NC Digest: The Stories That You Must Not Miss Today
Here are some of the top headlines of the day.
- Self Goal? Jaitley Opens Can Of Worms By His Hypocritical-Criticism Of The Emergency
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley is in the news for doing something which seems to take up most of his time these days- writing blog posts. That he is out of sync with popular sentiment stood revealed when his latest posts criticising the 1975 emergency were mocked and called out for hypocrisy.
A cartoon published in The Times of India marking the anniversary of the emergency depicted the situation more appropriately. Read more here.
- Majority Of Cities Awarded Under Cleanliness Ranking Don’t Have Appropriate Systems For Processing And Disposal Of Waste: CSE
Cities were awarded under the Swachh Survekshan-2018 for their work on cleaning the city but not on how to process and recycle the waste, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said here today, on the latest cleanliness survey results released by the government. In a statement, CSE’s deputy director Chandra Bhushan said, “Majority of the top 50 cities (with a population above 1 lakh) are visibly clean, but do not have appropriate systems for processing and disposal. They continue to collect waste and dump it in poorly managed landfills and dumping sites. As per the CSE analysis, most of the cities in the top 50 do not collect segregated waste at source.” Read more here.
- Sena Slams BJP For Starting Election Politics In Kashmir Once Again
Slamming the BJP for pulling out of the alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir, the Shiv Sena today said people are tired of the party’s “conspiracies” and that it needs lessons in speaking the truth. It also accused the BJP of again starting “election politics” in the northern state. It was the BJP’s proposal to ally with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the first place and it had done all the running around to ensure it comes to power in Kashmir, the Sena said. Read more here.
LG Office: Permission To Cut Trees Granted On Environment Minister’s Recommendations
Amid an uproar over a plan to cut more than 14,000 trees to re-develop seven south Delhi colonies, Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s office said today that the proposals for redeveloping Nauroji Nagar and Netaji Nagar were duly endorsed by Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain. In a statement, Baijal’s office said an impression is being created in sections of media that the permission for felling the trees was granted by the L-G directly despite objections from Hussain. Read more here.
- Official Declares BJP Govt Can’t Provide Electricity To All
Power Ministry Joint Secretary Arun Kumar Verma said on Monday that the Narendra Modi government cannot ensure that electricity supply will reach all the villages of the country. Verma told The Hindu, “While it is the Centre’s responsibility to connect households and villages to the power grid or provide them alternative sources of electricity, it cannot guarantee the supply of electricity to them.” Read more here.
- Modi Govt Has Brought Financial Anarchy, Economic Mismanagement: Cong
The Congress today accused the Narendra Modi government of bringing “financial anarchy” and said “fleecing and flying” had become buzzwords with people such as Nirav Modi escaping the country after indulging in multi-crore scams. The party also alleged that deposits of 38 crore policyholders had been jeopardised after the government “forced” the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to buy IDBI Bank, which has non-performing assets (NPA) of about Rs 56,000 crore and its last quarter losses touched Rs 5,700 crore. Read more here.
- NHRC Sends Notice To J-K, State’s DGP In Bukhari Killing Case
The NHRC today sent a notice to Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary and the state’s police chief in connection with the killing of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari, and said the incident was causing “serious threat” to free speech and freedom of the press in the state. The National Human Rights Commission said it had taken suo motu cognisance of an appeal via press by SAMDEN, a network of editors and media practitioners, which had urged the NHRC and the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission to push for a swift probe into the case. Read more here.
- PDP-BJP Owe Apology To J-K People: National Conference Leader
The PDP and the BJP owe an apology to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for compromising their interests, the provincial president of National Conference (NC) Devender Singh Rana said today. The two mandated parties kept their personal interests above the larger interest of the people on every front, be it development, governance, security or political aspirations he said. Read more here.
- Uttar Pradesh: Woman Raped Inside A Gurudwara
A 30-year old Nepalese woman was allegedly raped by two men in a gurudwara complex here, the police said today. The woman was on her way to Uttarakhand along with her two children and had taken shelter in the gurudwara near Longapur jungles on Sunday night after failing to get conveyance for her onward journey, SP in-charge Subhash Chandra Shakya said. According to the FIR lodged by the woman yesterday, ‘sevadars’ (volunteers in a gurudwara) Amrik Singh (55) and Gagandeep (30) raped her, he said. Read more here.
- BJP Busy In Politics, While Citizens Die Of Poverty And Hunger: Shiv Sena
The Shiv Sena on Monday criticised the Narendra Modi government for playing dirty politics while paying no heed to the problems faced by common people. In its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Shiva Sena urged the people to come out of the “delusion” that this government would do something for the poor, The Indian Express reported. The article stated, “The British rule was considered as God’s blessings by some people then and they also welcomed it. Similarly, many felt the Modi government at the Centre and the (Devendra) Fadnavis government in the state as God’s blessings.” Read more here.
- Has BJP Govt Embezzled Over Rupees Two Hundred Crore Of Public Funds In Arunachal?
The Arunachal Pradesh Congress today alleged that the ruling BJP was involved in embezzlement of huge amount of public fund in the name of paying compensation for construction of Trans Arunachal Highway (TAH). The party also demanded that the government should come out clean by instituting an enquiry by a retired High Court judge. Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the PWD portfolio, said his department has nothing to do with it. Read more here.
- Uttar Pradesh: 15-Year-old Gang-Raped