Batting for a stronger Lokayukta institution, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanatha Shetty, on Saturday
| 28 Feb 2021 6:45 AM GMT
BENGALURU: Batting for a stronger Lokayukta institution, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanatha Shetty, on Saturday said that he is hopeful that the state s new dispute resolution policy should not be a step towards further weakening the Lokayukta institution.
Speaking after the launch of Karnataka dispute resolution policy and coffee table book on Karnataka Advocate Generals and their contributions here, Shetty said, I hope that bringing this new dispute resolution system will not completely abolish the Lokayukta in the state. The duty of Lokayukta is to prevent maladministration in the state.
RSS has destroyed institutions and free press: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader and former AICC president Rahul Gandhi has charged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has destroyed the free press and institutions in the country in a systematic manner over the past six years.
| 28 Feb 2021 7:15 AM GMT
CHENNAI: Congress leader and former AICC president Rahul Gandhi has charged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) has destroyed the free press and institutions in the country in a systematic manner over the past six years. He was addressing a meeting of advocates at VO Chidambaram college hall, Tuticorn, on Saturday.
He said the nation is held together by institutions including elected institutions like Lok Sabha,Vidhan Sabhas and Panchayats and institutions like the judiciary and a supporting free press. Pointing out that all these institutions and a free press hold the nation together, Rahul Gandhi stated that democracy in India is dead. He went on to say that democrac
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a telephonic conversation with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during which the former reiterated his country’s continued support to the latter’s fight.
Supreme Court: Can t allow sexual harassment cases to be swept under carpet
A Bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and also comprising Justice A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said: “We cannot allow sexual harassment cases to be swept under the carpet like this.”
| 27 Feb 2021 2:27 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot allow sexual harassment cases to be swept under the carpet.
The apex Court made this observation while hearing a plea by a former district judge from Madhya Pradesh challenging disciplinary proceedings agianst him initiated by the Madhya Pradesh High Court following sexual harassment allegations made by a junior judicial officer.
Businessman from Jorhat Arrested on Rape Charges
The victim who stayed as a tenant in Tosniwal’s business cum private complex alleged that she was raped by Tosniwal and even made a video of the incident.
JORHAT: Jorhat police has apprehended a businessman from Sorbhog in Barpeta on rape charges.
According to reports, the accused identified as Ghaneshyam Tosniwal allegedly raped a woman from Assam s Morigaon district.
The victim who stayed as a tenant in Tosniwal s business cum private complex alleged that she was raped by Tosniwal and even made a video of the incident.
Based on her complaint, the police registered a case (number 448/2021) at Jorhat police station.