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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Parliament

Delhi court extends police custody of 4 arrested for Lok Sabha security breach by 15 days

Public Prosecutor briefed Additional Sessions Judge about headway made in probe, secured permission to clone SIM cards used by four accused.

Parliament passes Telecommunications Bill that allows govt to temporarily control telecom services

The Bill seeks to allow Centre to temporarily take control of services in interest of national security & provide a non-auction route for the allocation of satellite spectrum.

Lok Sabha passes bill on appointment of CEC, election commissioners

Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said 1991 Act on service conditions of CEC, ECs was a half-baked attempt and present Bill covers areas left out by previous legislations.

Why no public outcry over suspended MPs? Indians love to vote but won’t guard institutions

We tend to romanticise the defeat of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency regime. Certainly, India didn’t rise up as a whole in 1977 to defend the institutions of democracy. It was sterilisation.

Opposition march to Vijay Chowk from Parliament to protest against suspension of 143 MPs

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said INDIA bloc will protest at Jantar Mantar Friday and nationwide protests will also be held against govt’s ‘immoral and illegal’ behaviour.

Parliament security breach case: Tech graduate son of former DSP detained for questioning

Sai Krishna, a resident of Bagalkot district of Karnataka, was roommate and batchmate of arrested accused D. Manoranjan. Sister says he is innocent.

Our take on Parliament security breach, SC verdict on Article 370 — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Burnt phone parts of Parliament security breach accused recovered in Rajasthan

Delhi police sources had revealed that one of the accused Lalit Jha had destroyed five mobile phones, and was misleading the investigating team.

Parliament breach accused Neelam ‘teaches self-defence, set up library, protested over unemployment’

In Haryana's Ghaso Khurd village, where she's from, Neelam Azad is known as a 'revolutionary'. Her family members and khap leaders say UAPA charges against her 'uncalled for'.

‘Cavity made in shoe, sole thickness increased with rubber’ — FIR in Parliament security breach case

Five accused arrested, while one has been detained. FIR registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act & sections of Indian Penal Code.

On Camera

BJP’s 2024 election manifesto only looks tech-savvy. It is quite outdated

The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.