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The Hindu
5 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Knowledge of legal rights must for eliminating social inequalities, says Sathya Sai SP
The Sri Sathya Sai district police on Saturday held a special awareness drive at Bullasamudram village of Madakasira mandal to celebrate Civil Rights Day, highlighting the importance of constitutional rights and social equality. Superintendent of Police V. Ratna inaugurated the programme and addressed a gathering of students, villagers and police personnel. The SP said the Indian Constitution bestows upon every citizen the right to equality, freedom and protection from suppression and exploitation. She called for eliminating discrimination of all kinds to achieve true social justice. 'Every citizen must understand and exercise their legal rights,' the SP said. Ms. Ratna observed that during the past six months, awareness programmes connected to the importance of Civil Rights Day were organised across the district. She thanked officials, students, police and village elders for their cooperation in conducting the camps to educate the public. 'It's the responsibility of everyone to eliminate social inequalities, and this alone can create a society of true equality,' Mr. Ratna said. Deploring the still-prevalent practice of child marriage, the SP said this social aberration was a punishable offense. Ms. Ratna highlighted a plethora of government welfare schemes and the economic sustenance programmes of NGOs for the underprivileged in society, vulnerable to the scourge of child marriages. The SP called upon women, particularly those working and in colleges, to download the Shakti App on their mobiles, as this would protect them from any external attacks from the miscreants. Senior officials from the Women and Child Welfare, police, revenue and panchayat raj departments attended the event.
United News of India
8 hours ago
- Politics
- United News of India
MLA Abbas Ansari gets 2-year jail term in hate speech case
Mau (UP), May 31 (UNI) Abbas Ansari, MLA from Mau Sadar seat and son of former mafia Mukhtar Ansari, was sentenced to two years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 11,000 by a special court here on Saturday in a hate speech case, a prosecution officer said here. Prosecution officer Haredra Singh said that the MP-MLA court of Judge Dr Krishna Pratap Singh convicted Abbas Ansari and his associate, Mansoor Ansari, in the hate speech case. After being convicted, both people were taken into custody by the police. He said that Abbas Ansari was found guilty under various sections and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 11000, added to the total amount of different sections. "MLA Abbas Ansari's election agent and associate, Mansoor Ansari, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1000," he said. During the 2022 assembly elections, Abbas Ansari, contesting from the Mau Sadar assembly seat, was addressing an election meeting at Pahadpura ground in the city area on the evening of March 3, 2022. During the address, he said that the administrative officers of the district will be stopped after the elections and taught a lesson. He said that no one will be transferred after the formation of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Everyone will be kept here, and accounts will be settled. Taking cognizance of this matter, an FIR was registered at the city police station on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Gangaram Bind. Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari and others were accused in the case. UNI XC AB BD
Time of India
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
2-year imprisonment for Mukhtar's son Abbas Ansari in `Hisab-Kitab' episode
Annas Ansari, son of deceased mafia don Mukhtar Ansari and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA, received a two-year prison sentence from a Mau court in connection with a 2022 hate speech case. VARANASI: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA) court in Mau district on Saturday awarded two years imprisonment to Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA and dead mafia don Mukhtar Ansari's son Annas Ansari in 2022 case of `Hisab-kitab' hate speech. The CJM (MP-MLA) Krishna Pratap Singh sentenced a maximum of two years imprisonment under Section 506 IPC and a fine of Rs 3000, along with smaller jail terms in different sections of the case. Abbas was physically present in court when the court initially found guilty and convicted him. In view of his arrival tight security arrangements were made in and around the court campus. While contesting 2022 assembly polls from Mau Sadar seat as SP-SBSP alliance candidate Ansari had allegedly threatened officials from a public meeting dais in Paharpur area on March 3, 2022 night by stating, 'After formation of SP-led government, the officials would have to give 'hisab-kitab' (account) of their work of the past regime before getting transferred.' The video clips of the speech of Abbas delivered at Paharpur area started getting viral in social media from March 3 late night. In this video, Abbas could be seen stating, 'Before leaving Lucknow for contesting Mau I had a detailed talk with Akhilesh Bhaiyya (SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav) when I said that don't issue transfer list of officers for six months after formation of government. The officers will first give the account of their work before their transfer certificates are signed. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo ' After the video of the speech went viral on social media, initially the Mau police on March 4 had booked Abbas, Umar and Mansoor in a case under sections 171F (offence of undue influence or personation at an election) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. Later, after taking legal opinion more sections, including 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race), 186 (voluntarily obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his public functions), 189 (Threatening a public servant with injury to him) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) were added by police in this case. After examining the report of Mau officials, the ECI had imposed a 24 hours ban on campaigning by Abbas. On April 19 bail application of Abbas had been rejected by chief judicial magistrate (MP-MLA) of Mau Shweta Chaudhary.
Indian Express
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Today in Politics: Ahilyabai Holkar's 300th birth anniversary top on day's agenda
In recent years, the birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, an 18th-century Maratha queen with massive social and religious contributions, has become an integral part of the Indian political calendar. On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will head to Bhopal to celebrate Ahilyabai's 300th birth anniversary. He will attend a women's empowerment event, called the 'Mahila Sashaktikaran Maha Sammelan', at the city's Jamburi Maidan, where he will release a postage stamp and commemorative coin in honour of the queen and hand over the National Devi Ahilyabai Award to an artist who has made a significant contribution to tribal, folk and traditional arts. Modi is also scheduled to visit an exhibition based on good governance, women's empowerment, and the cultural contributions of Devi Ahilyabai. The PM will also virtually lay the foundation stone of various projects and inaugurate the Super Priority Corridor of Indore Metro, and airports in Datia and Satna, apart from performing a virtual 'bhoomi pujan' of ghats to be built on the Kshipra river as part of the preparations for Simhastha Kumbh Mela in 2028. As Anand Mohan J reported this week, this celebration of Ahilyabai in Madhya Pradesh, overseen by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, began eight months ago in September 2024 and is one of the most comprehensive campaigns undertaken in the state. It has spanned multiple cities and initiatives and has 'elevated Ahilyabai from a historically revered figure to the centrepiece of politics in Madhya Pradesh'. An expert told Anand that the state had not seen such a large-scale celebration of a religious icon at the government level earlier. The campaign has allowed Yadav to link Ahilyabai's story to the development work and women's empowerment schemes of his own government. 'Ahilyabai's place in the Hindutva pantheon is an additional bonus for the first-time CM, who is seeking to consolidate his position in the state's politics,' Anand writes. Not just the Prime Minister, Opposition leaders such as Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav may also be seen sharing the stage at an event in Delhi to mark Ahilyabai's birth anniversary. The event has been organised by former BJP ally and Rashtriya Samaj Paksha founder Mahadev Jankar. Jankar was a minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government from 2016 to 2019. However, after being overlooked for the Assembly elections last year, he struck off on his own and floated his political outfit. Jankar is from the Dhangar community, It is said that the Holkar dynasty also traces its roots to the community. The Dhangars have a sizable presence in Lok Sabha constituencies such as Solapur, Sangli, Baramati, Parbhani, and Satara in Maharashtra and are believed to wield enough clout to influence results in 25-30 Assembly seats, according to some estimates. Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai will inaugurate the Allahabad High Court advocates' chambers and multilevel parking building. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, seven Supreme Court judges, Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Arun Bhansali, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will attend the programme that is scheduled to begin at 10 am.
Time of India
18 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
PM inaugurated projects launched in our regime: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Despite being in government for eight years in the state, the BJP has no achievement to showcase at the development front; so much so that the projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister in Kanpur on Friday were actually works done during the government, claimed former UP chief minister . Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The statement came hours after PM Modi, along with chief minister Yogi Adityanath, reached Kanpur where he inaugurated Kanpur Metro train, Panki power project and Neyveli Lignite power plant among a host of other development projects worth a total of over Rs 47,000 crore. "In the last eight years that the BJP has been in the government in UP, they have not done any development work. Despite being in government for so many years, BJP people from the Centre and in the state are cutting ribbons (inaugurating) of development projects of the Samajwadi Party government," Akhilesh said in a statement issued on Friday. "Today the projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister in Kanpur were initiated during the SP government," Akhilesh said. Akhilesh said every development project that was launched during the SP government was dedicated to the people of the state. "Extension of Panki thermal power plant, Neyveli Lignite Power Plant and Kanpur Metro were projects that were launched during the SP regime. Today BJP people are all praises for these projects," he said. The SP national president said the BJP should face the people and appraise them if the government has any scheme for the Lal Imli in Kanpur. Set up in Kanpur in 1876, Lal Imli was known the world over for its high-quality woollen products, so much so that the trademark was regarded as a guarantee of pure wool. The mill is shut today, and workers have not got their salary for the past 34 months, he said. "Not only in Kanpur, the Metro Rail projects in Lucknow and Noida, that the Prime Minister was made to inaugurate, were projects that the SP government had got completed," Akhilesh said, citing Agra-Lucknow Expressway, International stadium in Lucknow, IT City, Janeshwar Mishra Park as examples of world-class projects that were conceived and executed by the SP government and dedicated to the people of the state. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The former UP CM said most of the projects launched under the BJP government have been plagued by corruption. "The Jal Jeevan Mission launched by the BJP government has turned into a loot mission," he said. Akhilesh went on to cite specific instances to underline BJP's corruption. "In April, an overhead water tank in Lakhimpur burst and crumbled under the weight of rising corruption under the BJP government. In May, another overhead water tank collapsed in Sitapur because of the same reason," Akhilesh said.
