New Delhi, Jan 22 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday noted that “the elephant is a gentleman” and the man should give way for it, as it expressed its willingness to uphold the Tamil Nadu government order, notifying the Nilgiris Elephant Corridor. Citing the menace of rampant poaching of rhinos in Assam, the apex court […]
Category: Rights
Cracks in democracy: India drops ten places in Democracy Index
New Delhi, Jan 22 : Citing erosion of civil liberties in the country, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) put India 10 ranks lower at the 51st place out of 167 countries in its Democracy Index’s global ranking released on Wednesday. India’s overall score fell from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 in 2019 while the average […]
Nationality of 82 JNU students ‘unavailable’, RTI activist to write to PM
Jaipur, Jan 21 : After an RTI query revealed the nationality of 82 foreign students in Jawaharlal Nehru University remains unavailable in the list of foreign students registered in the monsoon and winter sessions 2019- 20, RTI activist Sudheer Swami who filed the query said he would soon write to the Prime Minister and Home […]
SC rejects plea on Nirbhaya case convict’s juvenile status
New Delhi, Jan 20 : The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition of Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta regarding his alleged juvenile status, pointing out that the plea had already been rejected by subordinate courts. A bench headed by Justice R. Banumathi had earlier queried Pawan’s counsel: “How many times will we hear the […]
Three decades on, exodus still haunts Kashmiri Pandits
By Deepika Bhan New Delhi, Jan 19 : Exactly 30 years ago on January 19, 1990, the Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee their homeland, the Kashmir Valley, as a result of being targeted by Islamic jihadis. Meanwhile, different political parties came to power but couldn’t create a conducive atmosphere for their return to the […]
Nirbhaya case: Smriti flays AAP govt for ‘delayed’ hangings
New Delhi, Jan 17 : Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party government for allegedly delaying the execution of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape-murder case. “I want to tell the Kejriwal government that even though the review petition of three of the four convicts […]