The foreign ministry’s statement came after India denounced reported destruction of a Durga temple in Dhaka, stressing responsibility of Yunus govt to protect Hindus & religious institutions.
Demolition of Bhoomiheen camp in South Delhi would be the latest in the demolition drives carried out including Madrasi camp and Wazirpur demolitions earlier in June.
SC, while imposing fine on UP govt, remarked on the Prayagraj demolitions: ‘These cases shock our conscience…There is something called right to shelter, something called due process.'
The apex court had previously said the demolitions sent 'shocking & wrong signal' to citizens and has now directed aurorities to pay Rs 10 lakh damages to house owners within 6 weeks.
Architects & residents in Chandigarh are angered by the demolition of a wall to expand parking space for the high court, & have accused officials of disregarding Nek Chand’s iconic creation.
R N Tripathi, a bar member, has called for MP Chief Justice's recusal from hearing a PIL on temple removal from police stations. An HC official denies any demolition took place.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
One can sympathise at a human level. However:
India is the world’s most populous nation with no population control measures whatsoever; heavily deforested, environmentally degraded, severely polluted (Delhi the most polluted city in the world); we are a nation of scofflaws and jugaad in the negative sense of the word, inching towards the limits of non governance.
Unless we at individual level make concentrated effort to be law abiding and the govt enforces law impartially, we are enroute to becoming what a US Ambassador to India once famously described India as – a functioning anarchy.
Govt land, illegal construction encroaching onto adjacent railway tracks etc. If people are going to exchange their votes for squatter rights and then use jugaad to game the system to make pukka houses and obtain documents, the underlying premise is malafide.
There is a saying – In a democracy people get the govt they elect and they deserve.
One can sympathise at a human level. However:
India is the world’s most populous nation with no population control measures whatsoever; heavily deforested, environmentally degraded, severely polluted (Delhi the most polluted city in the world); we are a nation of scofflaws and jugaad in the negative sense of the word, inching towards the limits of non governance.
Unless we at individual level make concentrated effort to be law abiding and the govt enforces law impartially, we are enroute to becoming what a US Ambassador to India once famously described India as – a functioning anarchy.
Govt land, illegal construction encroaching onto adjacent railway tracks etc. If people are going to exchange their votes for squatter rights and then use jugaad to game the system to make pukka houses and obtain documents, the underlying premise is malafide.
There is a saying – In a democracy people get the govt they elect and they deserve.