The Apex Court has asked the minister and the two agencies to respond to the notice within the next ten days.
The Supreme Court stayed the death sentence awarded to underworld don Aftab Ahmed Ansari for the attack on the American Centre in Kolkata in 2002 on Tuesday.
The Congress on Monday expressed unhappiness over the arrangement of four leaders enjoying the rank and status of chief minister in Meghalaya, dubbing it as 'relatively unusual', but defended the move citing political instability in the state. At a media briefing, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi also clarified that there is only one chief minister in Meghalaya. The others have been given same perks and security as the CM, but not the same decision-making power, he clarified.
Amid fresh violence over Telangana in Andhra Pradesh, Congress on Wednesday appealed for calm and normalcy but refused to say whether any mechanism for its creation will be announced by January 28, a deadline set by those agitating for the separate state.
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