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Jan302021 by News DeskNo Comments

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Lashes Out at BJP for Threatening Democratic Beliefs

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the BJP over FIRs filed against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists, alleging that the ruling party has “torn to shreds” the “dignity of democracy” by this action. The Congress general secretary said the trend of the BJP government threatening public representatives and journalists by filing FIRs is “very dangerous”. “Respecting democracy is not the government’s prerogative but it is its responsibility. The atmosphere of fear is like poison for democracy,” Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. “The BJP government has torn to shreds the dignity of democracy by FIRs against senior journalists and public representatives,” she said. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists have been booked by the Noida ...

Jan302021 by News DeskNo Comments

Government on Negotiations and is trying Resolving Issues of Protesting Farmers : Narendra Modi

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ON Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the all-party meeting ahead of the Budget Session, news agency PTI reported. In a speech, he stressed on the fact that The Government of India has been continuously trying to resolve issues of protesting farmers through talks So far, GoI and farm leaders met more than ten times to resolve the issue; however, all the discussions have resulted in more protests and futile negotiations. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting in New Delhi and are nearing the borders. The protests began since the month of September, 2020, when the parliament of India passed three farm laws. Earlier, the GoI proposed to submit an affidavit in Supreme Court for suspending the three laws and set up a com...

Jan292021 by News DeskNo Comments

Taking Offence Becomes an Indoor Sport while Comedians Struggle : Kunal Kamra Replies to SC

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Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Friday, defended his alleged scandalous tweets against the judiciary in the Supreme Court, saying that if the court believes he has crossed the line and wants to shut down his internet indefinitely, then he too “will write Happy Independence Day post cards every 15th August, just like my Kashmiri friends.” According to Kamra, “irreverence and hyperbole” are essential tools for the comedic enterprise and a comic raises questions on issues of public interest in his own unique way. He said, "We would be reduced to a country of incarcerated artists and flourishing lapdogs” if powerful people and institutions continue to show an inability to tolerate rebuke or criticism. Kamra had filed his reply affidavit in a plea seeking contempt action against him f...

Jan292021 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Government Trying to Delegitimize our Movement’- Stone Pelting on Farmers at Singhu Border of Delhi

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Amid the Police disallowing anybody including the water tankers to reach the protesting farmers on the Singhu border, a small group of around 200 People claiming to be locals entered the Singhu border and threw stones on the Protesting farmers. The Delhi Police used tear smoke shells after the protesters vandalized the tents of the farmers who have been on a sit-in protest for the past 62 days on the Singhu border. Holding Indian Flags and shouting slogans, the protesters vandalized property of Farmers and as per the protesting Farmers were given a "free-hand" by the Delhi Police to vandalize the tents of the Farmers. Meanwhile the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) leader Satnam Singh Pannu has claimed that the central government is sending Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)...

Jan292021 by News DeskNo Comments

Delimitation Commission Constituted by the Government of India is yet to Unveil its Drafted Proposal

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Draft proposal for the delimitation of assembly segments of Jammu Kashmir by the delimitation commission constituted by the Government of India is yet to unveil even as its head will complete her term in the first week of March. The panel is headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice (retd.) Ranjana Prakash Desai, on March 06, 2019 to draw boundaries of 90 Assembly segments and five parliamentary seats of Jammu Kashmir. According to the notification issued by Union Ministry of Law and Justice for setting up the panel, its head will complete her one-year term on March 5, 2020. Going by the law governing delimitation, the panel has to come up with the draft proposal to seek suggestions and objections from the public before finalizing the process. Till date, the panel has also not he...

Jan282021 by News DeskNo Comments

Jammu Kashmir Civil Services Cadre Merges with AGMUT

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In the first week of January, the Government of India merged Jammu Kashmir civil services cadre which includes Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service with AGMUT ( Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories). A notification signed by President Ram Nath Kovind and issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the members of IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service for the existing cadre of Jammu and Kashmir will now become part AGMUT cadre according to a report by Muslim Mirror. Through Jammu Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, the changes have been made to Sections 13 and 88 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. As AGMUT works under central Government, all the civil services officers of J&K will have to work...

Jan282021 by News DeskNo Comments

Farmers Evicted and their Tents Destroyed at Bhagpat Border in Delhi

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On Wednesday, the protesting farmers at the Baghpat border were removed from the National Highway by the UP police after 40 days of agitation against the Centre’s contentious new farm reform laws. It took place in the presence of the DM and the SP, Baghpat. Following the orders of the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police, cops reached the protest site and removed the farmers Scores of protesting farmers were sitting at the protest site on the National Highway. ADM Baghpat Amit Kumar said, “These farmers had blocked a side of the National Highway for over a month. Today, the NHI wrote a letter to the district administration to vacate the highway. Acting on the same letter, the police administration has evacuated the highway." During eviction, the administratio...

Jan282021 by News DeskNo Comments

Madhya Pradesh High Court Rejects Bail to Muslim Comedian, Munawar Faruqui

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On January 28, Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected the bail pleas of stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui and another accused Nalin Yadav in a case of allegedly passing indecent remarks against Hindu deities.buy lariam generic bloonlineandnew.com/lariam.html over the counter Justice Rohit Arya of the Indore Bench of the High Court on January 25 had reserved the order on their bail pleas. The single judge bench, while dismissing the bail plea, said the court refrains from commenting upon the contentions of the parties touching on merits, but based on the material seized, the statement of the witnesses and considering that the investigation is in progress, no case is made out for grant of bail. The order said, “the observations, if any made in the order on facts are only for the purpos...

Jan272021 by News DeskNo Comments

Four Arrested in Bhopal for Shouting ‘Free Kashmir’ and ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ Slogans

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The police have arrested eight youths for shouting Pakistan Zindabad and Free Kashmir slogans according to Bhopal Samachar. According to the report, the Jaipur-Bhopal Express departed from Ujjain junction at 8:20 pm on Monday night, Thereafter, in coach No. D-2, some youths were heard raising slogans of Pakistan Zindabad and Free Kashmir. When the other passengers objected to it, the other four youths were beaten up. Action has been taken against the accused under section 153 (b) (1) (a) of IPC. It provides for a sentence of 3 years. A video of the four accused sitting inside the train has also surfaced, However, he is not showing slogans. When the matter grew, other passengers reported it to the police. But by then all the accused began to try to escape. When the train reached...

Jan262021 by News DeskNo Comments

20 Persons Injured During Clashes Between Farmers and Police in Delhi

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A total of 20 people, comprising both policemen and farmers, are being treated at the Lok Nayak Hospital following clashes near the ITO crossing in central Delhi on Tuesday as some farmers deviated from the route of their tractor rally and drove into the city, officials said. The Delhi government-run hospital's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ritu Saxena, told IANS that eight policemen and 12 farmers are currently receiving treatment and a few of them have sustained serious injuries. "Some have fractured their legs, hands and also suffered blows on their heads. We are treating them in an emergency ward," she said. "However, no one is in critical condition," she added. Saxena said that they will be discharged soon as all of them are in stable health condition. Dramatic scenes were ...