New Delhi: The government has proposed to abolish the contentious colonial-era sedition law only to bring it in a different avatar which says that any act against the nation either spoken or written or by signs or by visible representation or by electronic communication may invite life imprisonment. The sedition law, known as ‘Rajdroh’ has […]
New Delhi: Anyone endangering sovereignty or integrity of India may get a maximum punishment of life imprisonment while those involved in mob lynching and rape of minor may be given the maximum punishment of death sentence. These punishments are part of the three bills introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha on […]
New Delhi: Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion and employment will be treated as crime for the first time under the proposed law that will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Introducing the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, which […]
Takes review of all PMDP Road projects Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, while reviewing the progress of different highways taken up under Prime Minister Development Program (PMDP) today remarked that the traffic authorities should make preparations well ahead of the fruit season to ensure smooth flow of trucks on Jmu-Sgr Highway, particularly those […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Friday said that he was happy that border tourism was picking up well. He also said preparations were being finalised to put in place the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the August 15 celebrations across Jammu and Kashmir. “Preparations are on for August 15 celebrations. […]
New Delhi: Doctors and their families must not receive any gifts, travel facilities, hospitality, cash or access to recreation from pharma companies or their representatives, commercial healthcare establishments and medical device firms under any pretext, the NMC has said in its new regulations. The ‘Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners”, issued on […]
New Delhi: India and China are likely to hold the 19th round of Corps Commander Level talks on Monday at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the Eastern Ladakh sector to resolve the ongoing military standoff between the two countries for over three years. The two countries have been in a military standoff for the last […]
Jammu: Ahead of Independence Day, the security arrangements were reviewed for the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday, a police spokesman said. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udhampur-Reasi range, Mohd Suleman Choudhary conducted the security review meeting in Reasi, and also discussed the Independence Day celebrations […]
Says Harmony And Comity Needed Between Communities New Delhi: Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday mooted a committee constituted by the Director General of Police (DGP) of Haryana to go into the cases registered in the wake of the recent communal riots in the state […]
Srinagar: With the Independence Day coming close by, the Chief Secretary, DrArun Kumar Mehta, today took review of the districts which were lagging behind in declaration of their villages as ‘Model Category’ under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen. The Government is aspiring to declare the whole UT as the ODF+ by 15th of August […]