SC PULLS UP ELECTION COMMISSION ON SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) pulled up the Election Commission of India (ECI) for providing “mechanical and cyclostyled” responses to genuine voter grievances, raising serious questions about the procedural integrity of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant voiced the court’s exasperation at […]
NEW JAIL MANUAL PUBLISHED
NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the Model Prison Manual just published to reduce overcrowding in jails. He also gave details of three criminal laws made effective from July 1, 2024. He disclosed that the maximum period for which an […]
MAHATMA NOT FROM MY FAMILY, BUT…”: PRIYANKA LEADS G RAM G PROTE
NEW DELHI: Mounting a strong protest against the Centre’s new Bill to replace the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGS, senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the new Bill weakens the law and should be withdrawn. The Wayanad MP also said no law should be passed based on someone’s “whim, ambition and prejudice”. The Congress […]
SONIA CALLS FOR BETTER WAGES TO ASHA AND ANGANWADI WORKERS
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday raised the plight of women workers implementing the critical government programmes, including ASHA and Anganwadi workers and the community resource persons under the National Rural Livelihood Mission. In a mention in the Rajya Sabha, she said these initiatives were intended as pathways to women’s empowerment, […]
