PIl seeking action against hate speeches rejected
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIl seeking direction to the Election Commission to take action against political leaders for allegedly making hate speeches during the 2014 lok Sabha poll campaign. “We are not persuaded despite the lengthy and ambitious arguments advanced by the petitioner to issue notice and directive (to the poll panel),” a bench of justices Dipak Misra and N V Ramana said. The bench said that there are other laws, including the Representation of Peoples Act, for taking action against the violators.
Hyd-meerut riots: States asked to remain alert
New Delhi: Concerned over recent communal tension in Hyderabad and Meerut, the Centre on Thursday asked all States to remain alert and take every possible step to foil any attempt by anyone to instigate riots. In an advisory, the Home Ministry asked the States to deploy adequate security forces and ensure peace and communal harmony in all sensitive places. “We have sent a general advisory to all States. Incidents in Hyderabad and Meerut ought not to have happened in the first place at all,” Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami told reporters here.
shinde gets farewell from Home ministry
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde was on Thursday given a warm send-off by Home Ministry officials at a special function here. Shinde, who cleared several pending files during the day, interacted with senior officials and thanked them for their cooperation and help during his tenure. The farewell was organised a day before the results of the lok Sabha polls and attended by all joint secretaries and other senior officers.