Judge speaks: Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday said independent journalists and noisy judges are needed to be democracy’s first line of defence. He warned that if the judiciary wished to preserve its independence, it should remain uncontaminated from external interference.Killer pothole: A 45-year-old man died after he fell into a water-filled pothole and then run over by a truck on Haji Malang Road in Maharashtra's Thane district on Thursday. This is the second such incident this week on the Haji Malang Road.Court intervenes: In an attempt to put an end to the blame game between railways and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the event of an infrastructural tragedy in Mumbai, the Bombay high court on Thursday directed both the authorities to conduct a joint audit of all the 487 Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) and Foot Over Bridges (FOBs).Imran exposed: With barely days left for elections in Pakistan, PTI leader Imran Khan seems to have fresh trouble on his hands. Months after excerpts from her manuscript were leaked, Imran’s former wife Reham Khan’s book finally came out on Thursday. In it she has written in depth about her 10-month marriage, detailing the political atmosphere and the leaders in Pakistan at that point.Rare camaraderie: Vidhana Soudha, the state Assembly building in Bengaluru witnessed a rare bonhomie among three arch-rivals: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, his predecessor Siddaramaiah and leader of the opposition BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday. All three top leaders of the Congress, the BJP and the JDS had a sumptuous meal together, cracking jokes and discussing the good Monsoon across coastal and Malnad Karnataka.Palpable tensions: The Rashtriya Muslim Manch cancelled the grand namaz and Quran recitation session on the banks of Saryu river in Ayodhya scheduled for Thursday after some saints objected to it. According to reports, some saints and a priest from Hanumangadhi Raju Das had raised objections post which, the organisers restricted the programme till the Naugazi Dargah and cancelled all other events, like Wazu on the banks of Saryu river and recitation of the verses from Quran.Party line: A day after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that India will become a ‘Hindu Pakistan’ if BJP were to come to power in 2019, another Congressman advised him to realise party’s historic responsibility while “choosing words" to counter BJP. In a series of tweets, Congress communication in-charge, Randeep Singh Surjewala said the grand old party represents India’s civilisational values of pluralism and diversity and urged Congress leaders to keep this in mind while rejecting BJP’s hatred.
Civil servants in India are governed by Conduct Rules viz., All-India Services (Conduct Rules) 1968 and Central Civil Services (Conduct Rules) 1964. Mr Shah Faesal has been charged with "failing in maintaining absolute honesty and integrity in discharge of official duty and thus acted in a manner unbecoming of public servant" after he tweeted against India’s alleged ‘rape culture’. Civil servant Ashish Joshi writes that Faesal’s tweet could be a manifestation of the helplessness civil servants feel, with macabre crimes taking place and unable to do anything about it.On reel
With the success of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and Dangal among others, biopics on sports stars have become the newest flavour in Bollywood. And, Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Soorma is all set to be the latest addition to the list. The film - based on former India hockey captain Sandeep Singh - tells an inspirational story about his miraculous comeback in the game after being accidentally shot at and seriously injured on board the New Delhi-bound Kalka-Delhi Shatabdi Express in 2006. Also starring Taapsee Pannu and Angad Bedi, the film releases on July 13.
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