-SabrangIndia.in Days after the UP’s Unlawful Religious Conversion Prohibition Ordinance is passed, right-wing elements begin using the law to prevent peaceful weddings. Lucknow police stopped an interfaith wedding of a Muslim man and Hindu woman on December 2, 2020 claiming the couple require a clearance from the District Magistrate under the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Religious Conversion Prohibition Ordinance (2020.) Citing the ordinance passed a week ago by Governor Anandiben Patel to stop unlawful...
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Police station at Manipur’s Thoubal district chosen best in country
-The Hindu AWPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu’s Salem city, Kharsang in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang, Jammikunta Town police station in Telangana’s Karimnagar district among top 10 Nongpok Sekmai police station in Manipur’s Thoubal district has been selected as the best police station in the country, fresh rankings for 2020 announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday said. The other nine top police stations are AWPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu’s Salem city, Kharsang in...
More »Nearly 40% Indians paid BRIbes to use public services, highest among most Asian nations -Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Sumant Sen
-The Hindu About 47% of the Indians surveyed said that corruption had increased over the last 12 months The share of Indians who gave a BRIbe to avail themselves of a public service in the 12 months before a survey (the BRIbery rate) by Transparency International was conducted was the highest among the Asian nations surveyed. Nearly half the Indians surveyed said that corruption had been rising in the country over the...
More »The Honey Trap -Amit Khurana, Arnab Pratim Dutta and Sonal Dhingra
-Down to Earth Investigation into the business of adulteration of honey This story begins in the mustard fields of north India where beekeepers are getting ready for the next honey season. When the yellow flowers are in bloom, the bees suck the nectar and BRIng us goodness in the form of honey, which we then consume because of its many beneficial properties. We were alerted that beekeepers from this region and other...
More »Why are nomads being evicted from Jammu and Kashmir? -Riyaz Wani
-Down to Earth Eviction drives come shortly after the J&K High Court declared the Roshni Act, allowed ownership of occupied government land against a fixed am Nomads of Jammu and Kashmir — mostly from the Gujjar and Bakkarwal communities living in temporary sheds or mud houses in forests and mountains — are being allegedly forcibly evicted by the government. Several videos of hutments being demolished surfaced in November 2020, triggering outrage from...
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