-The Hindu Removal of ‘illegal hawkers’ at Connaught Place has pushed them into distress The removal of “illegal” hawkers and street vendors from Connaught Place market following an order from the Delhi High Court has left many worried about their future. While some attempt to carry out their businesses around Connaught Place, most say they “have nowhere else to go”. According to the Delhi Street Hawkers Survey conducted by the government, 73,716 hawkers...
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Judge Who Slammed Cops For "Callous" Delhi Riots Cases Probe Transferred
-PTI/ NDTV The observation came during the hearing of a northeast Delhi riots case after one policeman identified three alleged rioters but another said that they could not be identified during the investigation. New Delhi: A trial judge, who has been critical of the "callous and farcical" probe of Delhi police in some riots cases of 2020 and had once observed that failure to conduct a proper investigation will torment "sentinels of...
More »Why PM-CARES Is a 'Government Fund' and Well Within RTI Purview -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in The Union government submitted before Delhi High Court that PM CARES Fund is “not a fund of Government of India and the amount does not go in the Consolidated Fund of India”. While there is enough information already in the public domain to assert that PM-CARES Fund (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund) is controlled by the Government of India, the Union government still wants to maintain...
More »Hathras was no exception, at least 4 ‘rape’ victims were ‘forcibly cremated’ by police -Bismee Taskin and Tanushree Pandey
-ThePrint.in In each of the 4 cases, which took place between September 2020 and January 2021, families allege they were under pressure from police to quickly cremate the bodies. New Delhi: This Thursday marked one year since the victim of an alleged gang rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was forcibly cremated by the authorities in the dead of night, amid protests by her family. The forcible cremation of the 20-year-old Dalit...
More »PM CARES "Not A Government Fund", Prime Minister's Office Tells High Court
-PTI/ NDTV.com An affidavit filed by an Under Secretary in the PMO who is discharging his functions in the PM CARES Trust on honorary basis said the trust functions with transparency and its funds are audited by an auditor - a chartered accountant drawn from the panel prepared by Comptroller and Auditor General. New Delhi: The PM CARES Fund is not a Government of India fund and the amount collected by it...
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