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The Assam government said it has earmarked about 134 hectare for relocating the evicted families of Gorukhuti in Darrang district provided they are valid citizens besides a set of other requirements. The evicted families of Dhalpur villages in Gorukuti will not, however, be paid any compensation as they are "encroachers", the government said in an affidavit to Gauhati High Court in response to a PIL filed by the Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia. "An area of about 1,000 bighas (about 134 hectares) of land in the southern part of No 1 & No 3 Dhalpur village has been earmarked for relocating the evicted persons subject to verification of the status of erosion affected and landless status in their respective original places and districts, citizenship and existing rehabilitatio...

On Wednesday, the Tripura Police registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the members of a fact-finding team after the rights groups visited the sites of anti-Muslim violence in the state and released a report on the “targeted attacks on Muslims in Tripura”, Maktoob Media reported. The team consisted of Supreme Court lawyer Ehtesham Hashmi, Advocate Amit Srivastav from Lawyers for Democracy, Advocate Ansar Indori of the National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO), and Advocate Mukesh, on behalf of the Civil Rights Organization People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). A notice sent by the West Agartala police station, under Section 41 of the CrPC, informed Ansar Indori of the NCHRO of the case registered against him under the draconia...

A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail application of JNU scholar and activist Sharjeel Imam, in connection with a 2019 case related to his alleged inflammatory speeches during the protests against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat reserved the order after hearing both sides in the case. The court is likely to pronounce the order on the bail plea on November 15. His counsel Tanveer Ahmed Mir argued that being critical of the government cannot be the cause of sedition. While opposing Mir, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad argued that the fundamental right to protest cannot go beyond an extent that causes problems to the public at large. As per the case, Sharjeel made the a...

Lone Imran The Twitterati trend #JusticeforumaRiaz as model Umar Riaz was physically pushed into swimming pool by another contestant Simba Nagpal who are currently locked inside the controversial Indian reality show Bigg boss 15 house. The episode which went on air on 2nd November shows the physical aggression against Umar Riaz, who is professionally a doctor and the brother of Asim Riaz popularly known for his performance in Bigg boss season 13 as first runner up and the closest rival of late actor Sidharth Shukla. Twitterati also trended another hashtag "Evict Simba Now," after a clip from live feed went viral in which Umar Riaz is seen telling Ieshan Sehgal that he (Simba Nagpal) was time and again calling him "terrorist" for his aggressive looks. Umar claims in the video that ...

On Monday, the chairperson of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Nadine Maenza, has expressed concern over attacks on Muslims in Tripura, which took place last week and urged the Union government to “stop violence against religious communities." The attacks against the Muslims took place during a rally taken out by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on October 26 in North Tripura in protest against the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. On Monday, USCIRF chairperson Nadine Maenza tweeted: “USCIRF is concerned about ongoing violence in #Tripura against #Muslims, which some regard as retaliation for attacks against #Hindus in #Bangladesh last month. The Indian government must stop violence against religious communities.” The message from Maenza was amplif...

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district on fees of sedition for allegedly making pro-Pakistan feedback after the neighbouring nation’s victory over India in a current match of the continuing T20 cricket World Cup, an official stated on Monday. The FIR was registered in opposition to the person on Sunday evening at Maihar police station following a grievance by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Satna district secretary Anurag Mishra and others. “The person, recognized as Mohammed Farooq, 23, has been booked underneath Indian Penal Code Sections 124-A (sedition), 153-B (assertions prejudicial to nationwide integration), 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace), and 505 (public mischief) following the grievance,” Maihar’s sub-divisional...

In a mega-blast, Nationalist Congress Party Minister Nawab Malik on Monday pointed a finger at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis saying that ‘he appears to be the mastermind’ of the illegal drugs trade in Maharashtra. Addressing the media where he released photos of Fadnavis and his banker-artiste wife Amruta Fadnavis with an alleged drug dealer Jaydeep Rana, Malik demanded to know his connections with the couple. “Jaydeep Rana is currently in jail for a drug trafficking case… He has close relations with the ex-chief minister Fadnavis and his wife Amruta Fadnavis. Jaydeep Rana was the finance head of the company producing the ‘Mumbai River Anthem (2018)’ sung by Amruta Fadnavis. The illicit drugs business in the state expanded during Fadnavis’ fi...