| SC refuses to stay warrant appointing Indu Malhotra as judge
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 The Supreme Court today refused to stay the presidential warrant appointing senior woman lawyer Indu Malhotra as an apex court judge, saying the Centre was well within its right to return the Collegium's recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph as a judge of top court. The apex court said the government's decision to send the name of Justice Joseph for reconsideration by the collegium will be dealt in accordance with the constitution bench verdicts of 1993 and 1998, also described as second and third judges cases, which gave powers to the Collegium for selection of judges. "Constitutional propriety demands that the warrant of appointment of Indu Malhotra shall be implemented," a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said while expressing anguish that lawyers are filing petition to stall the swearing in of a fellow senior advocate. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, was hearing a petition mentioned on behalf of over 100 ...
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| Day temperatures rise marginally in most parts of HP
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 The day temperatures rose marginally in most parts of Himachal Pradesh today with Una registering the hottest place at 41.7 degrees Celsius. The mercury touched 41.7 degrees Celsius at Una while Sundernagar, Nahan and Bhuntar recorded the maximum temperatures at 36.4 degrees Celsius, 35.1 degrees Celsius and 34.2 degrees Celsius, while Solan and Dharamsala recorded a high of 31.4 degrees Celsius and 30.4 degrees Celsius, followed by Shimla 26.7 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperatures also rose marginally and Keylong was coldest with a low of 1.8 degrees Celsius, followed Kalpa 5.4 degrees Celsius, Manali 5.6 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar 11.0 degrees Celsius, Dharamsala 14.8 degrees Celsius, Sundernagar 15.0 degrees Celsius. The local Meteorological (MeT) office warned of thundershowers accompanied by squall and hailstorm in the lower and mid hills on April 27 and 28 and wet spell in the mid and higher hills for five days from tomorrow. The farmers and fruit growers are worried as squall
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| Himachal to introduce free Heli-Ambulance services in remote, tribal areas
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 The Himachal Pradesh government today decided to introduce free Heli-ambulance services for timely air lifting of patients, particularly in remote and tribal regions of the state, an official statement said. The services will be operated by Heli-mission, Switzerland, with the assistance of Lady Willingdon Hospital, Manali in Kullu District, it said. In a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, the setting up of a 'Health care transformation project - TATA Digital Nerves Centre Platform (DiNC)' in Kullu district, was also approved. The DiNC is a service led platform model to facilitate to and fro communication between patients, hospitals and doctors irrespective of their geographical locations. It helps in screening basic symptoms, facilitates doctor consultations and sends alerts for follow-up and manages records of the patients. The Cabinet also gave its nod to fill up 1,235 posts of Transport Multi-Purpose Assistants (TMPA) in Himachal Road Transport ...
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| 'Amritsar BRTS to run full throttle by Sep'
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 The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project of Amritsar city would be operating "full throttle" by September this year, it was informed in a meeting here today. The trial run will begin by June end. The decision was taken in a high-level meeting held here which was presided over by Local Government minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal. All senior officers of the Local Government, Transport, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board, Public Works Department and Amritsar District Administration were also present in the meeting, an official statement said. Sidhu said that approximately 1.25 lakh devotees come to pay obeisance daily at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. Keeping this aspect in mind, the prestigious project of the holy city would be run at all costs, he said in the meeting. He further said that it was decided that this project would be initiated full throttle by September, 2018 and all the buses would be run. To ensure the running of the project on
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| Deferred polling at Meghalaya's Williamnagar seat tomorrow
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 Poll preparations have been completed and polling parties dispatched to their locations for holding election at Williamnagar seat tomorrow where voting was deferred due to killing of a NCP candidate on the eve of February 27 balloting in Meghalaya. Election officials in Meghalaya"s East Garo Hills district have appealed voters to come out in large number and exercise their franchise. Voting at Williamnagar constituency was deferred in the wake of killing of NCP candidate Jonathone N Sangma on the eve of the February 27 last polling in Meghalaya. "We appeal the voters in Williamnagar constituency to come and exercise their franchise en-masse. The opportunity to choose your leader comes once in 5 years and should be used fully," District Election Officer Ram Kumar told PTI today. He said voting will begin at 7 am and end at 4 pm. The constituency has 58 polling booths with Balsrigittim in Williamnagar having the highest number of voters (1273) while the one in village of ...
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| British-Iranian professor held by Iran's Revolutionary Guard
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 A British-Iranian university professor who actively campaigns against military action targeting his homeland has been detained in Iran by the country's hard-line Revolutionary Guard, a semi-official Iranian news agency reported today, becoming the latest dual national held there since the 2015 nuclear deal. Computer scientist and mathematician Abbas Edalat was one of several people arrested by the Guard over accusations of being part of a "network affiliated with Britain," the Fars news agency said. Fars, believed to be close to the Guard, cited an unnamed source that accused the group of leading 2009 unrest in Iran surrounding the disputed re-election of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Fars offered no evidence supporting the allegation. The British Foreign Office said late last night it was "urgently seeking information" after the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran first reported Edalat had been detained. It's unclear what charges he faces, though typically those
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