-Down to Earth Can pre-poll sops like giving smart phones with internet connectivity to farmers increase farm income? Last week, thousands of farmers and agricultural workers poured into the National Capital to attract and focus the attention of the Central government to their demands. The Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally, organised by farmers’ organization, All India Kisan Sabha, and the All India Agriculture Workers Union, broke all records as far as crowd numbers...
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Death in Swachh Bharat scuffle: Police clear all civic officials -Deep Mukherjee
-The Indian Express The incident at Mehtab Shah Kutchi Basti had caused nationwide outrage with activists severely criticising the Rajasthan government after it cited the preliminary post-mortem report to claim that Hussain died due to cardio-respiratory failure. Jaipur: MORE THAN a year after a 53-year-old man died in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh following a scuffle with local civic officials engaged in the Swachh Bharat campaign — he objected to them taking photographs of...
More »Nine Mob Lynching Cases across 8 States Despite SC Warning - Vivan Eyben
-Newsclick.in The apex court has rapped state governments for not filing compliance reports. On Friday, the Supreme Court directed the state governments to file compliance reports within a week on the measures taken to tackle mob lynching in furtherance of its July 17 judgement. In the judgement, the Supreme Court had directed the state governments to file their compliance reports with the Court Registry within four weeks. The matter was listed for...
More »SC orders Rajasthan to file report on Alwar lynching -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Court shocked by rule allowing civil society groups to stop vehicles, seize animals New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Rajasthan government to come clean about its investigation into the July 20 Alwar lynching case in which the victim, Rakbar Khan, died of injuries while police officers allegedly took time off to herd his cows to a gaushala before taking him to hospital. The incident took place just days...
More »Rajasthan HC bars Raje from holding public events during yatra -Rohit Parihar
-India Today Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has banned holding of any government functions during the BJP-sponsored Suraj Gaurav Yatra undertaken by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. A PIL had challenged the government expenditure on the yatra because it was a party show. The PIL cited a few instances where government departments had invited tenders and deputed officials for the yatra. The BJP had submitted bills of the expenditure it has been incurring on the...
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