Politics

New Delhi: Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari has been shot dead by unidentified assailants in a broad daylight in Lucknow on Friday. He was rushed to Trauma Centre where Tiwari succumbed to injuries. Tiwari had served as the president of the right-wing group. According to media reports, the attackers barged into Tiwari’s office on the pretext of handing over a gift. As soon as they walked in, the attackers opened fire on the Hindu Mahasabha leader and fled from the scene.

Recently, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had revoked the National Security Act (NSA) slapped on the right-wing leader. Tiwari was in news recently for giving a controversial remark involving Prophet Muhammad.

New Delhi: A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday ended the long hearing of the decades-old Ramjanmabhumi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. Before wrapping up the case, the bench gave the contesting parties three days to file written notes on ‘moulding of relief’ or narrowing down the issues on which the court is required to adjudicate.in this case.

The Constitution bench has heard the case for 40 days, the top court’s second longest oral hearing in its history.

The bench, which also comprises justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer, is hearing appeals against the September 30, 2010 judgement of the Allahabad high court which ordered a three-way division of the disputed 2.77 acres in Ayodhya.

New Delhi: Incumbent Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has recommended the name of Justice SA Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India, according to reports.

As part of the protocol, CJI Ranjan Gogoi penned a letter to this effect to the Central government. Justice Gogoi will demit office as CJI and a Supreme Court judge on November 17 this year.

Justice Gogoi was the first person from the North-East of India to hold the post. He replaced Justice Dipak Misra at the helm of the Supreme Court on October 3 last year.

Justice Bobde will be the 47th Chief Justice of India. His term will run until April 23, 2021.

The son of reputed Senior Advocate Arvind Shriniwas Bobde, Justice Bobde enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra in 1978. He was made Senior Advocate in 1998.

He was elevated as a judge of the Bombay High Court in 2000, and went on to serve as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh from October 2013.

Justice Bobde was elevated to the Supreme Court in April 2013.

New Delhi: Over 40 lakh postpaid mobile services have resumed today in Kashmir, after they were shut down following the Narendra Modi-led government's decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir's special status. The postpaid mobile services have been functional from 12 pm on Monday.

The decision to resume the services was taken after reviewing the situation in the valley, Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir said.

"All postpaid mobile services, irrespective of the telecom operator will stand restored and be functional from 12 noon, Monday, October 14, 2019. This will cover all 10 districts of Kashmir province," Rohit Kansal said on Saturday.

Over 20 lakh prepaid mobile phones, and mobile and other internet services will remain deactivated for now.

The valley has nearly 66 lakh mobile subscribers out of which nearly 40 lakh subscribers have post-paid facilities.

Mobile internet and broadband still continue to be blacked out in the Valley since the August decision that saw a magnanimous shift in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

The mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir were shut down on August 5 after the Centre announced in New Delhi the abrogation of the special status guaranteed to the state under Article 370 of the Constitution.

Partial fixed line telephony was resumed in the valley on August 17, and by September 4 all landlines, numbering nearly 50,000, were declared operational.

To prevent any backlash, the centre also imposed massive security restrictions and took measures that included arresting politicians, evacuating tourists, posting extra troops and blocking phone and internet lines.

Some of those curbs have been slowly relaxed, but mobile and internet communications in the Kashmir Valley were largely still blocked which frustrated the local residents to no extent.

 In Jammu, the communication system was restored within days of the blockade and even mobile Internet was started around mid-August. However, after its misuse, the Internet facility on cellular phones was snapped on August 18.

Kansal said restrictions on movement have been removed in 99 per cent of the areas in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Since August 16 there has been a gradual removal of the restrictions and by the first week of September most restrictions were removed, barring 8-10 police stations movement restrictions have now been completely removed. Over 99 per cent of the area of Jammu and Kashmir has absolutely no restriction on movement," Kansal said.