New Delhi: Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin yesterday criticised Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her and other cabinet minister’s photographs being printed on Delhi government’s loan application form.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s legislator Harsh Vardhan had complained that Sheila Dikshit and Raj Kumar Chauhan had been misusing public funds and the government machinery by getting their photographs printed on the loan application form under Delhi Swarojgar Yojna. “The printing of loan application forms by Delhi’s chief minister and Minister for Social Welfare and SC/ST Welfare Raj Kumar Chauhan for personal glorification is to get unfair advantage from the beneficiaries of the scheme,” said Justice Sarin in his order.
Sarin also asked President Pranab Mukherjee to issue an advisory to Dikshit and Chauhan to desist from printing their photographs on the application forms.
Power tariff rise
set in Karnataka
Bangalore: A day after the state legislative assembly election, the Karnataka Regulatory Electricity Commission yesterday recommended an increase of 20-25 paise per unit of power for domestic and commercial users. According to the tariff order posted on the commission’s website, the increase will be 20 paise per unit for domestic consumers and 25 paise for commercial and industrial users in Bangalore. Educational institutions and hospitals have also been exempted from the hike.
Dhoni sued over defamation
Bangalore: A local court yesterday registered a defamation case against Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly denigrating a Hindu god (Vishnu) and hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Sixth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Choori Khan registered the case under Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on a petition filed by Jayakumar Hiremath, a city-based social activist. IANS
