New Delhi: The Supreme Court intervened in the Manipur issue. A high-level committee consisting of three High Court judges was appointed to investigate. A three-member committee headed by former High Court judge Geeta Mittal was appointed. Shalini Joshi and Asha Menon, a Malayali, are the other members of the committee.

The committee will submit a report to the court on human rights issues, the situation in the camps and rehabilitation. An ex-IPS officer will also be appointed to supervise the special investigation teams and assist the court. The Supreme Court has directed the Manipur government to provide adequate security for the committee.

Attorney General R Venkitaramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared on behalf of the central and state governments. Both have also submitted the report of the cases sought by the Supreme Court on August 1. Manipur DGP Rajeev Singh appeared before the bench to answer questions on the steps taken by the government so far in connection with the ongoing conflicts.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife Rangshi against the Madras High Court verdict against him in the money laundering case. A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundaresh dismissed the petition.

The court remanded Senthil in ED custody till August 12 and left the issue of whether police custody cannot be granted after the 15-day remand period for consideration by the bench. Senthil and his wife approached the Supreme Court against the action of the High Court which rejected the action of questioning the arrest.

Mumbai: RPF constable Chetan Singh, accused in the Mumbai-Jaipur Central Express train massacre, has also been charged with promoting enmity on grounds of religion as well. As per the request of the Railway Police, the custody of the accused was extended till August 11. Earlier, a case was registered against him under the charge of murder and under various sections of the Arms Act.

The carnage that shocked the country took place in the early hours of July 31. After killing Assistant Sub-Inspector Tikaram Meena, the accused went to the next coaches and selected the Muslim passengers and opened fire.

Asghar Abbas Ali, Abdul Qader Muhammad Hussain and Syed Saifuddin were killed. 

CHANDRAYAAN-3 SET IN THE LUNAR ORBIT.

Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into a Lunar orbit and is expected to land on the moon on 23rd August at 05:47 PM.

Pic Source: X (Twitter) @isro

The next milestone has been achieved by Chandrayaan-3 by entering into lunar orbit towards the accomplishment of a soft landing on the Moon’s surface. ISRO Has announced the report of successful insertion into the lunar trajectory.

On August 5 Lunar Orbit Insertion(LOI) maneuver was completed successfully. ISRO Tweeted “MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity”. Chandrayaan-3 has been successfully inserted into lunar orbit. A retro-burning at the Perilune was commanded from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX), ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The next operation – reduction of orbit – is scheduled for Aug 6, 2023, around 23:00 Hrs. IST.

“The health of the spacecraft is being continuously monitored from the Mission Operations Complex (MOX) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru. All the systems of Chandrayaan-3 are healthy”, announced ISRO.

The following lunar orbit manoeuver is planned for tomorrow at approximately 23:00 hrs IST. Over the first weeks of August, the spacecraft is assigned to complete 5 to 6 orbits around the moon, slowly transitioning to a circular 100 km orbit.

Precisely around the following 10 days, the landing site on the southern pole of the moon will be specified. Thereafter, the craft will be deorbited and prompted for a soft landing attempt on August 23 at 5:47 pm. India’s Chandrayaan-3 is continuing its journey towards a remarkable lunar landing attainment.