-NDTV.com Centre has urged Supreme Court to not hear the matter till the government finishes its relook at sedition law New Delhi: Days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law, arguing that it withstood "test of time", the centre has taken a u-turn and told the Supreme Court that it will review the law. A look at top 5 facts related to this law: 1. The penal code that came into force in 1862...
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Average retail price of atta up 13% from last year
-TheNewsMinute.com The Union government’s wheat procurement is set to decline by more than half to 19.5 million tonnes in the current rabi marketing year amid higher exports and likely fall in output. The average price of wheat flour in retail markets stood at Rs 32.91 per kilogram on Monday, a nearly 13% increase compared to the year-ago period, according to official data. The all-India average retail price of wheat flour or atta...
More »Nearly One in Five Households in India Practise Open Defecation: NFHS-5 Data
-TheWire.in The survey found that 83% of 636,699 households sampled had access to toilets, with greater accessibility in urban areas than in rural areas. New Delhi: Nearly one in five households in India practise open defecation, according to a health ministry report released on May 5, nearly two years after the Union government declared the country ‘open defecation free’. The report is part of the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey...
More »Modern India must have police force which meets democratic aspirations of people: Naidu
-PTI/ The New Indian Express Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for particularly strengthening the police units at the grassroots who are the first responders in most cases. NEW Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asserted that a progressive, modern India must have a police force which meets the democratic aspirations of the people and called for a renewed thrust to implement police reforms. Addressing a gathering here after releasing a...
More »Centre Defends Sedition Law, Says Past Judgment By Supreme Court Binding -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com "A constitutional bench has already examined all aspects of sedition law in context of fundamental rights," the Centre said in its statement. New Delhi: The Centre today defended the sedition law and asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the pleas challenging it. The court is hearing a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the colonial-era law. In a written submission, the Centre told the three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice...
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