#WATCH | "If there is no way to bind the judiciary, words like 'judicial activism' are brought to use. Several judges pass observations which never become a part of judgement... As a judge you do not know practical difficulties, financial limitations," says Law Min Kiren Rijiju
The minister was speaking at an event organised by a weekly magazine Panchjanya in Ahmedabad, Gujarat earlier today
(Video Source: FB page of Panchjanya)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat | We have three pillars including legislature, executive & judiciary... I feel executive & legislature are bound in their duties & judiciary improves them. But issue is that when judiciary goes astray, there is no way to improve them: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
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MHA today placed Jitendra Narain, a 1990-batch senior IAS officer of AGMUT Cadre & then Chief Secretary of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, under suspension with immediate effect over allegation of an alleged sexual assault of a woman: Jt Secy (UT Division) in MHA Ashutosh Agnihotri
The action was taken a day after the MHA received a report on October 16 from Andaman and Nicobar Police regarding the alleged sexual assault: Joint Secretary (Union Territory Division) in MHA Ashutosh Agnihotri
As the report indicated the possibility of grave misconduct & misuse of the official position on the part of Jitendra Narain, Union Home Minister directed to take immediate strict action against the officer concerned, as per law: Joint Secretary (Union Territory Division) in MHA
Bihar | Students at MDDM college in Muzaffarpur protested after a student was allegedly asked by a teacher to remove hijab during the exam, earlier today
Muzaffarpur, Bihar | We were in the classroom & were writing the exam when the teacher asked to take off the hijab saying that we might be wearing a bluetooth device. On not taking off hijab the teacher asked us to leave, say students
Students have to keep their mobile phones outside before entering the classroom. When teacher in exam hall asked the student to remove hijab & show if she isn't using Bluetooth device, the girl didn't show it & got aggressive: College Principal
Number of people speaking languages other than Hindi is numerically more than Hindi-speaking people in the Indian Union. I'm sure you'd appreciate that every language has its own speciality with its uniqueness and linguistic culture: TN CM MK Stalin writes to PM Modi
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Recent attempts to impose Hindi are impractical & divisive in character; puts non-Hindi-speaking people in a very disadvantageous position in many respects. This will not be acceptable not only to Tamil Nadu but also to any state that respects & values their mother tongue: TN CM
Approach of Union Govt should be to incl all languages, incl Tamil, in 8th Schedule, keeping in view scientific development&technological facilities &promote all languages & keep open avenues of progress in terms of education & employment equal to speakers of all languages: TN CM
Kerala | In Kochi, we registered a missing person case of a 52-year-old female lottery ticket seller on Sept 26. Our probe revealed that she was cheated, abducted, taken to Pathanamthitta dist & done to death there: CH Nagaraju, Kochi City CP, on Kerala 'human sacrifice' case
Further probe revealed that a person called Shafi from Ernakulam cheated her & promised some financial help. Shafi took her to Pathanamthitta area & offered this lady as a human sacrifice to a couple- a 68-year-old man & his 59-year-old wife: CH Nagaraju, Kochi City CP, Kerala
All these 3 people together conducted a 'human sacrifice' ritual & killed this woman. It's a very gruesome murder; they cut this body into pieces & buried it in the backyard of the house. Our further probe revealed that this was not the only case: Kochi City Police Commissioner
Delhi | Building collapses near Valmiki mandir near Farshkhana Lahori gate. 4 fire tenders at the spot. More details awaited
UPDATE | A house collapsed near the Lahori gate of Delhi. 5 tenders on spot. So far 5 people have been rescued & shifted to hospital. Rescue operation on to locate others. 3-4 more people suspected to be trapped in debris: Delhi fire service
UPDATE | NDRF team reaches spot as rescue operations continue after a house collapsed near the Lahori gate of Delhi.
Tamil Nadu| 13 people, who got duped in Thailand on the pretext of jobs & were taken illegally into Myanmar, arrive in Chennai
People were trafficked to Myanmar from various parts of the state via agents. CM (MK Stalin) took efforts to save them: State Minister Gingee KS Masthan
Around 50 Tamils are still in Myanmar & the govt will put efforts to bring them back: Tamil Nadu Minister Gingee KS Masthan, after receiving the 13 people who arrived in Chennai
We had applied for a job in Dubai. The Dubai agent said that the job is in Thailand but there was no job when we reached there. They took us around 450km away to some place in a car. From there, a group of Chinese people made us cross a river illegally: A victim from Coimbatore