SC rejects plea for separate enumeration of denotified, nomadic & semi-nomadic tribes | India News

SC rejects plea for separate enumeration of denotified, nomadic & semi-nomadic tribes | India News

Supreme Court on Tuesday frowned upon a PIL seeking distinct enumeration of denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs), some of which have been given Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe status, during the forthcoming census exercise. A bench of CJI Suryakant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi told Siddharth Dave, counsel for the petitioner, that the motive behind…

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Kashmiri separatist Andrabi gets life term, 2 aides 30 yrs | India News

Kashmiri separatist Andrabi gets life term, 2 aides 30 yrs | India News

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment for conspiring to commit a crime against the State.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh also sentenced two of Andrabi’s associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, to 30 years’ imprisonment in the case. The court awarded life sentences to…

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EC meets state officials, focuses on sealing borders | India News

EC meets state officials, focuses on sealing borders | India News

NEW DELHI: Election Commission Tuesday held a meeting with chief secretaries, chief electoral officers and police chiefs of poll-bound states/UT and 12 other states they share borders with, to review overall election preparedness, law and order issues and expenditure enforcement.Special focus was placed on bordering districts and the sealing of borders to maintain peace and…

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