Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed the state government to constitute a three-member committee to ensure effective monitoring and improvement of facilities in open jails in the state.Acting suo motu in line with directions issued by the Supreme Court, a division bench of Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar emphasised the need for structured supervision of open prison systems in the state.The bench ordered that the committee be headed by the Home S…
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New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Indian Navy will hold the inaugural biannual Commanders’ Conference from April 14 to 16, at Nausena Bhawan in New Delhi, as announced by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday. This Conference takes place amidst the Indian Navy’s deployment in the Indian Ocean, where it is tasked with protecting oil tankers that are travelling towards India after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, in light of the ongoing conflict in West Asia.In an official statement, the Ministry of…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) A total of 18 persons, including an All India Secular Front (AISF) candidate from the Mothabari Assembly constituency in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, Maulana Shahjan Ali, have been arrested till Thursday afternoon in connection with the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in the same district on Wednesday night.All of them were produced before a district court in Malda on Thursday. However, while being presented in court, S…
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Former IPS and BJP’s national spokesperson Bharati Ghosh on Tuesday extended her support to the Election Commission on the transfer of West Bengal government officers and said that Article 324 of the Indian Constitution empowers the poll body to perform duties to ensure free and fair elections. On the issue of transfer of IAS and IPS officers since the Assembly poll notification was issued for West Bengal, Ghosh said, “Election Commission has exercised such powers and tr…
Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the state police of delaying and denying permission for its proposed 25,000 street-corner meetings, alleging partisan interference in favour of the ruling DMK government. Party spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad urged the police to act impartially and grant approvals for the meetings in accordance with the law.The party emphasised that police should remain independent and called on senior officials to uphold democratic rights…
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has formally moved to dismantle the controversial “orderly system” in the police department, informing the Madras High Court that it has issued a Government Order (GO) constituting district-level monitoring committees to eradicate the long-criticised practice. The submission was made on Thursday before the division bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and C. Kumarappan. Advocate General P.S. Raman placed a copy of the January 21 GO on record and told…