Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today strongly condemned the murder of two journalists in Bihar and Jharkhand and demanded an independent investigation. “I strongly condemn murder of journalists Rajdeo Ranjan in Siwan & Akhilesh Pratap Singh in Chatra district,” tweeted Jaitley, who is also the Minister for Information and Broadcasting. On Friday evening, Rajdev Ranjan, bureau […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing her inability to attend the Niti Aayog meeting on June 15, saying it is “fruitless” as the body has no financial powers to support state plans. “Given the fact that the Niti Aayog has no financial powers and the power to […]
Today, in a landmark judgement upholding freedom of expression, the Supreme Court struck down a possibility in the cyber law which provides power to detain a person for posting allegedly “offensive” content on websites. The section gives police the powers to arrest anyone for sending offensive messages from mobiles and computers with up to 3 […]
