New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Centre in Supreme Court has raised certain reservations in respect of the recommendations made by the panel that sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised as voluntary sex work is "not illegal" and only running the brothel is unlawful.
Jaipur Feb 24 PTI A 20-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances here with the police suspecting that she was killed by her live-in partner The woman Roshni hailing from Uttar Pradesh was living in rented accommodation with Pintu for the last several days She was found dead on Wednesday night police said It is suspected that her lover strangled her to death they said On the information by her neighbours police reached the spot and shifted the body to mortuary The lover is absconding and being searched for Kardhanji Station House Officer SHO Banwari Lal Meena said PTI SDA CK
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], November 29 (ANI): Health workers in Chhattisgarh carried out a COVID-19 vaccination drive in the Naxal-affected village of Chunchuna and Pundang in the Balrampur district of the state, covering difficult routes in their quest of making the vaccine accessible to all.
Jammu Nov 26 PTI The Jammu and Kashmir administration has retrieved over 183 acres of prime state land that was encroached by several people in Doda and Reasi districts of Jammu region officials said on FridayIn their biggest ever drive in Doda district teams from the revenue department recovered over98 acres of state and Roshni land in the last two days they said The encroached lands were retrieved in Kondhra Mundhar Mothi Gadi Bhella and Chiralla villages the officials saidIn Reasi district the revenue officials conducted anti-encroachment drives in Arnas and Thuroo tehsils and recovered nearly 85 acres of land they saidUnder the Roshni Act of 2001 anyone who had previously occupied government land could become its rightful owner by paying the government a certain amount The Act was repealed towards the end of 2018 The violators were cautioned of a strict legal action in case they repeated their act the officials said PTI ABCJ KJ
SrinagarNov 17 PTI Authorities in Shopian district on Wednesday started the demolition of private buildings shops and retrieval of land given under the Roshni Act which was struck down by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Besides retrieving land granted under this act an anti-encroachment drive against occupants of state land has also been intensified by revenue authorities in the district an official spokesman said here He said the the first drive against Roshni beneficiaries was carried out in Awneera Halqa of Zainapora and 15 kanals nearly two acres of land were retrieved during the drive and the action is in full swing in the district A village-wise list of encroached land has been made and the eviction process will be carried out in phases in the coming days the spokesman said Shopian District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya said the high courts directions would be implemented in letter and spirit to retrieve the encroached land along with the state land allotted under the Roshni Act 2007 The Roshni Act was enacted in 2001 with the twin objective of generating resources for financing power projects and conferment of proprietary rights to the occupants of state land The high court declared the act unconstitutional and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI to take up the case the spokesman said The district magistrate appreciated the efforts of the team and maintained that such drives would continue in the district he added PTI MIJ AAR
Srinagar Oct 22 PTI PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Friday sent a legal notice to former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik seeking Rs 10 crore compensation for his alleged defamatory remarks against herThe notice comes days after Malik who is now the governor of Meghalaya allegedly said Mehbooba Mufti was a beneficiary of the now-abandoned Roshni scheme which aimed to grant proprietary rights to occupants of state land for chargesAlthough no amount of money can compensate my client for the loss of reputation and good name which has been caused by your aforesaid conduct yet my client has decided to sue you for compensation Mehboobas counsel Anil Sethi wrote in the legal noticeThe notice asked Malik to pay Rs 10 crore within 30 days as compensation or face legal proceedingsIt said the compensation money will not be used by Mehbooba for any personal gains but for public goodEarlier on Wednesday Mehbooba had asked Malik who was the last governor of Jammu and Kashmir before it was bifurcated to withdraw his commentsFalse unsavoury utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a beneficiary of Roshni Act is highly mischievous My legal team is preparing to sue himHe has the option to withdraw his comments failing which I will pursue legal recourse Mehbooba said in a tweet two days agoMehbooba shared a video in which Malik is seen claiming that National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah his son Omar Abdullah and the PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti got land plots under the Roshni schemeThe Roshni Act was brought in by the Farooq Abdullah government with the aim of granting proprietary rights to occupants of state land in lieu of charges The money thus generated was to be used for setting up hydro-power plants in the stateHowever the scheme was disbanded after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court declared it illegal and directed the CBI to investigate the beneficiaries of the scheme PTI MIJ TIR TIR
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], September 1 (ANI): A 19-year-old was held for allegedly killing four of his family members, as per the Haryana Police on Wednesday.
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