“The Twitter representatives claimed that there may be anonymous accounts criticising the government’s policies and if identity trails are provided to the police or government agencies then it defeats the purpose of freedom of expression. We told them that if someone is verbally abused on the road, action is taken …
Read More »U.P. Cabinet nod for Faizabad name change
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to change the name of Faizabad district to Ayodhya, a week after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made the announcement on the eve of Diwali. Source :https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/up-cabinet-nod-for-faizabad-name-change/article25489783.ece
Read More »Govt. asks Twitter to help track accounts
Micro-blogging site slow to act on take-down requests: official The Centre has asked microblogging site Twitter to furnish telephone numbers and other identifiable sources that could help track suspicious accounts, as asked for by law enforcement agencies, a senior Home Ministry official said. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday …
Read More »Is govt. crop insurance scheme losing steam?
More than 84 lakh farmers, which is around 15% of the total farmers insured in the first year of the Centre’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in 2016-17, withdrew themselves from the scheme in 2017-18, a reply to an RTI application has revealed. It includes 68.31 lakh farmers from …
Read More »‘Army aims to keep youth off militancy’
General Bipin Rawat says govt. has a clear-cut policy not to allow terrorists to create violence in J&K Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said that the government’s policy in Jammu and Kashmir was that those triggering terrorism in the State should be neutralised, but the Army’s focus was …
Read More »Not possible to use biometrics to identify bodies, says UIDAI
‘Matching done on 1:1 basis and Aadhaar number is needed’ The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it was technically not possible to match the fingerprints of an unidentified body with the biometrics of 120 crore people stored in its database. The …
Read More »No interference in Sabarimala rituals, govt tells HC
Tells HC that its concern is the security of pilgrims The State government has never interfered in the religious matters and rituals of the Sabarimala temple. But the security of pilgrims visiting the temple is the concern of the government and the police have to ensure that, the State government …
Read More »Rafale deal not done in a hurry: Centre
Defence procurement procedure was fully followed, SC told The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the procurement of the 36 Rafale jets well over a year after the Indo-French Joint Statement to acquire the aircraft “as quickly as possible” was issued, said a government note in the Supreme Court on …
Read More »If you spit on Pune streets, be prepared to clean up the mess
Spit on Pune streets, be prepared to clean it In a bid to keep Pune streets clean, the civic body has started punishing people spitting on roads by making them clean the spit, besides levying a fine on offenders, an official said on Sunday. The decision was taken after authorities …
Read More »What’s in a name? A lot, say residents
‘Rechristening Faizabad district as Ayodhya will erase the historical identity of its eponymous city’ The decision to rechristen Faizabad district as Ayodhya has not gone down well with many of its residents, who believe it is an “unnecessary step” taken for “political” reasons and will eventually “erase the identity” of …
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