The Hindu Morning Digest, April 4, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 4, 2024

Congress workers protest against Non transparent policy of BJP government for not disclosing names of electoral bonds against SBI Bank in Mumbai on March 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini 33 loss-making firms donated electoral bonds worth ₹582 crore, 75% went to BJP | Data The sources of funds of at least 45 companies … Read more

Manipur violence: CBI files 2 chargesheets in missing students case

Manipur violence: CBI files 2 chargesheets in missing students case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed two separate chargesheets against five accused individuals in two inter-related cases of Manipur violence. The chargesheets were filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M), Guwahati, Assam. The CBI registered a case on August 23, 2023, following a request from the Manipur government. The probe … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: January 1, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: January 1, 2024

Curfew was reimposed on December 31 in restive Manipur’s Moreh, a town on the India-Myanmar border, following intermittent gunfights between armed miscreants | Photo Credit: PTI Aadhar-linked pay becomes mandatory for MGNREGS workers From the New Year, all wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme must be paid through an … Read more

Two teenagers go missing in Manipur, family members lodge complaint

Two teenagers go missing in Manipur, family members lodge complaint

Tension gripped some parts of Manipur as two teenage boys went missing from Imphal West district on Sunday. The two were identified as Avinash Maibam, 16, and Anthony Ningthoujam, 19, both residents of the Lamsang area. Family members said the two boys left their houses on a two-wheeler at 9 a.m. on Sunday allegedly to … Read more

Morning Digest | Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies for ground invasion; ISRO’s Gaganyaan first test flight today, and more

Morning Digest | Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies for ground invasion; ISRO’s Gaganyaan first test flight today, and more

Gaganyaan’s Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on October 21, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. | Photo Credit: ANI Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies Gaza invasion Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in October … Read more

NIA arrests one in Manipur bomb blast case

NIA arrests one in Manipur bomb blast case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 19 arrested one accused in coordination with the Manipur police, in connection with a bomb blast in Bishnupur’s Kwakta on June 21, 2023. The explosion had taken place in a Scorpio vehicle parked over a bridge located in the area of Phougakchao Ikhai Awang Leikai and Kwakta along … Read more

CRPF discusses evolving law and order situation in wake of Manipur crisis 

CRPF discusses evolving law and order situation in wake of Manipur crisis 

Security personnel stand guard as students protest against the “killing” of two missing students by unknown miscreants and demand peace in Manipur, Imphal, on September 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Top officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on October 18 discussed the evolving law and order situation in the country in the light … Read more

Morning Digest | SC to pronounce judgment in same-sex marriage case; UNSC to vote on resolutions on Israel-Hamas war, and more

Morning Digest | SC to pronounce judgment in same-sex marriage case; UNSC to vote on resolutions on Israel-Hamas war, and more

People take part in a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people, on October 16, 2023, in Boston. | Photo Credit: AP Same-sex marriage case | Supreme Court to pronounce judgment today A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is scheduled on October 17 to pronounce its judgment in a series … Read more

Manipur violence | MHA repatriates Pulwama probe IPS officer to State

Manipur violence | MHA repatriates Pulwama probe IPS officer to State

File picture of Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar Rakesh Balwal | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has approved the Ministry of Home Affairs’ proposal to prematurely repatriate IPS officer Rakesh Balwal, posted as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, from AGMUT cadre to Manipur. The decision comes three months … Read more

Morning Digest | India says no specific information shared by Canada on Nijjar killing; Kovind-led panel to seek political parties’ views on simultaneous elections, and more

Morning Digest | India says no specific information shared by Canada on Nijjar killing; Kovind-led panel to seek political parties’ views on simultaneous elections, and more

A photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia. File. | Photo Credit: AP Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing | No specific information shared by Canada, says India “No specific information has been shared by Canada on the [Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing case], … Read more