December 10, 2019
ew Delhi: The Citizenship Amendment Bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha around midnight on Monday after nearly 7 hours of heated discussions, with 311 voting in support and 80 against. It will be presented in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow. Union Home Minister Amit Shah rejected the opposition criticism that it violates the constitution’s core principles of equality, saying it was not even “0.001% against India’s minorities”. He also questioned the Congress’ right to describe the bill as discriminatory when it is the very party that “divided India on the grounds of religion” during the 1947 partition. The bill seeks to make it easier for non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to become Indian citizens.
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December 8, 2019
Justice can never be instant and “loses its character as justice” if it becomes revenge, Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde said Saturday at an event in Jodhpur.
Chief Justice Bobde’s remarks come after four young men accused of rape and murder were killed on Friday in what the Telangana police say was an encounter. The police action had its critics, but was largely welcomed by the public.
Chief Justice Bobde was speaking at the inauguration of a new Rajasthan High Court building, with Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in attendance.
He made a reference to “recent events” in the country as explained that the criminal justice system should reconsider its position towards laxity and the time taken to dispose of criminal…
December 8, 2019
(CNN)Four men held over a high-profile rape and murder case in India have been shot dead by police while they were in custody, an official confirmed Friday, drawing praise from the family of the victim but criticism from some lawmakers and rights groups.
The men had been arrested in connection with the gang-rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian who was strangled and her body set alight in the southern city of Hyderabad, in Telangana state last week.
The woman’s charred remains were found near a highway underpass on November 27, sparking nationwide outrage and protests in several major cities including Bengaluru and India’s capital, New Delhi. Many of the demonstrators carried placards and chanted slogans demanding the death penalty for…
December 8, 2019
An Indian woman who was set on fire on her way to testify against her alleged rapists has died of her injuries.
The 23-year-old died late on Friday after suffering cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital. She had 90% burns.
She was attacked on Thursday as she was walking to a hearing in the rape case she filed against two men in March in Unnao, in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
Five men, including the alleged rapists, have been arrested, Indian police say.
The sister of the victim, whose name has not been released, told the BBC that she wanted the death penalty for the pair.
She said the family would continue to fight the case against them in court.
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Read moreDecember 4, 2019
video of the Indian consul-general in New York has surfaced on social media in which he is seen comparing the possibility of Kashmiri Pandits returning home to that of Jews to Israel.
Diplomat Sandeep Chakravorty posted on Twitter today that his “remarks are being taken out of context”.
At the start of his speech, Chakravorty says he will make a “personal” comment first, then move to more “sarkari” talk.
In the video, he is seen telling a small audience: “We already have a model in the world. I don’t know why we don’t follow it. It has happened in the Middle East. If the Israeli people can do it, we can also do it. We have to push our leadership to do…
Read moreDecember 4, 2019
New Delhi: BJP MP Ravi Kishan has controversially said India is a “Hindu Rashtra” since there are some 100 crore Hindus in the country. He was weighing in on the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which was cleared by the cabinet today for tabling in parliament.
The bill seeks to make it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to become citizens of India. Many opposition parties have criticized the proposed law, calling it a violation of secular principles and the right to equality enshrined in the constitution, since it leaves out Muslims.
“The population of Hindus is 100 crores. So obviously India is a Hindu rashtra (nation). There are so many Muslim and Christian countries. It is amazing that…
November 24, 2019
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Just five months after Dr. Payal Tadvi, a medical student at Nair Hospital in Mumbai was driven to suicide due to harassment by her seniors, another case of Fathima Latheef has come to light.
An undergraduate student of Philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the IIT Madras, 19-year-old Fathima Latheef allegedly committed suicide on November 9, 2019, in her hostel room. In her last note, she named three Professors: Hemachandran Karah, Milind Brahme and Sudarshan Padmanabhan.
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Read moreNovember 23, 2019
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday claimed that no NCP MLA will support an alliance with the BJP to form government in Maharashtra.
“This is making a mockery of the constitution. BJP did the same in Goa, Meghalaya and other states. No MLA of the NCP will support this, Ajit Pawar has gone along with them,” Mr Singh said while speaking to media after BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took oath as chief minister and Pawar as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra.
In a series of tweets, Mr Singh has questioned the sudden political development on Maharashtra and said: “Shiv Sena NCP and Congress should show their strength on the ground and take to the streets. Let”s see with…
November 23, 2019
It is learnt that at least two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists and journalists in India were contacted and alerted by WhatsApp that their phones had been under state-of-the-art surveillance for a two-week period until May 2019.
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Read moreNovember 23, 2019
WhatsApp spyware was used to snoop on 2 dozen Indian activists and journalists (Updated)
by Ravie Lakshmanan —
WhatsApp has revealed that at least two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists, and journalists in India were the target of surveillance by threat operators using security firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.
The revelations, reported by news outlet Indian Express, come as the Facebook-owned messaging service filed a lawsuit against the Israeli company for helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents in a hacking spree whose targets included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists, and senior government officials.
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