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THE ALL India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday opposed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill recently passed by the Gujarat Assembly, describing it as constitutionally flawed, legally untenable, and fundamentally violative of religious freedom and civil liberties. Asserting that it would challenge legislation in the Gujarat High Court, the AIMPLB demanded an immediate halt to the implementation of the UCC in both Uttarakhand and Gujarat, and called for a comprehensive constitutional rev ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Welcoming the passage of the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, National Woman President of Vishva Hindu Raksha Parishad Yamuna Pathak on Saturday said a modern democracy cannot sustain different legal standards based solely on religion. She added that the UCC Bill reflects a constitutional vision aimed at ensuring equality before the law, rather than imposing uniformity. Speaking to ANI here, Yamuna Pathak said, "We support the UCC bill passed ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday gave a final opportunity to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate to expunge "unwarranted" remarks made against it by the trial court while discharging them in the liquor policy case. Observing that none of the respondents, except one, filed their responses even after seeking time on the last date of hearing, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the court will hear ...Read More >
HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) termed the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill introduced in the Assembly as a draconian tool to curb free speech and to harass political opponents. In a statement, working president of the party K.T. Rama Rao said on Monday that the Bill was raising serious concerns over the constitutional, democratic and civil liberties rights and if it becomes law it would be a clear violation of the Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. Condem ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a petition challenging orders that prohibit public meetings and protests within the Delhi University campus. The court has sought responses from Delhi University, Delhi Police, and concerned colleges regarding the restrictions imposed earlier this year. The matter was heard by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tejas Karia. The petition challenges a February 17 order i ...Read More >
Kolkata: The travel and tourism fraternity in Kolkata has unequivocally condemned a flyer's threat to a co-passenger for not speaking Marathi. The passenger at the receiving end of the diatribe, a popular YouTuber, was travelling from Kolkata to Mumbai when the woman seating near him demanded that he speak in Marathi as he was travelling to Mumbai."This language barbarism can never be tolerated. We should keep political agendas away from travel. We live in a democracy and have the right to trave ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Opposition vice-presidential candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy Monday said democracy in India was under serious threat if current electoral practices continued unchecked.Expressing concern over what he called 'alarming trends,' he criticised the Election Commission's approach and said the credibility of elections -- the foundation of democracy -- was at stake.Addressing a press conference organised by Telangana Congress, the former Supreme Court judge recalled the early years of Ind ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 29 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday participated in the birth centenary celebration of Golap Borbora, the first non-Congress Assam Chief Minister, and highlighted his significant contributions to the state's political and social landscape. Addressing the event, Shah remarked, "When Golap Borbora became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Assam in 1978, it was the beginning of a very big change in the political history of Assam. Despite making ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 29 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday participated in the birth centenary celebration of Golap Borbora, the first non-Congress Assam Chief Minister, and highlighted his significant contributions to the state's political and social landscape. Addressing the event, Shah remarked, "When Golap Borbora became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Assam in 1978, it was the beginning of a very big change in the political history of Assam. Despite making ...Read More >
The Punjab and Haryana High Court denied anticipatory bail to a Nuh resident accused of transporting cows for slaughter, citing the cow's sacred status and potential for public unrest. The court emphasized the emotional and cultural significance of cows in India, highlighting the accused's history of similar offenses and the need for custodial interrogation. The cow is a pious animal and "certain acts" can severely impact peace when they offend beliefs of a "significant population group", the P ...Read More >
New Delhi: People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti staged a protest in Srinagar on Monday, demanding the release or transfer of Kashmiri prisoners detained under stringent laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Public Safety Act (PSA). The protest, held at Sher-i-Kashmir Park near the PDP office, was part of a broader campaign against what Mufti described as the "prolonged and inhumane detention" of Kashmiri ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 19 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday hailed Sudershan Reddy, INDIA bloc's vice-presidential candidate, as a champion of civil liberties and social justice. Stalin said Reddy's candidature strengthens the collective resolve to safeguard democracy and protect the spirit of the Constitution at a time when institutions are under strain. Justice B Sudershan Reddy, a retired judge of the Supreme Court who was declared as the INDIA bloc's vice-presidential candidate, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It state ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad MP and AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has criticised the decision to close slaughterhouses and meat shops on Independence Day, August 15, calling the move by municipal corporations unconstitutional. Owaisi said that various municipal corporations across India, including the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), ordering the closure of slaughterhouses and meat shops on India's Independence Day is callous and unconstitutional. He questioned the logic behind the me ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced statewide protest gatherings across all 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala on August 3 and 4, in response to the arrest of two Kerala nuns in Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and religious conversion. The nuns, Sister Vandana Francis and Sister Preethy Mary, were arrested by police at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25. Condemning the arrests, CPI(M) State Secretary MV ...Read More >
Chennai: Preliminary investigations attribute the fire on the goods train near Tiruvallur to a possible spark from overhead electrical equipment (OHE) igniting fuel leaking from a derailed wagon.The incident paralysed services on the busy Chennai-Arakkonam route and left nearby residents engulfed in thick black smoke. The disruption left thousands of rail passengers stranded, many of whom were unable to get updates as railway helplines went unanswered for hours. The train carrying diesel from Ch ...Read More >
New Delhi: You may soon be able to access several confidential documents related to the controversial Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), which was extensively used against opposition leaders and activists during the Emergency.Part of Delhi's govt's archival treasure trove, the documents are likely to be made public by the state's archives department. Sources said a proposal, along with all available MISA-related files, was sent to Delhi govt's home department for final approval. Once t ...Read More >
Rayagada (Odisha): The sight was disturbing. A tribal man and his wife were bent under the burden of the plough in place of oxen, and forced to till the land as a punishment for getting married within the family blood relation on Wednesday, highlighting how moral vigilantism is spread in the remote pockets of Odisha even today. The decision on this was taken by the Kangaroo court in Kanjamajodi village under Shikarpai panchayat in Kalyansinghpur block of Rayagada district 'to teach them a lesson ...Read More >
Kochi, Jul 6 (PTI) Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Sunday recalled the strong stand adopted by eminent jurist Justice V R Krishna Iyer against death sentence. Delivering a commemorative lecture here on the remarkable contributions of Justice Iyer, the CJI remembered his role at various levels-from an activist-lawyer to a minister and a judge. Justice Gavai, during his address, said Justice Iyer stood up for the cause of the poor and under-privileged and remained a human righ ...Read More >
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New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has dismissed over 200 petitions of the Ministry of Defence challenging the Armed Force Tribunal's order holding a number of defence personnel entitled for disability pension for their respective disabilities. Disability pension cannot be denied to defence personnel solely on the ground that the onset of the disability occurred while they were posted at a peace station or by contending that it is a lifestyle disease, it said, while noting that militar ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 4 (ANI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday came down heavily on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over its pitch to reconsider the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution while saying that it was 'all talk'. He dared and challenged RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre to remove the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble. 'Da ...Read More >
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 3 (ANI): Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj supported the remarks of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who demanded reconsideration of the terms 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj said that the word secular does not align with the nature of the Indian Constitution. Also Read | 'I Will Come Again': Man Posing As Delive ...Read More >
Kannur [Kerala] (India) July 1 (ANI): Congress National General Secretary KC Venugopal has strongly criticised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) demand to amend the Constitution, particularly with regard to the words 'Secular and Socialist' stating that the country would not tolerate any attempt to tamper with these fundamental principles. 'Let them say whatever they want to say. But we would like to make it crystal clear that any attempt at change in the Constitution, and any tampering wit ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 1 (ANI): Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday slammed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over their General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's statement demanding reconsideration of the terms 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Alleging that the RSS wants to 'alter' the Indian Constitution, Kharge said that these are the same people who 'staged a protest when the constituent assembly debates were going on and burned the c ...Read More >
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh expressed his discontent with the Central government marking the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, and said that it has never happened that a central government has made its political agenda the government's agenda. Digvijaya Singh said, "I have only one objection. Central government officials are writing letters to states and telling them to organise programs against the Emergency for one whole year. It has never ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the Emergency imposed 50 years ago, calling it one of the darkest chapters in India's democratic history in his monthly Mann ki Baat address. Referring to the Emergency imposed in 1975, Modi said, "Those who imposed Emergency not only murdered the spirit of the Constitution but also tried to suppress the judiciary as puppets. "He said the country marked 50 years since the Emergency was imposed a few days ago and observed it as 'Samvidh ...Read More >
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi says fifty percent of the Constitution changed after Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency. He criticizes Rahul Gandhi's Constitution display. Akhilesh Yadav accuses RSS of opposing secularism and socialism indirectly. RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale suggests reconsidering 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble. He says the Emergency crushed civil liberties and freedom of the press.Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated on Sunday that fifty per cent of the Constitution ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress party, saying people who imposed emergency did not just murder democracy but their goal was also to keep judiciary as their puppet, while speaking in the 123rd episode of Mann Ki Baat. The prime minister added that Emergency was a tough period for India. "George Fernandes was chained up, students didn't have the freedom to express themselves. Democracy had entered a dark period during those years. Under 'MISA', anyone was arrested arbitrar ...Read More >
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