Pak Govt’s failure to provide evidence results in release of terror suspects

PESHAWAR – The failure of the Pakistan Government to provide any evidence against terror suspects is resulting in the grant of bail by the Peshawar High Court to them.

The court has started releasing the suspects under Article 199 of the constitution. These suspected were …. Source  : Pak Govt’s failure to provide evidence results in release of terror suspects.

Meghalaya braces for three shutdowns

SHILLONG – Meghalaya is set to see three shutdowns in a row beginning from Tuesday to protest police firing that killed four people at the disputed Langpih village.

While the Khasi Students’ Union has called for a shutdown Tuesday, the United Democratic Party has annouced a 12-hour statewide strike Wednesday. The outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Meghalaya braces for three shutdowns.

Australia shuts the door on cooks, hairdressers

SYDNEY – Passing a course in cooking or hairdressing will not deliver permanent residency in Australia after the government Monday took the scissors to its skills-shortage list.

Cooks and hairdressers accounted for 12 percent of the 41,000 issued visas in the skilled category last year and 75 percent of those visas went to those, mostly Indians, … Read more >>.

SC posts being given to general category, says Buta Singh

BHOPAL – National Commission for the Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairman Buta Singh Sunday said that Dalits were being denied their fundamental right in Madhya Pradesh and that the government was recruiting general category candidates to fill the backlog of vacancies reserved for the SCs.

Singh, who was on the fact-finding mission to Chief …. Original source  : SC posts being given to general category, says Buta Singh.

Supreme Court to go on 49-day recess

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court will go on a 49-day summer recess starting Monday. The court re-opens July 5.

During the vacation, two benches will function to hear urgent and regular matters. The bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad would hear urgent matters, while the bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Supreme Court to go on 49-day recess.