-TheWire.in While the BJP says that the state leads in crime, the Rajasthan government attributes the rise in cases to its policy of compulsory registration of FIRs. Jaipur: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Rajasthan lately have been vocal on one issue: rising crime in the state. Whenever a case of loot, murder or rape is reported, local leaders rally against chief minister Ashok Gehlot with the charge that Rajasthan has topped...
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Kerala’s Left Government Takes Right Decision for the Poor During Pandemic -Azhar Moideen
-Newsclick.in Pinarayi Vijayan’s government is supplying food kits and distributing social security pension to ensure no one remains hungry or destitute The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government is supplying food kits and distributing social security pension as celebrations for the harvest festival of Onam, which falls on August 21, have already started. Despite the Opposition’s criticism of these measures in the light of the daily spike in Covid cases, the Pinarayi Vijayan government...
More »SC Refuses to Stay WB Govt Notification on Pegasus Inquiry Panel; Issues Notice to Union, State
-TheWire.in The petitioner, Global Village Foundation Public Trust, told the SC bench that it has challenged the notification issued by the Bengal government constituting the commission on the ground of jurisdiction. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 18, refused to stay the notification issued by the West Bengal government, setting up an inquiry commission to investigate the revelations of the Pegasus Project. The commission is headed by former Supreme Court judge...
More »DMK govt.’s agri goals realisable, but hurdles lie ahead -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu State govt. has an ambitious target of transforming fallow lands into productive lands Several challenges lie in the task of realising the DMK government’s goals of transforming 11.75 lakh hectares of fallow lands into productive lands and doubling the double-cropped area, in 10 years, say veteran agricultural experts and farmers. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Delhi Arrested 34 Under UAPA in 2020. Here's Why the Home Ministry Won't List Them Out. -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in The list comprises 26 Muslims, 21 Sikhs, one member of a Scheduled Tribe and two Hindus, both of whom were arrested for their role in the protests against the CAA, which discriminates against Muslims. New Delhi: Last month, when Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Mala Roy asked the Union home ministry for “(a) the total number of cases registered by Delhi Police under UAPA during the last one year; and (b)...
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