that a few senior Army officers were likely to face questioning by the NIA in the case. “No other Army officers have been summoned for questioning by the NIA,” senior Army sources said on Monday.

South-west monsoon on Monday inched further bringing showers to some more parts of Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and parts of Gangetic West Bengal.
However, a senior weather scientist warned of a slight delay in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand but made it clear that it would have no impact on the kharif crops.

Concerned over the “inefficient and corrupt” targeted public distribution system (TPDS), critical to the success of the proposed National Food Security Act, the government will ask the states to immediately plug its loopholes.

On the heels of the Mangalore air-crash, the DGCA is monitoring several aspects of the functioning of Air India Express including monitoring of flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules for flight crew, number of pilots on the regular roll of Air India Express, the number of officers in the airline posted to oversee operations, safety and training aspects as well as the current number of mechanics working with the airline. Air India Express is the low cost carrier of Air India.

In the ongoing tug-of-war between the Rajasthan government and Jaipur’s erstwhile royal family over the acquisition of certain properties of the latter, the former royals won major relief from the Supreme Court on Monday as it directed the state to restore the possession of Kanak Bhavan to the family.