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FPJ Evening Brief: Congress likely to have a new president by June; three govt agencies launch probe in Serum Institute fire- Check out top 5 news updates of January 22, 2021
FPJ Evening Brief
of January 22, 2021:
Congress might have a new president by June this year. Reportedly, after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) met today to purportedly discuss the modalities related to much-awaited organisational elections, which are likely to be held around the end of May. The grand old party s internal elections will also include the much-discussed post of the Congress Party President. In the CWC meet today, chaired by the party interim president Sonia Gandhi, the party reportedly held discussions on a slew of issues related to the elections.
Khadse s counsel Aabad Ponda sought the court to grant the former state revenue minister interim protection from any coercive action, pending hearing of the plea.
Hinjawadi trash fire finally doused
Hinjawadi trash fire finally doused
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 06:00 IST
On Wednesday morning a day after denizens residing in the
housing societies from Phase-III of Maan-Hinjawadi information technology (IT) park raised their concerns over the hazardous fire that was left bellowing for the past couple of days from the unauthorised trash-dumping site set up by Maan gram panchayat leading to serious health risks, killing trees and adversely affecting the biodiversity, authorities from the local village body rushed to the spot along with their team members.
After a gap of four days, officials once again summoned a fire tender from
Khadse s counsel Aabad Ponda sought the court to grant the former state revenue minister interim protection from any coercive action, pending hearing of the plea.
A division bench was hearing a petition filed by NCP leader Eknath Khadse (File)
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the judiciary and agencies like the RBI, CBI and ED should act independently, and asked what heavens are going to fall if an interim protection from coercive action is granted for a few days to NCP leader Eknath Khadse in an alleged land grab case of 2016.
A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition filed by Mr Khadse, seeking to quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October last year.