New Delhi :The Delhi High Court has said there is an urgent need for a framework, preferably a law, to rehabilitate victims of wrongful prosecution and imprisonment. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta noted that at present there was no statutory or legal scheme in the country to compensate those who […]
New Delhi, Dec 2: The smokers sputtered and fumed, as Delhi’s Health Department butted in on their public puffing and fined them! In a drive against smoking at public places and illicit sale of tobacco, Delhi’s health department raided around 100 shops in Saket area and issued challans worth Rs 21,700 to vendors and individuals. […]
Agartala (Tripura): This northeastern state is heading for an educational crisis, because according to a court order, over ten thousand government teachers (10,323 to be exact) will lose their jobs by December 31. In a major blow to a section of teachers in Tripura, a letter from HRD ministry has said salaries of teachers sanctioned […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a stay on a film on Arvind Kejriwal, saying “freedom of speech and expression is sacrosanct and the said right should not be ordinarily interfered with” by courts. Petitioner Nachiketa Walhekar had said that ‘An Insignificant Man’, which portrays Kejriwal’s rise from common man to […]
Calcutta: Rights of Minorities guaranteed by the constitution are being systemically eroded, and those who manage the premier Christian educational institutions of the country are worried. However, the direction of Christian educational educations is clear: service of the poor, says Calcutta Archbishop Thomas D’Souza. A national colloquium of Catholic educationists in Calcutta (16 November) heard […]
Madhya Pradesh has become notorious for repeated attacks on the minority Christian community, while the government agencies and police do nothing to stop these thugs who call themselves nationalists. These so-called ‘nationalist’ groups openly challenge the fundamental principles of the Indian constitution that gives every citizen the freedom of practicing and exercising ‘faith, and worship’ […]
Madhya Pradesh: The peace and amity of the country is being systematically dismantled as ‘fringe groups’ of anti-socials claiming to be Hindu groups have let loose a campaign against Christians. In Sagar, the Catholic diocese has appealed to the government reign in radical these Hindu groups that are spreading malicious campaigns against the Church. “Well […]
Fringe elements and mindless fanatics rule in the new ‘Modi’ era. Now some outfit called the Karni Seva claims to be speaking on behalf of Rajputs! The Mumbai Police today beefed up the security of actor Deepika Padukone after Shri Rajput Karni Sena (SRKS) warned of physical harm in case she did not refrain from […]
Patna: A woman has petitioned the Buxar superintendent of police (SP) to protect her minor son from allegedly being sexually harassed by a woman teacher, says a report in a local daily. The woman submitted a petition to the Buxar SP Rajesh Kumar on Tuesday, requesting him to initiate action against a woman teacher, who […]
New Delhi: Did politicians put pressure on the police to botch up a child’s murder investigation? The father of murdered Class II student Pradyuman Thakur has claimed on Wednesday that a Haryana minister tried to stop him from demanding a CBI probe into the September 8 knife attack on his son. Minister Rao Narbir Singh, […]
Catholic bishops have lent their support to tribal communities in Jharkhand , who oppose a planned ‘corridor for wild life’ that threatens to displace thousands of people in 214 villages. The government has identified 296 hectares of land for a “wild life corridor” for elephants over four districts in the state. This meas that people […]
Margao (Goa), Nov 12: India’s soccer Captain Sunil Chhetri on Sunday said that India’s AFC Asian Cup qualifiers rivals Burma (Myanmar) were no pushovers and his side will not take the visitors lightly in their encounter on Tuesday. Despite being the sole team from Group A to have already qualified for the AFC Asian Cup […]
