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Ensure 5% Quota To Specially Abled Candidates In Educational Institutes: Hight Court Tells Delhi Government
The court's order came on a public interest litigation which alleged that the university was not providing 5 %reservation to specially-abled persons.
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Legal Heir Can't Seek Details Of LIC Policy: Information Commission
The CIC's order came in connection with an appellant filing an appeal under the Right to Information Act, 2005 before the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Life Information Corporation of India (LIC), Chhattisgarh.
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Online Gaming Platforms Involving Game of Chance Treated as Illegal, MoS IT Says
Online gaming platforms that involve a game of chance are treated as illegal, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The minister also added that 'police' and 'public order' are state subjects and states and union territories are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigati...
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Singapore Activist Called For Ban On All Flights From India, Convicted: Report
A Singaporean activist, who called for a ban on all flights from India last year, has been convicted for an offence under the Public Order Act, according to a media report.
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Journalists Acting Against National Security To Lose Government Accreditation
Journalists acting in a manner prejudicial to the country's "security, sovereignty and integrity" as well as "public order, decency or morality" will lose their government accreditation, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes Detention Under National Security Act For Cow Slaughter
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention of three men under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for cow slaughter, saying the issue may be a matter of law and order but not public order.
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Government Issues Draft Rules For Rashtriya Raksha University Act
According to an order of the Ministry of Home Affairs, suggestions and opinions are sought from the general public on the draft rules, which will be finalised after a month.
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Coronavirus: Yogi Adityanath's Tough Move Against Quarantined Islamic Sect Members
Some members of the Islamic missionary sect Tablighi Jamaat, which organised a religious gathering in Delhi linked to hundreds of coronavirus cases, face charges under the National Security Act (NSA) after allegations of assault on nurses and obscene behavior at a hospital in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Describing them as "enemies of humanity", Chief...
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Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti Charged Under Public Safety Act
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, under arrest for the last six months, were on Thursday charged under the Public Safety Act - a stringent law that allows detention without trial for up to two years. The order came on the last day of their six-month detention without charges.
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With Choir Days Before Christmas, A Throwback To Sister Act By 15 Nuns In Kolkata
Remember Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg who played a singing nun who rocked the world? Well, just days before Christmas, Kolkata has just discovered its own Sister Act. 15 nuns of the Loreto order formed a choir and sang publicly for the first time at the Kolkata Christmas Festival on Park Street that kicked off celebrations on Monday.
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Three Samsung Executives Jailed Over Evidence Destroyed in Probe of Alleged Fraud
A South Korean court on Monday jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its biotech affiliate, in an investigation of alleged accounting fraud.
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"Where's Farooq Abdullah?" United Opposition Sets Tone For Parliament Session
Parliament's winter session began with the opposition targeting the government over the absence of Farooq Abdullah, who has been held under detention at his residence in Srinagar since the centre's decision on Article 370 in August and charged with "disturbing public order" under the strict Public Safety Act
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Phone Tapping Allowed Only In Case Of Public Emergency: Bombay High Court
Telephone tapping is permissible only in situations of public emergency or in the interest of public safety, the Bombay High Court held on Tuesday quashing orders passed by the Union Home Ministry allowing agencies to intercept phone calls of a businessman booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a bribery case.
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Eviction Order For 41 Former MPs To Vacate Official Bungalows: Report
More than 40 former Lok Sabha member of parliamentarians (MPs) have not vacated their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, prompting authorities to start issuing eviction orders under the amended Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, sources said.
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Public Safety Act Order Accuses Farooq Abdullah Of Spreading "Secessionist Ideology"
Statements mobilising people against the state and the "tremendous potential" to create public disorder in the Valley are among the charges listed against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who has been charged under the Public Safety Act.
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Ensure 5% Quota To Specially Abled Candidates In Educational Institutes: Hight Court Tells Delhi Government
The court's order came on a public interest litigation which alleged that the university was not providing 5 %reservation to specially-abled persons.
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Legal Heir Can't Seek Details Of LIC Policy: Information Commission
The CIC's order came in connection with an appellant filing an appeal under the Right to Information Act, 2005 before the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Life Information Corporation of India (LIC), Chhattisgarh.
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Online Gaming Platforms Involving Game of Chance Treated as Illegal, MoS IT Says
Online gaming platforms that involve a game of chance are treated as illegal, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The minister also added that 'police' and 'public order' are state subjects and states and union territories are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigati...
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Singapore Activist Called For Ban On All Flights From India, Convicted: Report
A Singaporean activist, who called for a ban on all flights from India last year, has been convicted for an offence under the Public Order Act, according to a media report.
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Journalists Acting Against National Security To Lose Government Accreditation
Journalists acting in a manner prejudicial to the country's "security, sovereignty and integrity" as well as "public order, decency or morality" will lose their government accreditation, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said.
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Allahabad High Court Quashes Detention Under National Security Act For Cow Slaughter
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention of three men under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for cow slaughter, saying the issue may be a matter of law and order but not public order.
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Government Issues Draft Rules For Rashtriya Raksha University Act
According to an order of the Ministry of Home Affairs, suggestions and opinions are sought from the general public on the draft rules, which will be finalised after a month.
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Coronavirus: Yogi Adityanath's Tough Move Against Quarantined Islamic Sect Members
Some members of the Islamic missionary sect Tablighi Jamaat, which organised a religious gathering in Delhi linked to hundreds of coronavirus cases, face charges under the National Security Act (NSA) after allegations of assault on nurses and obscene behavior at a hospital in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Describing them as "enemies of humanity", Chief...
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Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti Charged Under Public Safety Act
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, under arrest for the last six months, were on Thursday charged under the Public Safety Act - a stringent law that allows detention without trial for up to two years. The order came on the last day of their six-month detention without charges.
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With Choir Days Before Christmas, A Throwback To Sister Act By 15 Nuns In Kolkata
Remember Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg who played a singing nun who rocked the world? Well, just days before Christmas, Kolkata has just discovered its own Sister Act. 15 nuns of the Loreto order formed a choir and sang publicly for the first time at the Kolkata Christmas Festival on Park Street that kicked off celebrations on Monday.
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Three Samsung Executives Jailed Over Evidence Destroyed in Probe of Alleged Fraud
A South Korean court on Monday jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its biotech affiliate, in an investigation of alleged accounting fraud.
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"Where's Farooq Abdullah?" United Opposition Sets Tone For Parliament Session
Parliament's winter session began with the opposition targeting the government over the absence of Farooq Abdullah, who has been held under detention at his residence in Srinagar since the centre's decision on Article 370 in August and charged with "disturbing public order" under the strict Public Safety Act
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Phone Tapping Allowed Only In Case Of Public Emergency: Bombay High Court
Telephone tapping is permissible only in situations of public emergency or in the interest of public safety, the Bombay High Court held on Tuesday quashing orders passed by the Union Home Ministry allowing agencies to intercept phone calls of a businessman booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a bribery case.
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Eviction Order For 41 Former MPs To Vacate Official Bungalows: Report
More than 40 former Lok Sabha member of parliamentarians (MPs) have not vacated their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, prompting authorities to start issuing eviction orders under the amended Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, sources said.
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Public Safety Act Order Accuses Farooq Abdullah Of Spreading "Secessionist Ideology"
Statements mobilising people against the state and the "tremendous potential" to create public disorder in the Valley are among the charges listed against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who has been charged under the Public Safety Act.
