BJP IT cell, influencers involved in influencing celebrity tweets: Maha minister
India
Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 10:00 [IST]
Mumbai, Feb 16: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Monday that a preliminary investigation by police has revealed the role of a BJP Information Technology cell head and 12 other influencers in an inquiry related to Indian celebrities tweeting in support of the Centre s handling of the farmers protests.
Anil Deshmukh
Deshmukh also clarified that he had not ordered an inquiry into the tweets of celebrities such as singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
He said that there was no question of investigating Mangeshkar and Tendulkar as they are the pride of Maharashtra and also respected by the people across the country.
Raj govt amends prison norms to omit caste-based labour assignment
India
Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 17:16 [IST]
Jaipur, Feb 16: Rajasthan government made three amendments to Prison Rules to omit caste-based labour assignment in jails.
This comes after High Court took suo motu cognizance of media report on caste practices in prisons.
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In Rule 67 on Cooking of Food that had eligibility criterion of Brahmin/high-caste Hindu inmate, new line on no selection based on caste/religion has been inducted.
Similarly, part of a section dealing with Restriction on the employment of convicts as tradesman had earlier read that the barber shall be a non-habitual prisoner.
BJP Kisan Morcha to organise Krishak Soho Bhoj in West Bengal
India
Published: Monday, February 15, 2021, 15:02 [IST]
Kolkata, Feb 15: An outreach programme called Krishak Soho Bhoj will be organised by BJP Kisan Morcha in West Bengal on February 18. Our aim is to avail the farmers of all benefits planned by Centre. State farmers are deprived of Centre s welfare programmes, Bengal BJP Kisan Morcha President Mahadev Sarkar told ANI. The programme will be held in Kisan Morcha s 1,263 mandals.
This comes ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls slated for later this year.
Among 48,751 villages, almost 40,000 villages have roped under the umbrella of Krishok Surakkha Abhiyan till date.
Kasab, Wani were also 21-year-olds: BJP MP on Disha Ravi s arrest
India
Published: Monday, February 15, 2021, 12:40 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 15: Following activist Disha Ravi s arrest for her alleged involvement in the toolkit related to farmer s protest, shared by environmental activist Greta Thunberg, BJP MP PC Mohan tweeted, Age is just a number! .
Disha Ravi Burhan Wani was a 21-year-old. Ajmal Kasab was a 21-year-old, the tweet further stated, adding that no one is above law and that a crime is a crime .
Disha Ravi - founder of Friday for Future (India) has been remanded to police custody for five days by the Patiala House Court, after she was picked by Delhi police in Bengaluru in connection to the Toolkit case.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Sunday that all officials engaged in Assembly elections duty would be treated as frontline workers and would be vaccinated for COVID-19 on priority .