Supreme Court slams parties in CBI case for 'leaking' details in media The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the parties involved in the ongoing bribery charges against the officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and expressed reservation after it came to light that certain details pertaining to the case have been leaked to the media. According to news reports, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi presenting newspaper clippings to Justice Fali Nariman, who is appearing for CBI director Alok Verma, pointed out that certain ‘leaked’ details of the hearing that were specifically sought in a sealed envelope were out in the open. The top court also pointed at online news portal, The Wire publishing details of the case and said, “For reasons that need not be recorded, we don't want a hearing. None of you deserve a hearing.” The details in question refer to the application of CBI Deputy Inspector General Manish Kumar Sinha, who approached the SC on Monday and said Uni...

PM Modi launches first multi-modal terminal in Ganga river In a first for the gigantic Ganga river, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a multi-modal terminal connecting the river to Varanasi under the Central government’s Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP). Built at a cost of Rs 206 crores, the terminal has a capacity of 1.26 metric tonnes per annum and will ease the movement of large vessels along the route. The terminal is a part of three terminals built on the newly built National Waterway-1 which is an inland water transport route between Haldia in West Bengal to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. Furthermore, PM Modi also launched 9 mega projects, including two national highways worth Rs 1,571.95 crore. Earlier in the day, addressing a rally in the poll-bound city of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, PM Modi launched a scathing attack on Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and said he is surprised that the ‘mother-son duo’ are themselves out o...