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Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Haryana notifies rules to implement ‘Prevention of Unlawful Conversion’ law, make conversion for marriage illegal </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> These new rules, the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Rules, 2022, have been notified by the Haryana governor under the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2022, passed earlier in March this year. </h4>
File photo: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana notifies rules to implement ‘Prevention of Unlawful Conversion’ law, make conversion for marriage illegal

These new rules, the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Rules, 2022, have been notified by the Haryana governor under the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2022, passed earlier in March this year.

The Haryana government on 19 December released a notification titled ‘Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Rules, 2022’ dated 15 December that prevents forcible religious conversions. As per the…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Delhi High Court to hear plea challenging non-disclosure of information regarding procurement, funding of COVID-19 vaccines </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> "These disclosures are key to assure the public that the purchase orders were based on sound commercial principles and to achieve a maximum effect - i.e., procuring and delivering safe and effective COVID- 19 vaccines on a war footing," the plea states.</h4>

Delhi High Court to hear plea challenging non-disclosure of information regarding procurement, funding of COVID-19 vaccines

"These disclosures are key to assure the public that the purchase orders were based on sound commercial principles and to achieve a maximum effect - i.e., procuring and delivering safe and effective COVID- 19 vaccines on a war footing," the plea states.

Recently, Lawyer Prashant Reddy T has filed a petition with the Delhi High Court under the 2005 Right to Information Act seeking the disclosure of various information regarding the Central…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Union Home Ministry team visits Nagaland to study statehood demand </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> During its two-day visit, the team is planned to meet members of several tribal, student, and social organisations. These organisations are affliated to the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO), which is made up of seven Naga tribes that dominate six of the state's 16 districts.</h4>
File photo of the 11-member delegation team of Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organization (ENPO) meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his official residence in New Delhi on December 6.

Union Home Ministry team visits Nagaland to study statehood demand

During its two-day visit, the team is planned to meet members of several tribal, student, and social organisations. These organisations are affliated to the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO), which is made up of seven Naga tribes that dominate six of the state's 16 districts.

A three-member team from the Ministry of Home Affairs reached Nagaland’s Tuensang on 16 December to study the demand for the separate state 'Frontier Nagaland’. During its two-day visit, the…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Those who drink and lose their lives deserve no sympathy and no compensation: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> As the death toll crossed 50 in the hooch tragedy, CM Nitish Kumar asked not to forget that deaths have taken place because of bad (drinking) habits. </h4>
File Photo of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Those who drink and lose their lives deserve no sympathy and no compensation: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

As the death toll crossed 50 in the hooch tragedy, CM Nitish Kumar asked not to forget that deaths have taken place because of bad (drinking) habits.

On Friday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government would not provide any financial compensation to the families of those killed by consuming spurious liquor in the Bihar…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >‘Ministry of Home Affairs agrees to withdraw 86 cases against farmers’: Union Agriculture Minister in Rajya Sabha </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> "As per the inputs received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, 86 no. of cases against farmers for withdrawal have been received and concurred with. Further, the Ministry of Railways has issued direction for the withdrawal of all cases registered by Railway Protection Force (RPF) during the farmers’ agitation," Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated in a written response to the Upper House.</h4>
File photo: Narendra Singh Tomar

‘Ministry of Home Affairs agrees to withdraw 86 cases against farmers’: Union Agriculture Minister in Rajya Sabha

"As per the inputs received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, 86 no. of cases against farmers for withdrawal have been received and concurred with. Further, the Ministry of Railways has issued direction for the withdrawal of all cases registered by Railway Protection Force (RPF) during the farmers’ agitation," Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated in a written response to the Upper House.

The Union government on 16 December told the Rajya Sabha that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to dismiss 86 cases against farmers who were part of the…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >The issue of appointments in higher judiciary would continue to linger till the new system is created: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> "We are giving our full support to reduce the pendency of cases. But questions will keep arising on the vacancy of judges and appointments till we create a new system for appointments," Union Law Minister Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha.</h4>
Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju

The issue of appointments in higher judiciary would continue to linger till the new system is created: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

"We are giving our full support to reduce the pendency of cases. But questions will keep arising on the vacancy of judges and appointments till we create a new system for appointments," Union Law Minister Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha.

On Thursday, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha that the issue of vacancies and appointments in the higher judiciary would continue to linger till the new system…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Maharashtra: Panel to track only interfaith marriages, drops intercaste unions </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> “Tuesday’s Government Resolution (GR) of the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department has been amended. This committee is only for interfaith marriages, and not intercaste marriages. The earlier GR was not the correct one,” Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said.</h4>
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (File Photo)

Maharashtra: Panel to track only interfaith marriages, drops intercaste unions

“Tuesday’s Government Resolution (GR) of the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department has been amended. This committee is only for interfaith marriages, and not intercaste marriages. The earlier GR was not the correct one,” Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said.

On 15 December, the Maharashtra government amended its previous Government Resolution (GR) that initially proposed the formation of the Intercaste/ Interfaith Marriage-Family Coordination Committee. “Tuesday’s GR of the Women and…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >No formal recommendations for ‘Bharat Ratna’ necessary: MoS for Home Ministry Nityanand Rai </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> “The decisions regarding the award of Bharat Ratna are taken from time to time. No formal recommendations for this Award are necessary," Nityanand Rai told in the Lok Sabha.</h4>
File Photo: Nityanand Rai

No formal recommendations for ‘Bharat Ratna’ necessary: MoS for Home Ministry Nityanand Rai

“The decisions regarding the award of Bharat Ratna are taken from time to time. No formal recommendations for this Award are necessary," Nityanand Rai told in the Lok Sabha.

On Tuesday, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ministry Nithyananda Rai told the Lok Sabha that decisions on the Bharat Ratna award are taken from time to time and…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Kerala Assembly passes bill to remove Governor as Chancellor of universities </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> The amendment noted, "the government shall appoint an academician of high repute or a person of eminence in any of the field of science including agriculture and veterinary science, technology, medicine, social science, humanities, literature, art, culture, law or public administration as the chancellor of the university."</h4>
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Kerala Assembly passes bill to remove Governor as Chancellor of universities

The amendment noted, "the government shall appoint an academician of high repute or a person of eminence in any of the field of science including agriculture and veterinary science, technology, medicine, social science, humanities, literature, art, culture, law or public administration as the chancellor of the university."

On Tuesday, The Kerala Legislative Assembly passed the University Laws Bill (Amendment), 2022, to replace the Governor from the post of Chancellor in the state's universities. The bill was passed…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Maharashtra govt forms committee to track interfaith/intercaste marriages: aims protection for women </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> The committee will gather detailed information about couples in interfaith/intercaste marriages, and the maternal families of the women involved if they are estranged, according to the Women and Child Development Department’s resolution issued on 13 December. </h4>
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (File Photo)

Maharashtra govt forms committee to track interfaith/intercaste marriages: aims protection for women

The committee will gather detailed information about couples in interfaith/intercaste marriages, and the maternal families of the women involved if they are estranged, according to the Women and Child Development Department’s resolution issued on 13 December.

The Maharashtra government has formed a 12-member panel named “Intercaste/ Interfaith marriage-family coordination committee (state level)”, headed by the Women and Child Development Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha in order to…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss Centre’s confrontation with judiciary over Collegium system </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> “The rift between the executive and the judiciary takes us on a dangerous path where Courts could lose their legitimacy. Judges of the Hon’ble Supreme Court were constrained to discuss these comments in open court,” Tewari said.</h4>
File Photo of Manish Tewari.

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss Centre’s confrontation with judiciary over Collegium system

“The rift between the executive and the judiciary takes us on a dangerous path where Courts could lose their legitimacy. Judges of the Hon’ble Supreme Court were constrained to discuss these comments in open court,” Tewari said.

Congress MP Manish Tewari gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the Centre’s confrontation with the judiciary over the Collegium system on Monday. In a letter addressed…

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