-The Hindu Home Ministry presents data in the Rajya Sabha. Only 2.2 % of cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act between the years 2016-2019 ended in convictions by court, according to data presented by the Union Home Ministry in the Rajya Sabha. Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy informed the Upper House that as per the 2019 Crime in India Report compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau...
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Halal or jhatka: SDMC claims move will help other communities -Abhinav Rajput
-The Indian Express South MCD Mayor Anamika said this has been done “to give respect to every Religion”. “In Hindu Religion, it is said that animals should not be cut brutally... other Religions have their own rules. People are free to eat whatever they want," she said. New Delhi: A day after passing a proposal to make it mandatory for restaurants and shops to display if the meat and poultry they serve...
More »Delhi survey: 10% kids out of school, 80% homes don’t have computers -Sourav Roy Barman
-The Indian Express Nearly three-fourth of the population depends on government facilities; of the 2.60% who suffer from chronic illnesses, most have diabetes. # Two lakh children remain “out of school”, including 64,813 due to “financial constraints”. # Over six lakh between 0-6 years are outside the net of anganwadis, which cover less than half of Delhi’s pregnant women. # Over 63% people use buses for commuting, while only 6% depend on the flagship...
More »30-day notice period not mandatory under Special Marriage Act: Allahabad High Court -Apurva Vishwanath
-The Indian Express Section 5 of the Special Marriage Act, the legislation that allows solemnisation of marriages irrespective of the Religion of the couple, requires parties to give a 30-day public notice of their intention to marry. In a judgment removing hindrances to inter-faith marriages, and likely to have a bearing on the set of laws enacted by BJP-ruled states including Uttar Pradesh that prohibit religious conversion for marriage, the Allahabad High...
More »2020: The people vs the Indian State -Yamini Aiyar
-Hindustan Times The anti-CAA protests, the defiance of migrants, and now the farmers’ stir show that the everyday practice of democracy is a powerful corrective in the face of arbitrary and unilateral State decisions Three events defined India’s political landscape in 2020. The protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the migrant labour crisis that unfolded as workers defied lockdown orders and asserted their rights, choosing to walk home in the face...
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