New Delhi: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave has termed the federal government’s farm laws “unconstitutional and illegal” and offered his services as a lawyer free of cost to the agitating farmers if they wish to challenge them in court. The farmers are protesting against the Farmers (EmpowermentContinue Reading
Chandigarh: A high court has questioned the existence of separate cremation grounds for different communities in a village in the northern Indian state of Haryana. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 8 sought the response from the Deputy Commissioner of Ambala on the existence of five cremation groupsContinue Reading
Kochi: As part of the Navy Week Celebrations of the Southern Naval Command, an outreach program for services to various orphanages was conducted by INS Venduruthy with an aim to reach out to the underprivileged sections of society. The officers from the unit were deputed to visit various orphanages inContinue Reading
Guwahati: A Bajrang Dal leader in Assam on November 6 clarified his threat to Hindus visiting churches on Christmas. “We will not beat them but will definitely stop them. There are ways to restrict. We might talk to them or start awareness initiatives,” Mithun Nath, Bajrang Dal’s Cachar district generalContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Don Bosco (DB) Shrine Lingarajapuram, near here, in association with Lions Club Bangalore (LCB) Pyramid distributed 15 auto partitions to help the drivers protect themselves and their customers from spreading COVID infections while they continue with their everyday business during these difficult times to support their families. Fr AloysiusContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Don Bosco Shrine in Bengaluru’s Lingarajapuram has launched various schemes to help women achieve financial independence. Parish priest Father Aloysius Santiago says if a woman is empowered the whole generation benefits. To achieve this goal, the parish team has initiated four self-help groups (SHG), through which women are trainedContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 6, 2020: “People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities need to let them do so,” said Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the United Nations on December 5, on being asked about the farmers’ movement that has continued despite talks with the GovernmentContinue Reading
Mumbai: The registration of Christian marriages in Mumbai has come to a halt after the retirement of the marriage officer in July. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, newlywed couples are forced to travel to Pune to get their marriage certificates stamped by state government authorities. Activists Godfrey Pimenta and Nicholas AlmeidaContinue Reading
Mumbai: The advocate of activist Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on December 4 told a special court that Swamy has been given a straw and sipper by the Taloja jail authorities. Swamy, 83, on December 4 filed three fresh applications seeking a direction toContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on December 4 granted bail to independent journalist Rajeev Sharma, who is accused of spying for China. A Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra granted bail to Sharma on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh. The court said that despite more than 60Continue Reading
