This is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.
It’s the 16th of July and here are today's headlines.
Four army personnel including a Major-rank officer succumbed to their injuries after an encounter on Monday night in Doda district’s Desa forests in Jammu and Kashmir. As per sources, firing shots were heard in between Uddan Bagi and Dheri Goth at Dessa district of Doda at around 7.45 pm. The encounter started after militants hiding inside the forests suddenly opened fire on a security forces party, which was carrying out searches in the area. The security forces retaliated and the exchange of fire between two sides continued for nearly half an hour. Since then, there has been no firing from the militants' side.
The Ahmednagar District Hospital in Maharashtra has certified that controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar was suffering from depression with myopic degeneration in both eyes.
Dr Sanjay Ghogare, Ahmednagar District Civil Surgeon, told The Indian Express that a copy of the report certifying 51 per cent disability was submitted to the District Collector. Questions had been raised about Khedkar’s ‘disabilities’ following a controversy over her conduct, which led to her being transferred from Pune to Washim. Khedkar shot into the limelight over her alleged demands for a separate office, official car and the unauthorised use of a beacon on her private car – all facilities she was not entitled to have.
Mihir Shah, son of a Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah arrested for running over a 45-year-old woman in Worli, was produced before court again today and remanded in judicial custody till July 30. Mihir was traced in Virar and arrested on July 9 after the police received information on his location. Meanwhile, the IMD had sounded an orange alert in Mumbai and Thane districts for today after heavy rainfall lashed the city on Monday.
Justices N Kotiswar Singh and R Mahadevan were elevated as judges of the Supreme Court today, announced Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on X. Justice Singh’s elevation marks the first representation from Manipur in the Supreme Court. He was initially appointed a judge of the Gauhati High Court in 2011. Meanwhile, Justice Mahadevan is at present the acting chief justice of the Madras High Court. Once they take oath, the Supreme Court will regain its sanction strength of 34.
Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh’s capital, authorities and students said today. The violence spread early Tuesday at JahangirNagar University outside Dhaka, where protesters demanded an end to a quota reserved for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971, allowing them to take up 30% of governmental jobs. While job opportunities have expanded in Bangladesh’s private sector, many find government jobs stable and lucrative.
This was the Catch-Up on the 3 Things by The Indian Express.
