The Congress on Wednesday expressed “grave concerns” over the government’s Post Office Bill, saying the proposed legislation was a “half-baked reform” and “far more detrimental” to the fundamental rights of Indians than the colonial-era law it seeks to supplant. Initiating the discussion in Lok Sabha on the Post Office Bill, 2023 that seeks to repeal…
While allowing a rape victim to terminate a pregnancy that was in the 24th week, the High Court has directed that all jurisdictional police should inform victims of the option available for termination of pregnancy so that they do not have to approach the courts at a belated stage. The 17-year-old victim’s father had approached…
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Israel on Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials amid mounting international pressure over its war in Gaza, the White House said. Sullivan will travel to Israel on December 14 and December 15 to meet with Netanyahu, his cabinet and President Isaac…
Certain provisions of anti-terror law UAPA have been included in the redrafted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, which was reintroduced in the Lok Sabha afresh along with two other bills to replace the existing criminal laws. The three bills were reintroduced to include some of the recommendations made by a parliamentary panel. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita…
The government has introduced the term “unsound mind” in place of “mental illness”, on the recommendations of a parliamentary panel, in the redrafted criminal law bills that seek to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code, CrPC and Indian Evidence Act. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11,…
The power of beauty is so immense; it can cross seas, borders and time zones. Scores of beauty lovers are present across the population of the globe and its their choices, views and spends that influence trends across the world. Going by TikTok’s viewership data for 2023, we might go to the extent of saying…
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The Parliament complex has been closed to visitors following a major breach Wednesday afternoon, in which two men admitted to the visitors’ gallery popped yellow smoke canisters and one made a run at the Speaker’s Chair. Two others – a man and a woman – opened smoke cans outside the complex.
Parliament today passed a bill to repeal 76 redundant and obsolete laws with the government saying the move is part of its continuing efforts to improve the ease of living and doing business. The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 was cleared in the Rajya Sabha with a voice vote. Lok Sabha had cleared the legislation…
A 12-year-old boy was killed on Wednesday when an abandoned army bomb lying in the firing range near Shahpur Gada village went off, police said. Hanif, who lived near the the army firing range, had gone to the forest to graze his buffalo where he found a missing army bomb and picked it, SP Dehat…