Month: November 2020

Doing good in India gets harder: Philanthropy should be regulated by an independent regulator, not by the home ministry

Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Indira Gandhi’s Emergency was a tragedy in modern India’s history. A second tragedy was not to have undone the terrible laws enacted during the Emergency. One of these is the Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act or FCRA, which was amended last month and has become more draconian. Its purpose is to regulate funds received by

Twist in the case of arrest of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Mumbai; 2 AIMIM MLAs’ letterheads seized

Source:-https://www.timesnownews.com Mumbai: In a shocking development, the Mumbai Police probing the illegal stay of Bangladeshis in the city have found an alleged AIMIM connection to the case. The police have seized alleged letterheads of two AIMIM MLAs in connection with the earlier arrest of three illegal Bangladeshi immigrants staying in the city. The Mumbai Police

“Not Double Engine But Trouble Engine”: Lalu Yadav Hits Out At PM Modi

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, currently in jail, on Sunday took a shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “double engine” slogan for the BJP-Janata Dal (United) coalition terming it a “trouble engine”, ahead of the second phase of elections in Bihar.“It is a trouble engine, not a double engine. Where

Centre amends laws to allow all Indians to buy land in Jammu & Kashmir

Source:-https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com SRINAGAR: The Centre on Tuesday cleared the decks for people from across the country to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir by amending several laws, a move which mainstream political parties in the union territory said was akin to putting the erstwhile state up “for sale”. The BJP, however, said the amendments, which came

Rare congregation to pacify anger of Kullu gods

Source:-http://www.daijiworld.com Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 2 (IANS): Devotees look for divine intervention to pacify the anger of gods and goddesses over not allowing them to participate in the just concluded weeklong Kullu Dussehra festivities in Himachal Pradesh amid the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. For this, a rare congregation of deities has been called at the historical

Allahabad High Court expresses concern over no action against Hathras DM

Source:-https://www.business-standard.com The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order in the Hathras case, while expressing concern over the Uttar Pradesh government not taking any action against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar for fairness of the probe. The state government, however, assured the court of a decision in this regard by November 25,

SC asks trial courts to expedite hearing in cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members

Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday asked the trial courts to expedite hearing in the pending cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members for alleged visa violations.A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna listed the pleas filed against blacklisting of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat for attending the Nizamuddin Markaz

GTA employees’ outfit severs ties with Binay camp

Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com The United Employees Union (UEU), a frontal organisation of Binay Tamang’s Gorkha Janmukti Morcha comprising pay-band employees of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Monday announced its decision to disaffiliate from the party and go independent. The Binay Tamang camp immediately reacted to the development and said that many GTA employees were not happy

Calcutta HC advocate seeks response from CS on Ichamati

Source:-https://theshillongtimes.com SHILLONG: An advocate of the Calcutta High Court has written to the state Chief Secretary, MS Rao, demanding a reply within a week on the alleged atrocities meted out to non-tribal residents of Meghalaya.In his letter to the chief secretary, Nripendra Krishna Roy, Advocate, Calcutta High Court, said, “As the Executive authority of the

Need to increase manpower in Uttarakhand hospitals, say HC appointed COVID-19 committees

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com DEHRADUN: The district-level COVID-19 monitoring committees of Uttarakhand have stated that there is a need to increase manpower in the state hospitals. The submission was made by the committees in a weekly hearing of the Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday. Counsel for the petitioners Shiv Bhatt said, “The honorable court praised the committees for