Manan Kumar Mishra elected Bar Council of India chairperson
New Delhi: Senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra has been elected the Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson unopposed for the sixth consecutive term — a first in the history of the body that regulates legal profession and legal education in the country. Earlier, senior advocate and former Union Law Minister late Ram Jethmalani was elected as the chairperson of the apex bar body four times. TNS
Prez arrives in Vizag for Naval fleet review
visakhapatnam: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in the port city Visakhapatnam on Sunday on a three-day visit to the Eastern Naval Command where he will conduct the President’s Fleet Review-22 in Bay of Bengal on February 21. Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and others extended a warm welcome to the President at the Naval Airbase INS Dega here. Commemorating the Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, ‘Indian Navy — 75 years in Service of the Nation’ has been made the theme of PFR-22. PTI
PIL wants AAP govt to appoint Lokayukta
New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the AAP government to appoint within one month a Lokayukta, as promised by it in its election manifesto. PTI
HC imposes Rs20,000 costs on SSC chairman
New Delhi: The Delhi HC has imposed Rs 20,000 costs on the chairman of the Staff Selection Commission for the delay in complying with its order to examine answer sheets of a candidate.
