Education
SC seeks CBI’s response on Karti’s travel plans
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the CBI till Monday to respond on an application by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram seeking to travel to Britain on December 2.
Chidambaram junior has mentioned travel plans to Cambridge in connection with his daughter’s admission.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave time till November 20 to the Central Bureau of Investigation to reply.
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that he needed to take instructions on Chidambaram junior’s application.
In his application, he has attached a communication from the Cambridge University saying that his daughter’s interview for admission was scheduled for December 5.
He has told the court that he would leave for Cambridge on December 2, and come back on December 10.
Senior counsel Kapil Sibal told the bench that in the last hearing the court had indicated that it might permit Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad for four to five days, and the CBI could indicate conditions it wanted imposed.
Karti Chidambaram is being investigated for alleged irregularities in the grant of FIPB clearance to INX Media Ltd. when his father was the Union Finance Minister.
–IANS
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.