After meeting with Union Home Amit Shah at the national capital on Tuesday evening, West Bengal Leader of Opposition in state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, said on Wednesday zthe people of West Bengal, who have been victims of violence and atrocities for long, will soon get relief. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul and other legislators walked … Read more
The four-member team led by former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it plans to visit north and south Bengal districts. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A BJP fact-finding team, which arrived in West Bengal on July 12, said it will visit areas hit by poll violence and speak to victims to assess … Read more
Over the past few months, change has been the only constant within the BJP government at the Centre as well as states. By reshuffling the Union cabinet and bringing in new leaders in states, it is trying to rope in fresh faces into the ruling dispensation. On Saturday, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani joined counterparts … Read more
The Congress on Saturday demanded an independent, high-level and time-bound enquiry into financial irregularities in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its preliminary report. Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera claimed that financial irregularities in MeitY is the reason … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jul 10, 2021) After more than five years as minister for law and justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad leaves a legacy for successor Kiren Rijiju that began with enactment of the controversial National Judicial Appointments Commission and covered a spectrum including Ayodhya and Rafale cases. Prasad’s tenure, from July, 2016 … Read more
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday launched the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) here, saying the initiative should be seen as a larger narrative of transformation the country is undergoing through the digital medium. The ‘ITAT e-dwar‘ portal will enhance accessibility, accountability and transparency in day to day working of … Read more
Faced with a sudden surge of covid cases in the last one week and also fears over the spread of the Delta Plus variant, the Maharashtra government on Friday decided to cancel the sops given to districts to allow establishments and businesses to run if they were under Level 1 and Level 2. Friday’s order … Read more
Hoping that the relevant rules will be formulated “expeditiously”, a three-member Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the then chief justice of India Dipak Misra had, in September 2018, set the ball rolling for live streaming of court proceedings. However, it took three years for that to become a reality. Earlier this week, the … Read more
Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday told Rajya Sabha that any attempt to create “imperialism of internet” by a few companies would not be tolerated. Speaking during Question Hour on the banning of Twitter accounts, Prasad said the government welcomes dissent but cannot allow misuse or abuse of social media. … Read more
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday expressed strong disapproval of legal activists making objectionable comments about judges who do not pass favourable orders on their petitions, calling it a “disturbing new trend”. Prasad was addressing a function in Patna organised to mark the inauguration of a new building of the Patna High Court … Read more