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The Congress alleged that the RSS “never accepted” the Constitution and the remark is part of “long-standing conspiracy to dismantle” Ambedkar’s vision of India. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched an attack on the RSS, saying that the mask of the organisation has come off as it wants “Manusmriti” and not the Constitution. Rahul Gandhi’s attack comes after RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale on Thursday called for reviewing the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble of the Constitution, saying that the terms were included during the Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar. “The…

The Congress party criticised the move, claiming it suppresses press freedom, while BJP leaders called for responsible journalism. Police in Varanasi have filed an FIR against six journalists on charges of inciting unrest and spreading misinformation through social media posts, officials said on Friday. The complaint, registered at the Lanka police station, alleges that the journalists shared a video of a statue being cleaned and used it to incite communal sentiment. The action has triggered a political backlash, with the Congress condemning it as an attack on the freedom of the press. According to Lanka Station House Officer (SHO) Shivakant…

RSS leader Hosabale’s call to review “secular” and “socialist” in the Constitution sparks political outrage, with Congress accusing the government of constitutional distortion. A day after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader, Dattatreya Hosabale, called for “reviewing” the insertion of the words “secular and socialist” in the Preamble of the Constitution, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday argued that these words did not reflect India’s core cultural values, even as the Opposition accused the government and the RSS of “distorting and destroying” the Constitution. Speaking at an event in Delhi on Thursday, RSS general secretary, Hosabale said, “During the…

The accused was the maternal uncle of the 10-year-old victim. Alongside life term under the POCSO act, he is also fined of ₹85,000. A special court in Mainpuri district convicted and sentenced to life term the maternal uncle of 10-year-old girl for raping and killing her five years ago. The man was also saddled with a fine of ₹85,000, a lawyer said on Friday. Special public prosecutor Shailendra Rajput told that the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) Chetna Chauhan on Thursday convicted the man in the case of rape and murder of the minor girl, daughter of a daily…

All three accused in the gang rape case have been arrested, their mobile phones have been seized and further investigation into the case is underway. The medical examination of the first-year student of South Calcutta Law College has proved her allegation of gangrape as officials found evidence of “forceful penetration, bite marks and nail scratches” on her body. After last year’s rape case of a postgraduate medical trainee at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata is once again embroiled by a tragic crime. The first-year law student complained to the police that she was gang-raped inside the college campus by an…

Police said that Vishal Yadav confessed to receiving approximately ₹2 lakh in total in exchange for the information he passed on to the Pakistani handler. The Indian Navy staffer, who has been arrested for allegedly leaking defence-related information to a Pakistani handler, used Telegram for communication and received some of the payments through cryptocurrency. Vishal Yadav, an Upper Division Clerk (UDC) posted in the Indian Navy headquarters in Delhi, was arrested in Jaipur on Wednesday for allegedly leaking defence-related sensitive information to the Pakistani intelligence handler he met on Facebook. The police have revealed that Yadav was first approached on…

Both the Congress and Rahul Gandhi have repeatedly accused the poll body of manipulating voter data to benefit the BJP. A day after the Congress urged the Election Commission to provide a machine-readable digital copy of Maharashtra’s voters’ list, reported on Thursday, citing poll body sources, that the demand is “not tenable” under the existing legal framework. They also added that a similar plea by the party was dismissed by the Supreme Court in 2019. The report added that while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been demanding a machine-readable digital copy of the electoral roll for the past seven months,…

The campaign is being organised with the objectives “to settle suitable matters pending in the courts right from the taluka courts to the high courts of India”. A 90-day nationwide mediation campaign to resolve pending disputes across courts—from district courts to high courts—will begin on July 1, the Supreme Court’s mediation and conciliation project committee (MCPC) and the national legal services authority (NALSA) announced on Thursday. The campaign, Mediation for the Nation, will be organised under the guidance of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai, patron of NALSA, along with NALSA executive chairman and senior Supreme Court judge,…

Govt employees to be dismissed from service if found under influence of drugs at workplace: CM. Gangtok, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Thursday said that the state government employees will be terminated from service if found under the influence of drugs at the workplace. Speaking at a function held on the occasion of ‘International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’, Tamang expressed concern with substance abuse and said that it has a far-reaching impact on the state, the nation and the world. “Any government employee found under the influence of drugs at the workplace will be directly…

Shubhanshu Shukla, who entered the ISS along with three other astronauts, was given the astronaut pin by Axiom-4 mission commander Peggy Whitson. Shubhanshu Shukla, who on Thursday became the first Indian astronaut to reach the International Space Station (ISS), said he felt better upon arriving at the orbital laboratory and that he was privileged to be among the few who have seen Earth from the vantage point. “I feel even better. My expectations have been surpassed by the view and current crew,” Shubhanshu Shukla said, adding that the crew made him feel welcome and opened their doors for us. “It’s…