-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Contrary to an assessment by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that communal incidents in India witnessed a rising trend in 2014, official data released by the home ministry showed that such attacks were down to 644 from 823 in 2013. Also, the US panel's claim in its 2015 report that religiously-motivated and communal violence in India had increased over three consecutive years...
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Aid for rain-hit farmers:Rs 75
-The Telegraph Lucknow: The Akhilesh Yadav government today suspended three revenue officers after some rain-hit farmers were handed compensation cheques of Rs 75 and Rs 100, and ordered a probe into how such a pittance was paid. News channels showed the farmers in Faizabad and Badaun districts of Uttar Pradesh waving cheques of Rs 100, Rs 75 and even Rs 69. These farmers had lost their crops in last month's unseasonal rain...
More »Girl who saved free speech -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Shreya Singhal has helped undo what the UPA, the NDA and Mamata Banerjee had done to free speech. Shreya, the girl who once woke up with consternation to news that two girls in Maharashtra had been booked for a Facebook post, was the first petitioner who approached the Supreme Court against Section 66A, which was struck down today. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act has been the favourite tool...
More »In Delhi, 70% of accused in crimes on women go free -Richi Verma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: For every four Delhiites charged with sexual offences, nearly three go scot free. Figures from Delhi Commission of Women's latest annual report (2013-14) shows the acquittal rate in the capital for crimes against women continues to be as high as 70% even as the number of cases steadily rises. According to the report, released on International Women's Day, not only are women in the capital still...
More »Panel against trying juveniles as adults -Anita Joshua
-The Hindu The Parliamentary Standing Committee called for a review of the Bill following fears expressed by civil society A Parliamentary Standing Committee has taken on board civil society's apprehensions of treating 16-to-18-year-olds as adults in cases of heinous crimes, and called for a review of this provision in The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014, introduced in the Lok Sabha in August. This amendment to the JJ Act is...
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