Two POCSO offenders imprisoned under Goondas Act in Kanniyakumari district. The detainee identified as B. Faisal Khan, 40, from Manalikarai and R. Radheesh, 27, from Mekkamandapam was arrested by Marthandam All Women Police Station on charges of abducting and assaulting a 17-year-old girl, in December. As per the recommendation of the Kanniyakumari District Superintendent of … Read more
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal. File | Photo Credit: ANI Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday (October 18, 2024) hailed the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, saying it is a message to all that “live and let live” and conserve the culture of a multicultural and … Read more
Constructing a college by taking temple lands on long term lease can only be considered as a benevolent act, the Madras High Court has said while dealing with a case filed against leasing out 2.5 acres of land belonging to the Somanathaswamy Temple at Kolathur in Chennai. Justice M. Dhandapani wrote: “A scrutiny of the … Read more
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday said the Central government’s decision to hold Parliamentary Joint Committee’s meeting to listening to perspectives from various stakeholders regarding the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act should result in beneficial measures with respect to governance of management of properties donated for Islamic religious and charitable purposes. In a statement, … Read more
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Coordination between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other Sangh affiliates is becoming a task for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) which just concluded its three-day national meet in Palakkad last week where issues of ‘neglect’ by the government were flagged to BJP … Read more
The draft of the Odisha Grama Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Rules, 2023, which was issued 27 years after the enactment of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, 1996, is expected to be presented before the State Legislative Assembly in the next session. Odisha is among 10 States having Fifth Schedule areas where … Read more
M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The judgement of the seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, in a 6:1 ratio, upholding the validity of Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars Reservation Act, 2009, is yet another recognition for the Dravidian model government, said Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on … Read more
The Mumbai engineer who designed the Ghatkopar hoarding, which collapsed and killed 17 people on May 13, argued in court that the incident was an “act of nature” and he cannot be held responsible for it. The engineer, Manoj Ramakrishna Sangu, was granted bail by a Mumbai sessions court on Thursday. In his bail plea, … Read more
The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the Right to Information (RTI) Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC) of India, claiming that it is personal information held in a fiduciary capacity, even though the records are in the public domain on the poll panel’s … Read more