Madras HC recalls Puducherry Law Secretary to T.N., move comes after controversy in appointment of law officers

Puducherry Law Secretary S. Karthikeyan, of the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service, was on deputation to the Puducherry Law Department from April last year; the Registrar General of the Madras High Court has recommended a replacement for him Read More | Source: The Hindu…

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MCD polls: redrawn ward boundaries in Okhla fuel allegations of ‘politically motivated’ manipulations

Changes in ward boundaries following the delimitation exercise have led to five wards in the Assembly constituency crossing the permissible upper and lower limits as per MHA guidelines Read More | Source: The Hindu…

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Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar appointed chairperson of the National Statistical Commission

Mr. Karandikar, a Professor Emeritus at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, is to be the part-time chairperson for a period of three years; he is known for his work on opinion polls, seat predictions for elections Read More | Source: The Hindu…

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The battle to bring freshwater turtles back from the brink

Conservationists and government departments are fighting against all odds to prevent the smuggling of turtles within and outside the country; the challenge is not just to prevent the illegal trade of turtles, some of which are endangered, as pets and for meat but also to rehabilitate those recovered from anti-trafficking…

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