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Calcutta HC pulls up West Bengal govt calling vandalism of RG Kar Hospital ‘failure of state machinery’, asks CBI to probe the attack

OpIndia Staff - 16 August, 2024

The Calcutta High Court on Friday again came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the RG Kar Medical College Hospital rape and murder incident, and transferred the case of vandalism in the hospital to the CBI.

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Calling civil code ‘communal’ is not an insult to Ambedkar, it is an attack on appeasement from Nehru to Rahul Gandhi: Read why PM...

सुधीर गहलोत - 15 August, 2024

The Congress is against the UCC as it challenges its long-standing Muslim appeasement strategy to win elections.

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Laws that divide country based on religion should have no place in society: PM Modi bats for Uniform Civil Code in Independence Day speech

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2024

PM Modi announced that laws which are discriminatory and divide the country along religious lines should be abolished.

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‘Highways are not parking space for tractors’: SC orders Haryana and Punjab to explore partial reopening of Shambhu border within one week

OpIndia Staff - 12 August, 2024

The court categorically observed that the Highways are not a parking space for tractors and trolleys as it asked the Punjab government to persuade the farmers to remove their tractors from the road.

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Demographic changes in Jharkhand: Why HC directed state govt to identify illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators in six districts, slammed lackadaisical approach of administration

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2024

The Court also noted that the issue of infiltration has been considered as an external aggression by the Supreme Court.

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Lok Sabha passes new civil aviation bill Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak to replace Aircraft Act of 1934, to remove ambiguity, redundancy in old law

ANI - 9 August, 2024

Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024, through a voice vote, after discussion and a reply from Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu.

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Madras High Court quashes detention order issued by Chennai Police against YouTuber Savukku Shankar

ANI - 9 August, 2024

The Madras High Court has quashed the detention order against YouTuber Savukku Shankar by invoking the Goondas Act of 1982.

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Boilers Bill introduced in parliament to replace century-old law on boiler safety, some criminal penalties replaced with monetary fines for ease of doing business

OpIndia Staff - 8 August, 2024

The Boilers Bill, 2024 was introduced in Rajya Sabha today by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal. It repeals the Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923)

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Waqf Board has been misused in last 70 years, it should be moved to Home Ministry from Minority Affairs: Sufi Islamic Board on Waqf...

ANI - 8 August, 2024

National President of the Sufi Islamic Board said that given the misuse of the Waqf Board over the past 70 years, the Sufi Islamic Board had submitted suggestions to address these issues

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