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October 19, 2016
Challenging the reinstatement of retired police officers accused in alleged fake encounter cases in Gujarat, former IPS officer Rahul Sharma has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Gujarat High Court.
Rahul Sharma. Image: Indian Express
Earlier this month, Gujarat government reappointed police officer Tarun Barot almost two years after his retirement and granted...
October 19, 2016
लेखक और विकलांग कार्यकर्ता सलिल चतुर्वेदी विनम्र व्यक्तियों में से एक हैं वो बच्चों के पसंदीदा टेलीविजन कार्यक्रम ‘गली गली सिम सिम’ के मूल कलाकारों का हिस्सा था। उन्होने विशेष रूप से अंधे व्यक्तियों के लिए पहली कोंकणी ऑडियोबुक बनाई थी। लेकिन नए भारत के इस बदलते माहौल में उन्हे कुछ देशभक्त लोगों द्वारा मुश्किल का सामना करना पड़ा।
दरअसल सलिल चतुर्वेदी रजनीकांत की फिल्म कबाली...
October 19, 2016
गौरक्षा को सबसे बड़ा मिशन मानने वाले बाबा जयगुरुदेव के अनुयायियों की लापरवाही से चंदौली जिले में बड़ी संख्या में जानवरों की मौत हुई है। इनमें ज्यादातर दुधारू गायें और भैंसे शामिल हैं। चंदौली जिले में जयगुरुदेव के भक्तों के फेंके भोजन को खाने से 26 जानवरों की मौत हो गई है। 19 जानवरों की हालत गंभीर है।
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जय गुरुदेव समिति ने 15 अक्टूबर से कटेसर गांव में दो दिन का...
October 19, 2016
Justice H Suresh (Retd.) analyses crucial judgements of the Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court (Varma J) in the case of Dr Ramesh Yeshwant Prabhoo (1995 (7) SCALE 1) held Dr Prabhoo and Bal Thackeray guilty of corrupt practice having appealed for votes on the ground of religion (Hindu religion) u/s. 123 (3) of the Representation of People Act, 1951. However, in the next judgement (1995 (...
October 18, 2016
Hearing of the final court appeal of Asia Bibi – accused of blasphemy, in the Pakistan Supreme Court was indefinitely adjourned on October 13, 2016 after one of the judges pulled out of the three-member bench hearing the appeal. As per the media reports, the judiciary is under tremendous pressure from the hardline religious groups who want to ensure execution of “blasphemous”...
October 18, 2016
A North Dakota judge today refused to authorise riot charges against award-winning journalist Amy Goodman for her reporting on an attack against Native American-led anti-pipeline protesters.
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“This is a complete vindication of my right as a journalist to cover the attack on the protesters, and of the public’s right to know what is happening with the Dakota Access...
October 18, 2016
उत्तर प्रदेश विधान सभा चुनाव 2017
2014 के लोक सभा चुनाव में भाजपा के हाथों कांग्रेस को मिली करारी शिकस्त के बाद उस के रवैय्ये से ऐसा प्रतीत हो रहा था जैसे कांग्रेस अपना संतुलन पूरी तरह से खो चुकी हो और मृत शैय्या पर पड़ी आख़िरी सांसें गिन रही हो. इस मायूसी भरे माहौल में कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने हाल ही में अति-पिछड़ों को उत्तर प्रदेश में आरक्षण देने की घोषणा करके चुनाव प्रचार को एक...
October 18, 2016
For the BJP, the Uniform Civil Code is Simply a Stick to Bash Muslims With
In 1951, India's first Law Minister Dr. B.R. Ambedkar fought to get our parliament to pass the Hindu Code Bill, a bill he had drafted with great love and care which would have granted equal rights to Hindu women denied to them by tradition and religious practice. Had this bill been passed in time the logical...
October 18, 2016
The State Government of Gujarat is in the process of tabling before the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in its forthcoming budget session, a new enactment called Gujarat Protection of Internal Security Act (G-PISA). Under the proposed act, police will be empowered to arrest any person merely on the basis of ‘suspicion’, that he can potentially endanger the internal security. This...
October 17, 2016
The Supreme Court will, on Tuesday, October 18 begin final hearing on a batch of petitions that could, potentially have far reaching consequences on the purity of the electoral process and the interpretation of the Indian Constitution.
For decades now, especially since the sharp rise of political parties that espouse sharp religious (and often antagonistic and inciteful) sentiments,...