Consumer forums can’t be mere rehabalitaion centres for retired: Supreme Court

Referring to the news item, SC said these issues have highlighted the poor disposal rate of consumer commissions including the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). NEW DELHI: Flagging slow disposal in consumer forums, Supreme Court on Thursday said the consumer dispute redressal commissions cannot be the place for rehabilitation of retired judges and bureaucrats…

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GRP nets fugitive terrorist after 35 year run

Sheikh was produced before the TADA court Thursday for further legal proceedings JAMMU: Thirty-five years after an explosion rocked Jammu Tawi railway station, killing three people and leaving 18 others wounded, Govt Railway Police (GRP) Jammu Thursday claimed it arrested Altaf Hussain Sheikh, a fugitive terrorist wanted in the case.A native of Marhama, Bijbehara, in…

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Farooq doubts terror threat to Kashmiri Pandits, seeks probe

Raising doubts about the actual threat, he urged Union home ministry to identify the “culprits” who issued the threats through social media. SRINAGAR: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Thursday sought a thorough investigation into a purported threat letter to Kashmiri Pandit employees in Kashmir from terror outfit United Liberation Council, reported to be a Lashkar-e-Taiba…

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