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<b>Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje should quit: RSS' Govindacharya</b></br> Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Govindacharya today said Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje should quit on moral grounds in the wake of the Lalit Modi controversy as from common man's perception they are "guilty". "They should do it like Advani had done it, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Sharad Yadav. There are many such examples and it will benefit the party," Govindacharya said when asked whether the External Affairs Minister and the Rajasthan Chief Minister should resign in the wake of the raging row over the former IPL commissioner. "It seems they(Swaraj and Raje) have given some help. They had good relations…like share issues or Dushyant Singh issue are concerned. From common man's perception, they are guilty. Even if they resign on moral ground, if they were proved not guilty they can come back," he told India Today. (Express archive) (28/06/2015)
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<b>Muslim women's college cracks down on tight jeans, short tops </b></br> Cracking down on tight jeans, short tops and leggings, a north Kerala women's college has decided to introduce uniforms for its students from this academic year which also gives the go-by to the 'naqab' for Muslim students. The dress code will be implemented from July 8 when the academic session begins for the first-year students at the women's college run by the Muslim Educational Society (MES) at Nadakkavu in Kozhikode. According to the new scheme, students will have to wear salwar, churidar bottom, and an overcoat. Muslim students have been permitted to wear a dark grey 'mafta' or head scarf. College Principal Prof B Seethalakshmi said that the decision to have a dress code came after some students were seen coming to college wearing tight jeans, short tops and leggings. (Representational image; PTI) (28/06/2015)
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<b>MEA declines info under RTI on Lalit Modi's passport issue </b></br> At a time when Sushma Swaraj is under fierce opposition attack for "helping" Lalit Modi obtain UK travel documents, her External Affairs Ministry has refused to provide any information about the passport issue involving the scandal-tainted former IPL boss. The Ministry has refused to answer an RTI application containing seven questions including who had taken a decision not appeal in the Supreme Court the Delhi High Court's decision restoring Modi's passport. "Kindly note that the office of External Affairs Minister (EAM) has informed that the questions in Serial 1 to 3 of your RTI does not seem to fall under the purview of the RTI act, 2005. As regards to queries Sl No 4 to 7, no information is available with EAM’s office," the MEA said in its reply dated June 26. The RTI query, filed by one Rayo from Haryana, was received by the Ministry on June 19 when the opposition was piling up pressure on Swaraj on the ‘Lalitgate’ row. The first three questions included why Swaraj did not advise Modi to apply for a temporary travel document to the Indian High Commission in London instead if she intended to help him on humanitarian grounds to travel to Portugal. It also asked why the External Affairs Minister did not insist on Modi’s return to India as a condition for issuing a temporary Indian travel document. (Express archive) (28/06/2015)
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<b>85 vehicles torched in Pune, no arrests yet</b></br> In an early morning shocker, as many as 85 vehicles, most of them two-wheelers, were set on fire by unknown miscreants in the parking lots of various residential societies in Sun City area here today. The burnt vehicles included 77 two-wheelers and eight cars, police inspector of Sinhagad police station B Kashid said. It was a nightmare for the residents when they saw charred remains of the vehicles in the parking space of their respective housing societies, located in the same locality that also included a Pizza outlet where over 25 motorbikes parked outside the shop used by the delivery boys were gutted in the fire. "We are studying CCTV footage available. But no one has been arrested so far", the officer told PTI this evening. (Express photo by Pavan Khengre) (28/06/2015)
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<b>BJP alleges 'irregularities' in IPU medical exam, counselling </b></br> Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today alleged "irregularities" in the medical exam and counselling process of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (GGSIP) University, which the varsity refuted. Opposition leader Vijendra Gupta and two other BJP MLAs – O P Sharma and Jagdish Pradhan – today met LG-appointed ACB chief M K Meena and filed their written complaint. In their complaint, they said, "There is allegation of grave irregularities in the conduct of the medical exam and counselling process by the University. "The entire episode points to quid pro quo by the University to favour certain candidates over others and puts a huge question mark on the entire admission procedure. Hence, it needs to be thoroughly investigated," he said. They alleged that the university allegedly changed results of its medical entrance exam "overnight", just a few minutes prior to the time at which detailed schedule for counselling of MBBS program was supposed to be notified. (Express photo by Sumit Malhotra) (28/06/2015)
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<b>Chidambaram questions PM's silence on Lalitgate, Pankaja Munde </b></br> Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over recent controversies involving Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde and former IPL boss Lalit Modi. "The Prime Minister, who criticised Manmohan Singh for being silent, is silent now…," Chidambaram said at a meeting here while referring to the allegations against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is embroiled in the Lalit Modi controversy, and Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde. Hitting out at the BJP-led NDA government, Chidambaram said it was time for people to question its leaders on the electoral assurances as one year has gone by since the new dispensation assumed power. (Express Photo by Prem Nath Pandey) (28/06/2015)
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<b>In L K Advani remarks, Oppn parties see 'hint' to Swaraj, Raje to quit </b></br> In light of senior BJP leader LK Advani emphasising the need for probity in public life, opposition parties today said that Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje must "own up responsibility" in the Lalit Modi controversy. "It is a very clear indication from the senior-most leader of BJP that its ministers, when they are implicated, when there are allegations against them, should own up responsibility. "The Prime Minister should come out with a clear explanation. Nothing is happening. It is in this context that he (Advani) has given this opinion. So, I think that Advaniji's opinion is the reflection of thinking in general of the people," said senior Congress leader PC Chacko. In a veiled message to the Narendra Modi government in the wake of the row involving Swaraj and Raje, the BJP patriarch had yesterday said there is a need to maintain probity in public life and recalled how he had resigned soon after his name cropped up in the Hawala scam. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey) (28/06/2015)
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<b>BJP MLA escapes unhurt after being shot by four men </b></br> Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Dharmpuri constituency in the district, Kallusingh Thakur escaped unhurt after he was allegedly shot at by four men under the Mandu police station limits, a police official said here today. The accused attacked the MLA when he was talking to people at the veranda of his house last night, police said. Accused Vishnu, Nankiya, Ravi and Vishambhar have been nabbed and are being interrogated after the MLA's personal assistant Shashikant Chauhan lodged a complaint, Mandu Town Inspector Anirudh Wadia said. After the attack on him, MLA Thakur alleged that the accused were criminals hired by a person to kill him. However, District Superintendent of Police Rajesh Hingankar said that initial investigations into the incident indicate that the attack is the fallout of a property dispute. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) (28/06/2015)
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9. Senior counsel P.P. Rao, L. Nagashwar Rao and Harin Rawal appearing for the Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana respectively, argued that the medical admissions in their states were done on the basis of qualifying or entrance examinations conducted as per their statutory regime. They told the court that their their regime had the sanction of article 371(d) of the constitution and had received the president's assent, and contended that unless the court hold their statutory regime as void, they could not be asked to follow the NEET route for admission in undergraduate and post graduate medical courses. (Express photo)
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<b>Two Devendra Public School students found dead, school Director dies after mob assault </b></br> The Director of a leading school died today after being thrashed by a mob following recovery of the bodies of two students from a ditch in Bihar's Nalanda district. Devendra Prasad, director of Devendra Public School, succumbed during treatment at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Nalanda's Superintendent of Police (SP) Sidharth Mohan Jain told PTI. (PTI) (28/06/2015)
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