-Kafila.org News reports are indicating that an FIR has been registered with respect to a public meeting organized on the JNU campus on the evening of 9th February. These reports claim that the meeting was about the hanging of Afzal Guru, and it is alleged that during its course, some people raised incendiary slogans. According to reports, the FIR has been registered under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (sedition),...

-The Indian Express That’s the message of the JNU Arrest, sent by the government to the young. It is ill-judged, threatens their basic rights Police action at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi on Friday, including the Arrest of the JNU students’ union president on charges of sedition, over a protest, was completely uncalled for. The protest in question was part of an event held on campus to commemorate the hanging of...

-The Indian Express Jaipur: Kanwar Lal, BJP MLA from Aklera who allegedly beat up members of a civil society group during an accountability march last month, has 20 criminal cases registered against him at two police stations in his constituency. He was also Arrested once. Of these, in nine investigations, most involving breaking into houses and tearing up copies of a religious book, his name was later removed, six are pending in courts,...

-The Pioneer Ranchi: Tuesday would be a proud moment for Jharkhand when officials of the State would share the mechanism, which is said to have helped in implementing the world’s largest pro-poor scheme — Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) — successfully. The State has been selected alongwith two others to showcase its success in Arresting the menace of delayed payment, often blamed for suffocating the rural job scheme. The moment came...

-The Hindu The audacious and unprovoked attack last week on a group of activists who held a peaceful rally in Rajasthan can only be explained in terms of the rising resentment on the part of the ruling class towards civil society organisations demanding accountability. Flagged off by social activist Aruna Roy, the Jawabdehi Yatra was aimed to spread awareness about government schemes and raise the issue of accountability in their implementation....