-TheWire.in After an all-party meeting on June 1, the chief minister said all parties, including the BJP, unanimously supported the move and replied in the negative when asked if he faced any opposition. New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday, June 1, said his government would carry out a caste-based “count” instead of a “census” to avoid legal complications. “We will propose a caste-based count, not census, to avoid legal complications,”...
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Child rights groups oppose raising marriage age of women
-The Hindu Instead, they tell parliamentary panel to improve access to education to delay marriages An umbrella body of child rights organisations set up by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, which appeared before the parliamentary panel studying the Bill on raising the age of marriage for women to 21 from 18 years, has opposed the move and emphasised the need to improve access to education to delay marriages. The India Child Protection Forum [ICPF]...
More »Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after Supreme Court freezes sedition law
-The Hindu Congress, Left parties urge court to quash law Nobody should cross the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and the court should respect the government and the legislature just as the government respects the court, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday after the Supreme Court stayed the sedition law, while the Opposition Parties welcomed the order. Several parties including the Congress, the CPI and the CPI(M) urged the Supreme Court to quash the sedition...
More »Brinda Karat stands tall in front of bulldozers at Jahangirpuri’s Tiananmen square moment
-SabrangIndia.in A lesson in leadership from the 74-year-old CPI (M) Politburo member whose heroic act helped diffuse a volatile situation from escalating What should a leader of a major political party do, when a communally sensitive situation is brewing in a densely populated area of the city they live in? Visit the spot and try to calm the situation? Or perhaps communicate the legal status and court ruling that is crucial to...
More »Tamil Nadu Government To Revise Property Tax, Chief Minister Explains Why
-PTI/ NDTV.com "I appeal to the opposition (AIADMK, BJP) parties and our allies (Congress, left parties) not to politicise but stand by the government in facilitating the local bodies to take up pro-people initiatives," MK Stalin said. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said his DMK government was constrained to revise the property tax to ensure funds flow to the newly elected civic bodies so as to facilitate developmental...
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