‘Why only professors, put judges too on election duty’: HC slams EC | India News

Panel Draws Fire For Failure To Present Notification On Poll Officers Kolkata: Calcutta HC judge, Justice Krishna Rao, on Thursday slammed the Election Commission for not producing notifications indicating if assistant professors could be appointed as presiding polling officers in assembly elections. “You (EC) can appoint judges also under Section 26 (of the Representation of…

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Census will list caste, says Amit Shah, rules out Muslim women’s quota | India News

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh…

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‘Political demonetisation’: Tharoor slams Centre for linking women’s reservation with delimitation | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday criticised the government for linking women’s reservation with delimitation, saying the law should be implemented immediately instead of being tied to the delimitation process. He also called for a detailed and wider discussion rather than rushing it through in a short time.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament…

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‘Had to record the last sound’: Musician who played in Tehran ruins to global audience | India News

The ruins of Honiak Music Academy after the strike. NEW DELHI: In the shattered remains of his 15-year-old music school, Iranian musician Hamidreza Afarideh sat on a debris-laden floor, drew his bow and played with a kamancheh, what he called “the last sound” of a life’s work reduced to dust.Weeks after a strike destroyed Honiak…

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