Panel meeting to reclaim political legacy of Congress
The Hindu
First set of programmes to begin on Oct. 2
The Congress panel to plan 75 years of India's Independence on Tuesday discussed ways to highlight the history of the freedom movement that is tied to the legacy of the party and "expose" those who sided with the colonial rulers. The 11-member panel, headed by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and tasked to plan year long celebrations, held its first meeting in which it was decided to form two sub-committees that will plan and coordinate programmes at the district and State level. The first programmes are likely to take off on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.