Nirbhaya: Curative plea of convict Pawan in SC today

New Delhi: The SC will on Monday consider ‘in chamber’ the curative plea of one of the four death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, a day before their scheduled hanging. PTI

Akshay donates Rs1.5 cr for transgenders’ home

Mumbai: Superstar Akshay Kumar has donated Rs1.5 crore for building home for transgenders, an initiative by his “Laxmmi Bomb” director Raghav Lawrence’s charitable trust. PTI

Vatican rejects second appeal of Kerala nun

Kochi: The Vatican has rejected the second appeal filed by a Kerala nun against the decision of Franciscan Clarist Congregation to expel her for “failing” to provide explanation for her lifestyle, which allegedly violated church rules, sources close to the nun claimed on Sunday. PTI

Annual appraisals linked with ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ mop-up

Mumbai: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will link annual appraisals and postings of field officers with their performance in terms of collection under the ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ scheme, according to a communication. PTI

Rajasthan activist honoured for opposing child marriages

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s rehabilitation psychologist Dr Kriti Bharti, who has been fighting against child marriages, has been chosen among world’s top 10 activists by the TAFFD magazine of the US for her outstanding contribution to the social and emotional category. Kriti has been honoured and recogined for her efforts towards supporting human rights and annulment and prevention of child marriages. Even after facing threats and obstacles, Kriti has managed to get around 40 child marriages annulled till date. Apart from it, she has prevented thousands of child marriages. OC

Uddhav’s wife Rashmi is Saamana editor

Mumbai: Rashmi Thackeray, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, has been named as the Editor of Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana. The announcement was made in the Sunday edition of the newspaper by its publisher Rajendra M Bhagwat and other trustees Subhash R Desai and Liladhar B Dake. Saamna and its Hindi evening edition Dophara Ka Saamana apart from weekly Marmik are published by Prabodhan Prakashan, which has been structured as a trust. TNS