Tag: Government

High court rules public servants can be sacked for political social media posts

Source: theguardian.com The high court has unanimously upheld a decision to sack a public servant, Michaela Banerji, for anonymous social media posts that criticised the government’s immigration policy. The court delivered its judgment in the landmark freedom of speech test case on Wednesday, upholding an appeal from the workers’ compensation agency Comcare which argued it

Rajasthan Govt Proposes Bills Against Honour Killing, Mob Lynching in Assembly

Source: thewire.in Jaipur: Rajasthan parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal introduced two Bills in the assembly on Tuesday to check incidents of honour killing and mob lynching in the state. ‘The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill-2019’ and ‘The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill-2019’ were

Madras high court rejects batch of pleas seeking basic amenities

Source: deccanchronicle.com Chennai: The Madras high court has dismissed a batch of petitions relating to regulating the devotees darshan and ensure their safety and provide all basic needs and amenities to the devotees who come for darshan to Arulmigu Athi Varathar of Arulmigu Devaraja Swamy Temple in Kancheepuram district. A division bench comprising Justices S.Manikumar and

Jagan Mohan Reddy reverses 5 per cent EWS quota for Kapus

Source: deccanchronicle.com Vijayawada: The Jagan Mohan Reddy government has issued fresh guidelines on the Centre’s sop of providing 10 per cent reservation to the economically weak among the open category castes, reversing the N. Chandrababu Naidu government’s decision splitting the 10 per cent between Kapus and other open category castes. While the fresh decision may irk

Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government pledges ‘RSS-mukt’ sarkar

Source: timesnownews.com Jaipur: Controversy is brewing in Rajasthan as the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government is in the process of identifying employees who are wedded to the RSS ideology. The government is now planning to transfer them to location or posts which are not that significant. This move comes after the Congress’ crushing defeat in the 2019

Errum Manzil: Telangana High Court asks government to submit ‘Hyderabad Master plan 2031’

Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Friday directed the State government to submit before it the ‘Hyderabad Master plan 2031’ to know whether Errum Manzil and other such monuments were present in the Special Conservation Zone or not. The bench was passing this direction in relation to a batch