The three-member Commission of Inquiry, constituted by the Centre in early June to comprehensively investigate the ethnic conflict underway in Manipur, will hold public hearings at its head office in Imphal and at its camp office in Delhi. The Commission of Inquiry (Manipur Violence) is headed by Justice Ajay Lamba, former Chief Justice of the … Read more
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, on Thursday, September 7, 2023 said that he would wipe out corruption and violence from the universities of West Bengal. “I am the chancellor of the university, and I want our universities to be the best … Read more
Women belonging to the ‘Meira Paibis’ (a group representing Meitei Society) hold torches as they stage a demonstration demanding restoration of peace in violence-hit Manipur. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court will pass orders on Friday to facilitate the proper functioning of Justice Mittal panel set up to oversee relief for victims of … Read more
Digvijaya Singh | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday alleged that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government was planning a “Nuh-like-violence” in the State ahead of the Assembly elections due later this year. Mr. Singh made the reference to the recent communal violence in … Read more
Police personnel check a vehicle during Mahapanchayat organised by Hindu Samaj following Nuh violence, at Tighar village, in Gurugram on August 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI As many as 156 people have been arrested and 56 FIR’s registered so far in connection with the violence and rioting at Haryana’s Nuh district on August 7, … Read more
Wreckage of vehicles that were set ablaze by miscreants after incidents of violence following Monday’s attack on a VHP procession, in Nuh district, on Aug. 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Signs of a rift between the ruling alliance partners in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), have been … Read more
Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise V Senthil Balaji addressing the media at Secretariat in Chennai. The Minister who is facing money-laundering charges in the cash-for-jobs scam, said on July 26, 2023 in the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) does not have the power to seek his police custody. | … Read more
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. | Photo Credit: PTI Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on July 22 wrote to President Droupadi Murmu over Manipur violence expressing his anguish over the ongoing spate of violence in the State. In the two-page letter, Mr. Soren said that he is deeply distressed and concerned about the spiralling situation … Read more
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waves as a train passes after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district on Sunday night, June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@RailMinIndia via PTI CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe A 10-member CBI team … Read more
Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has said in its report to the government. The commission said sedition being a … Read more