New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice V. Ramasubramanian heard 86 cases of alleged bonded labour in brick kilns across various districts of Haryana during an online hearing, directing officials to launch a helpline to help labourers in distress, an official said on Friday.During the hearing on Thursday on alleged bonded labour in brick kilns across various districts of Haryana, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and other officials assured the NHRC tha…
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Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed authorities to increase the conviction rate in cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He gave these instructions during a meeting of the State-Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee, constituted to oversee the implementation of the Atrocities Act. Fadnavis also directed that the performance of government prosecutors in securing convictions under such s…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar on Wednesday informed the state assembly during question hour that the Cabinet has approved the recruitment of 5,000 new positions in the public health department to tackle the manpower shortage across state medical facilities. He announced that the hiring process will be accelerated this week.Coinciding with National Doctors’ Day today, appointment orders for 1,400 doctors are being issued immediately, w…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) A fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking greater transparency and procedural safeguards in the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, days after the apex court upheld the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) nationwide revision exercise.The petition, filed by Congress leader Prasenjit Bose under Article 32 of the Constitution, does not challenge the legality of the SIR ex…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Reaffirming the Central government’s fight against tobacco and nicotine addiction, Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Friday launched the pilot version of the Tobacco-Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI) Application.The Health Secretary said that the ToFEI app is a digital initiative aimed at strengthening implementation and monitoring of tobacco-free norms across schools and colleges in the country.Speaking at an event to mark World …
Shillong, May 27 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has said that the state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a regulation governing the use of name boards on official vehicles in the state. Sharing the development on social media platform X after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Sangma said the move was aimed at addressing concerns related to “VIP culture” and bringing greater uniformity in the use of government vehicles. “The Cabinet has approved the proposed regulation on the use…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea seeking prohibition on employment of children, particularly minor girls, in orchestras, dance bars, massage parlours, spas and similar establishments. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi termed the issue a “very serious” matter wh…
Aizawl, April 23 (IANS) The Mizoram government has intensified efforts to curb the growing drug menace and dismantle trafficking networks in the border state, officials said on Thursday.A Home Department official said the 12th State-Level NCORD (Narco Coordination Centre) meeting was held on Wednesday at the Secretariat Conference Hall in the New Capital Complex. The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Khilli Ram Meena, was attended by Director General of Police Sharad Agarwal, senior state gove…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) In a significant development for urban transport security in the National Capital Region (NCR), the security of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) ‘Namo Bharat’ corridor was formally entrusted to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) during a ceremony held at Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar.The induction is a major step towards integrated, technology-driven security for India’s first high-speed regional transit system in the NCR. It marks the commencement of …
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya on Wednesday submitted a formal letter to Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, demanding an immediate halt to what he termed “illegal appeasement” and the removal of restrictive guidelines imposed on Hindu religious processions.He alleged that the police have been imposing “arbitrary rules and restrictions” in the name of mosques, namaz, or unauthorised religious structures during Ram Navami and other Hindu festivals.In his letter, Somai…