NEW DELHI: A Delhi court yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment three convicts in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been acquitted, despite the prosecution seeking the death penalty. The victim’s kin called the punishment inadequate.
District and Sessions Judge JR Aryan sentenced Girdhari Lal, Balwan Khokkar and Captain Bhagmal to life imprisonment for murder and rioting, while two other convicts -- former councillor Mahender Yadav and former legislator Kishan Khokkar, both held guilty of rioting - were each given three years’ jail.
A fine of Rs1,000 each was slapped on all the five convicts.
New ports in West Bengal, AP
New Delhi: The union cabinet yesterday approved the shipping ministry’s proposal to set up major new ports in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to set up a major port at Sagar Island in West Bengal through the Public Private Partnership route, and another new port at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The Kolkata and Haldia ports are riverine ports which face severe draught limitations because of adverse morphological changes in Hooghly River which cause siltation. The deep draught port at Sagar Island would obviate the need for heavy maintenance dredging and would be able to handle large-sized vessels.
Nod for phase four of UID scheme
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India yesterday approved phase four of the scheme, which will enrol an additional 40 crore residents at a cost of Rs34.36bn, said official sources.
The UID project provides unique numbers to all residents of India.
According to sources, the fourth phase of the UID scheme includes various project components such as the cost of enrolling 400 million residents through multiple registrars, the cost of updating services and printing and delivering Aadhaar letters.
IANS
