Month: June 2019

Doctors loot funds meant for poor in Ayushman scheme, probe on

Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Exploiting loopholes in the Union Government’s mega health scheme – Ayushman Bharat, hundreds of doctors allegedly pocketed huge amounts of public funds meant for the treatment of poor patients. Though the scandal seems to have spread across various states, initial reports indicate that several hospitals in Uttarakhand have been found involved

Acid Attack Victim Preeti Rathi’s Family To Approach SC Seeking Reversal Of Bombay HC Judgment, To Demand Death Penalty For Convict

Source: republicworld.com In a major update in the fight to get justice for acid attack victim Preeti Rathi, souces have reported on Thursday that the family of the victim is reportedly going to approach the Supreme Court against the order of Bombay High Court which reversed the judgement of a trial court, commuting the death

Gujarat High Court stays contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh officials in 2008 serial blasts case

Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court’s single judge bench of Justice SH Vora has stayed a special court, which is hearing the 2008 serial blasts case, from initiating contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh government officials for not shifting 10 serial blasts accused from a jail in MP to Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. The court

Woman cuts hair in tree ache

Source: telegraphindia.com A Kerala woman has chopped off her tresses in symbolic protest against the state electricity board shaving the crowns off several trees in her grove to erect a transmission tower. Former journalist Meena Menon, 48, had fought six years to protect her biodiversity-rich, 2-acre patch of mini-tropical vegetation, Shantivanam (Forest of Peace), from

Madras High Court permits 65 Sri Lankan Tamils to apply for Indian citizenship

Source: thehindu.com Hearing a plea for Indian citizenship by 65 Tamils from Sri Lanka — the descendants of indentured labourers — the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has permitted them to submit a fresh application seeking citizenship to the District Collector concerned. Justice G.R. Swaminathan directed the District Collector concerned to forward the

How Jamaican Supreme Court has killed India’s hope of selling Aadhaar to the world, for now

Source: theprint.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term was marked by a vigorous push for Aadhaar, India’s biometric system that was often projected as a success story ready for replication in other countries. But a recent ruling by Jamaican Supreme Court  poses an important question: does Aadhaar hold a good chance of being exported? Can it become part of India’s diplomatic outreach?