The army opened fire after detecting suspicious activity near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. On Wednesday night, soldiers deployed on possible infiltration routes near Bagyaldara village saw suspicious activities and fired a few rounds. After this incident, the cordon around the place has been strengthened. According to officials, there were no casualties in this firing. The search operation was started as soon as Thursday morning. Other big news of the day… Justice Manmohan becomes Supreme Court judge, CJI Sanjiv Khanna administers oath CJI Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath of office to Justice Manmohan as a Supreme Court judge on Thursday. He was earlier the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. The decision to make him a Supreme Court Justice was taken on November 28. With the swearing-in of Justice Manmohan, the number of judges in the Supreme Court increased to 33. The total number of judges in the Supreme Court can go up to 34. Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goyal announces retirement from politics Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goyal has announced his retirement from politics. Goyal wrote a letter to the party’s national convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, saying that due to his increasing age, he wants to keep himself away from electoral politics. I will continue to serve the party by staying in the party. Goyal has been an MLA from Shahdara assembly constituency of Delhi for the last 10 years. He has announced his retirement just before the Delhi assembly elections. The term of the Delhi assembly will end in February next year. Assembly elections will be held in Delhi before that. Delhi Metro cable theft, service affected; The incident of cable theft of Delhi Metro took place between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted on Thursday that the Blue Line Metro service was affected due to cable theft between Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar. Metro will be late due to low speed on the Blue Line during the day. The cable will be repaired after the metro operation stops at night. Shooting at school in North California, USA, 2 students injured, attacker shot himself An attacker opened fire at a school in North California on Wednesday. 2 children were injured in the attack. After the attack, the attacker shot himself. He died. According to AP report, the injured student is being treated in the hospital. Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists is a private school. 5500 people study in this school. Supreme Court seeks response from MP government regarding illegal mining, also seeks data from Tamil Nadu and Punjab The Supreme Court has termed illegal sand mining as a “serious problem” and said that it needs to be controlled. On Wednesday, the court asked 5 states including MP, Tamil Nadu, Punjab to present detailed facts and figures on this problem. The court gave this direction on the PIL filed by M. Alagarsamy in 2018. The petition has demanded a CBI inquiry into illegal sand mining on rivers and beaches in these states. The petitioner alleges that uncontrolled sand mining is causing serious damage to the environment. Their operation has been allowed without environmental clearance and planning. A bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said that it should be seen whether any such petition is pending in the apex court against the orders of NGT. The court also asked whether environmental impact assessment is mandatory for sand mining activities.
