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Hans India
2 hours ago
- Business
- Hans India
CM Mohan Yadav to clear several key proposals in Cabinet meeting ahead of Monsoon session
Bhopal: After returning from a week-long foreign tour, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will chair a Cabinet meeting, during which he is likely to brief about the investment proposals received from the United Arab Emirates and Spain. Apart from investment proposals received, Chief Minister Yadav will share the positive outcome from his visit to UAE and Spain during the Cabinet meeting. Discussion on allotment of land based on investment proposals is also likely to be discussed in the Cabinet, sources told IANS. On Monday, Chief Minister Yadav informed that the Madhya Pradesh government has received investment proposals worth over Rs 11,000 crore from the UAE and Spain, and multiple memoranda of understanding (MoUs) have been inked with a long-term vision. The proposed investment will open enormous opportunities across multiple sectors, including infrastructure, tourism, films, textiles, sports, data analytics and artificial intelligence. The Cabinet will also discuss issues to be taken up during the upcoming Monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, set to commence from July 28. The Cabinet is expected to approve supplementary budget, official sources aware of the matter said. Meanwhile, the Cabinet is also likely to approve key Bills to be presented before the House for discussion. Sources said that the BJP government is likely to present a Bill on reservation for the Other Backward Class. Chief Minister Yadav had earlier indicated that his government would bring the new Bill on reservation in the House. The session, which is scheduled to conclude on August 8, will have 10 sittings. The adjournment motion, attention notices will be accepted on July 22. Chief Minister is also likely to discuss on shortage of fertiliser during the Cabinet. There has been a flood of complaints regarding the farmers struggling to get fertiliser from government-run distribution centres. The opposition Congress has also been raising the issue.
Hindustan Times
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Motion to impeach justice Yadav stalled due to forged signature: Dhankhar
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday informed the House about an ongoing enquiry related to an alleged forged signature in a motion for the removal of justice Shekhar Yadav of the Allahabad high court, suggesting that this was the reason for the hold-up in a process initiated in December. His comments came hours before he unexpectedly resigned as Vice President. The notice was submitted by the MPs on December 13, 2024, after a controversial speech by justice Shekhar Yadav at a VHP event was widely criticised for promoting hate speech and majoritarian rhetoric. (HT) Addressing the House, he said, 'In December, a motion under Article 124 was submitted for my consideration for removal of a judge of the high court of Allahabad. That motion was purportedly from 55 members. I examined that and found one particular member has signed at two places. The result was the representation of the motion indicating 55 members seeking removal, but, actually it was only 54 and not 55.' The notice was submitted by the MPs on December 13, 2024, after a controversial speech by the judge at a VHP event was widely criticised for promoting hate speech and majoritarian rhetoric. A motion for the removal of a judge has to be signed by not less than 100 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 50 in the Rajya Sabha. Dhankar said that the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have received the requisite numbers. He said that an enquiry was conducted about the second signature. 'The honourable member declined his second signature. That made the matter a little more serious, because it was required of me to get to the bottom and find out whether the representation merited consideration. The process was initiated for verification of signatures and authentication. That process is in progress. I will get a full update and come back to the House. If a motion carries two signatures of the same member and the honourable members declines by saying it was signed at only one place and not two, then the matter becomes serious and culpable.' Dhankhar said that the Rajya Sabha has to set high standards and live up to the expectations of the people. 'If we do not live up to the highest expectations of the people, then we'll be putting things under the carpet and not subjecting them to deep investigation. I will discuss with the floor leaders as to the steps that this House needs to take with respect to such kinds of transgressions.' he said. Opposition MPs have complained about the delay in acting on a notice by the parliamentarians calling for an impeachment motion against the judge. On December 17, the apex court collegium, comprising the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Bhushan R Gavai, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy and Abhay S Oka, summoned Justice Yadav for a 30-minute closed-door meeting to ascertain whether his public comments violated the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct or judicial ethics outlined in internal codes. While Justice Yadav reportedly assured the collegium judges he would apologise publicly, he failed to do so in the weeks that followed. Instead, in a January letter to the chief justice of the Allahabad high court, the judge doubled down on his remarks, claiming they had been misrepresented by vested interests and asserting that his speech reflected societal concerns 'consistent with constitutional values'. Appointed in 2019, Justice Yadav is set to retire on April 15, 2026. People cited above said that the then CJI Khanna subsequently sought a fresh report from the Allahabad high court chief justice, referring to additional complaints against Justice Yadav from a law student and a retired IPS officer. But, in March 2025, the Supreme Court administration received a formal communication from the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, informing it that the matter of Justice Yadav's conduct, arising out of the December 13 impeachment motion signed by 55 MPs, was already under active consideration. The letter followed Dhankar's comments in Parliament. In February, he said that only Parliament and President have the jurisdiction over the matter 'The jurisdiction for the stated subject matter constitutionally lies in exclusivity with the chairman Rajya Sabha and in an eventuality with the Parliament and honourable President. Taking note of public domain information and inputs available, it is expedient that the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha shares this information with the Secretary General, Supreme Court of India,' he said in Parliament on February 13. On Monday, Dhankar also spoke about the recovery of ₹500 notes from the seat allotted to a member in the House. The Rajya Sabha Chairman said that no member had come forward to claim ownership of the notes. 'I must also inform the House that there was an occasion in this house where on seat number 222, a pad of ₹500 notes was found. What is more surprising is and is deeply concerning is not that a pad of notes was found but no one has owned it. No one has claimed it. This is quite serious . I had asked authorities to get into the matter seriously, but, it appears now that the matter will have to be dealt with. And that too I will put before the floor leaders for further consideration and guidance,' he said. On December 6, Dhankhar had informed the House that during a routine anti-sabotage check the previous day, security personnel had found a wad of currency notes on a seat number 222, allotted to Congress MP and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Singhvi has denied any involvement, terming the situation 'bizarre'.
The Print
4 hours ago
- The Print
Radhika Yadav's murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family
Deepak Yadav surrendered almost immediately. After killing Radhika, he apparently called his brother, labelling the murder 'kanya vadh' (filicide). He stated to the police that he was 'furious over his daughter running her own tennis academy' and had murdered her over a dispute regarding its closure. Yadav went on to suggest that the police make a watertight case against him based on his statement, and the subsequent FIR ought to ensure that he is given the death sentence. Indian women might be raised to fear the outdoors, but we all instinctively know that the home is often the deadliest place we can be. Radhika Yadav, if she were still alive, might have agreed. Instead, the 25-year-old athlete and tennis coach, who ran her own tennis academy, was shot five times by her father Deepak Yadav at their home in a posh Gurugram sector. Four of those found their mark — three in her back, one in her shoulder. The khap panchayat that murdered Radhika Yadav consisted of one man: her father. No village elders were present, no consensus was called for, and no formal diktat was issued. For the crime of being too independent , too financially secure, the sentence was delivered while she prepared breakfast. After snuffing out a young life, Yadav has moved on to his final performance: martyrdom. He now wants to die for a 'righteous' murder that is already being applauded by his peers, who taunted him for living off Radhika's income. While this is being spun around as 'pashchatap', can a premeditated act really lead to genuine remorse? According to reports, Yadav attempted to control every aspect of Radhika's life — her tennis career, who she spoke to, and how much time she spent outside the house. What he does have instead of remorse, is the satisfaction of restoring honour to his family and community. It helps us all to keep up the fiction of Gurgaon as a 'modern' city, redolent with tech-powered possibilities — and not an extension of the hinterland's most rotten, regressive ideas, dressed up in shiny chrome cladding. Because some problems, like the radical idea of women's agency, cannot be solved by a 2×2 matrix. The khaps The shock ringing through Gurgaon right now is also the realisation of how little separates DLF Camellias from Kaithal. Even Yadav's hatred toward his daughter isn't original. It sits atop the steaming pile of other murders once presided over by Haryana's khap panchayats, the kangaroo courts that terrorised North India through the mid-2000s. These unelected bodies — comprising village elders whose purpose was to uphold social values and intervene in village disputes — issued death sentences for couples who dared marry outside caste or gotra boundaries. The most brutal cases became household names. In 2007, Manoj and Babli, 23 and 19 years old, respectively, eloped from Kaithal and got married in Chandigarh despite familial and community disapproval. They were both from the same gotra, or clan, which treats such unions as borderline incest because of the concept of 'bhaichara'. The couple sought and were granted police protection when threats from the khap panchayat and their own families began. But the state failed them spectacularly. Despite being in the presence of the police, they were abducted from a public bus and murdered by khap-affiliated relatives. Their decomposing bodies were recovered from a canal, nine days after, revealing signs of torture. The case was a sign — and a warning — that law enforcement was no match for traditional authority. Throughout the mid-2000s, khap panchayats ran amok. In 2004, they forced a young couple in Jhajjar district to dissolve their marriage and abort their unborn child. In 2007, in Katlaheri village of Karnal district, they forcibly separated a 10-day-old infant from its parents, deeming the marriage 'illegal'. In 2010, Monika and Rinku, both Jat teenagers, were killed and hanged outside their houses in Nimriwali village, as a reminder of the consequences of loving outside the bounds set by the community — all at the behest of a khap panchayat. In 2012, they sought death for couples who elope and marry, and even suggested that 16-year-olds should be married to curb rape. By that same year, PILs were being filed against these bodies, and a Supreme Court panel recommended reigning in khap panchayats to prevent honour killings. But as recently as 2019, Naresh Tikait, Balyan khap leader and the president of Bharatiya Kisan Union, said that love marriages were unacceptable. 'We raise girls, educate them and invest Rs 20-30 lakh on their upbringing and then they marry by their own choice. How can we accept that? We cannot allow that. If parents take all the pains to educate their girls then they also have a right over their marriages too,' he said. Also read: Radhika Yadav murder isn't about one rogue father. Women earning for family is still taboo A mindset After the landmark Manoj-Babli verdict sentenced five perpetrators to death in 2010, we declared victory against the wrong enemy. The khaps seemed to have retreated. Their public pronouncements began to grow muted. Between 2020 and 2021, several of these bodies participated in the farmers' protest against the three contentious farm laws. So we confused the silencing of formal bodies with the defeat of their ideology. But we had misunderstood the power structure entirely. The village elders were never the source, but simply the most visible manifestation of values that have always resided at the heart of every patriarchal household. Khap panchayats learned brutality from Indian families, not the other way around. The real infrastructure of 'honour killings' didn't need to convene under a banyan tree, when a daughter's independence is discussed within the home as a family problem. Khap panchayats merely gave this mindset a platform. When that platform was dismantled, the mindset simply returned to the family unit, where it had been thriving all along. Have you ever read a story of a mother who killed her 'uncontrollable' son for bringing dishonour to the family through independence? Has any man ever been shot for refusing an arranged marriage? 'Honour' is just a fancy term that families invented to cage female ambition. Radhika Yadav died because her success threatened the fundamental order of patriarchy that demands women remain perpetual minors, forever seeking permission for decisions about their own lives. The father, the family, the khap panchayat that killed her have always ruled in favour of one belief — that the only honourable daughter is a dead one. Karanjeet Kaur is a journalist, former editor of Arré, and a partner at TWO Design. She tweets @Kaju_Katri. Views are personal. (Edited by Aamaan Alam Khan)
Time of India
14 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
MP gets Rs11k crore investment proposals from Dubai & Spain
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has received investment proposals worth over Rs 11,000 crore from corporates in Dubai and Spain during chief minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day visit to the UAE and Spain. Upon his return to Bhopal, Yadav briefed the media on investment proposals received during his visit abroad, on Sunday evening. Yadav stated that he visited five nations under his govt's ambitious outreach programme to attract investment in Madhya Pradesh. During his previous visits to Germany, Japan, and the UK, significant investment proposals were also received for Madhya Pradesh. It is a matter of great pride that Madhya Pradesh is emerging as a global investment hub, Yadav said. He mentioned that investment proposals worth over Rs 11,119 crore were secured during visit to Dubai and Spain. They are expected to create employment for more than 14,000 people. During the CM's visit to the UK and Germany in Nov 2024, investment proposals worth Rs 78,000 crore were received — Rs 59,350 crore from the UK and Rs 18,090 crore from Germany — across various sectors. Following his visit to Japan in Jan 2025, Yadav said that an agreement was reached to establish Japan-MP Industrial Cooperation Forum, which would work towards founding a Japanese industrial park and skill development centres in MP. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like These Are The Most Beautiful Women In The World Undo This is in addition to Rs 30 lakh crore investment proposals received during Global Investment Summit (GIS) 2025 held in Bhopal and Regional Industrial Conclaves held in Ujjain, Jabalpur, Gwalior, and Sagar in the run-up to GIS 2025. Besides tours abroad, the CM also visited several locations in the country to explore possibility of investment in the state and showcase it as a hot destination for industrial investment. These locations include Mumbai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Surat, and Ludhiana.
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Monsoon session 2025: Akhilesh Yadav leads opposition charge on Pahalgam attack
Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav has demanded a discussion on the Pahalgam terror attack in the Monsoon Session 2025, seeking clarity from the government on the incident. Yadav emphasized that all Opposition parties want the government to disclose what happened and whether it was an intelligence failure. Show more Show less
