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On Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary, Mamata takes dig at Modi and Shah, says Netaji's fight against Hindu Mahasabha still relevant today
Fp Staff • 5 years agoMamata has led more than ten protest marches and addressed over seven rallies in various parts of the state since the issue snowballed into a major political firestorm last December
Immorality of protesting lawyers: Role of advocates in hampering judicial productivity should be recognised and remedied
Rangin Pallav Tripathy • 5 years agoIt is a very normal practice to blame the judiciary and the judges for the inordinate delay in the disposal of cases and for the mounting pendency in courts. However, without a professional and responsible Bar, the wheels of justice will always roll slowly. Any serious enquiry into judicial delay should include the role of lawyers in hampering the judicial process.
Media professionals issue statement of solidarity amid anti-CAA protests, ask govt to 'refrain from attacking students'; full text
Fp Staff • 5 years agoAs simultaneous protests raged in multiple cities on Thursday with thousands-strong crowds of students, activists and others defying prohibitory orders to voice their dissent against the newly amended citizenship law, 164 media professionals and communicators issued a statement in firm solidarity with students and protesters across the country.
‘Very irresponsible’: Babul Supriyo criticises Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh for 'shot like dogs' remark, TMC says comments reflect party's mindset
• 5 years agoUnion minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo termed Ghosh's comments as 'irresponsible', meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress leadership came down heavily on Ghosh and said the comments reflected the mindset of BJP that brooks no dissent.
BJP's Dilip Ghosh threatens to shoot those involved in damaging public property in 'the same way as in Uttar Pradesh'
• 5 years agoBJP state president Dilip Ghosh courted controversy by threatening to shoot and kill those involved in damaging public property 'like the same way in Uttar Pradesh'
Citizenship Amendment Act comes into force even as nationwide protests continue; Home Ministry yet to frame rules for law
Fp Staff • 5 years agoEven as nationwide protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 continue, the Union Government on Friday went ahead and formally notified the law. This means that the law came into effect starting Friday.
UP Police arrests four for violence during anti-CAA protests in Muzaffarnagar; 85 people apprehended so far
• 5 years agoFour more people have been arrested here for their alleged involvement in violence during the anti-CAA protests, police said on Friday
Uttar Pradesh court grants bail to activist Sadaf Jafar, others arrested for anti-CAA protests in Lucknow on 19 December
Sushmitaverma • 5 years agoSadaf Jafar's arrest and incarceration generated widespread outrage among social activists and Twitterati.
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal appeals to political parties to keep 'academic institutions away from their politics'
• 5 years agoHRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' appealed to political parties on Thursday to keep academic institutions away from their politics, while asserting that students are a priority of the Narendra Modi government
Jamia administration, Delhi Police spar over CCTV footage of 15 Dec incident; call on giving recording deferred amid request for judicial probe, says varsity proctor
• 5 years agoThe CCTV footage of the alleged barging-in of police personnel inside the Jamia Millia Islamia campus on 15 December has emerged as a fresh sore point between the university administration and the police