-Kafila.org News reports are indicating that an FIR has been registered with respect to a public meeting organized on the JNU campus on the evening of 9th February. These reports claim that the meeting was about the hanging of Afzal Guru, and it is alleged that during its course, some people raised incendiary slogans. According to reports, the FIR has been registered under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (sedition),...
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Do not disagree: JNU arrests over Afzal Guru event are ill-judged, threatens basic rights
-The Indian Express That’s the message of the JNU arrest, sent by the government to the young. It is ill-judged, threatens their basic rights Police action at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi on Friday, including the arrest of the JNU students’ union president on charges of sedition, over a protest, was completely uncalled for. The protest in question was part of an event held on campus to commemorate the hanging of...
More »SC: Economic empowerment is must for gender equality -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Constitutional right to gender equality still remains a dream and women continue to face various kinds of discrimination which can be removed only with economic empowerment, the Supreme Court has said while batting for government policy to give preferential treatment to women in public services. "Women, particularly in India, face various kinds of gender discrimination. It is notwithstanding the fact that under the Constitution, women...
More »States demand more money from Centre ahead of Budget
-Business Standard We should work in unison to boost growth: FM Even as the Centre harped on devolving higher share of funds to states following the recommendations of the 14th finance commission, the latter demanded that they be given more money and the Union government should retain its share of funding for centrally-sponsored schemes in the upcoming Budget. At the pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday, states also sought more...
More »Crimes against foreigners: thefts high, sex offences next -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Among other crimes, robbery and cheating with 22 cases each are among the most common. New Delhi: Sexual offences form 13 per cent, or roughly one-eighth, of the crimes committed against foreigners in India while thefts are four times higher, government data reveal. The latest case of sexual offence being probed is the alleged stripping and assault of a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru. Last year, National Crime Records Bureau...
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