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A pair of Siberian cranes in Keoladeo Ghana, February 1994. Photo: Bernard Dupont/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Keoladeo Ghana, popularly called Bharatpur, was declared a national park in 1982 and a UNESCO World Heritage ‘Natural’ Site in 1985. The site originated in 1850 as a man-made hunting reserve for the Maharaja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur.
The hunting reserve was popular among the royalty, the British and the armed forces alike. There is a stone plaque here that describes a hunting excess from 1902 to 1964. In this time, the ‘highest score’ went to Viceroy Lord Chelmsford, who killed 4,206 waterfowl using 50 guns, on November 20, 1916. The last engraved hunt is that of General J.N. Chaudhuri, chief of the army staff, who on February 23, 1964, killed 556 waterfowl using 51 guns in just half a day.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government, National Human Rights Commission as well as National Commission for Women to respond to a PIL seeking relief and rehabilitation of lakhs of persons displaced by the bloody post-poll violence allegedly orchestrated by TMC supporters to target BJP workers.
A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B R Gavai was persuaded by senior advocate Pinky Anand to take cognisance of the allegations levelled in the PIL and issue notice to the respondents. NHRC through advocate Amit Sharma said that the human rights body had sent two teams to inquire into the post-poll violence and would file the reports in the SC.
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West Bengal post-poll violence: SC issues notice to Mamata government
The plea petition seeks a SIT probe and provision of relief and rehabilitation of lakhs of persons displaced from the state after post-poll violence allegedly unleashed by TMC workers.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre and West Bengal government to respond to a plea seeking directions to prevent the alleged exodus due to state-sponsored violence after the assembly polls, constituting an SIT to probe the issue and take action against culprits.
A vacation bench of Justices Vineet Saran and B R Gavai directed that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the National Commission of Women (NCW) be made parties in the matter after the petitioners said that they have taken note of the situation of people in West Bengal.
SC seeks WB, Centre reply on plea seeking SIT probe in post-poll violence
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SC seeks WB, Centre reply on plea seeking SIT probe in post-poll violence. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 25 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the West Bengal government and the Centre on a PIL seeking a SIT probe into the post-poll violence in the state and also immediate relief to the lakhs of internally displaced people due to the violence allegedly unleashed by TMC workers.
Senior advocate Pinky Anand, appearing for the petitioners, submitted before a bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and B. R. Gavai that various human rights commissions have done reports on this violence and urged the court to seek those reports.