Day: August 11, 2023

A Varanasi court passed an order cautioning the media and parties involved against the publication and dissemination of inaccurate and unofficial information on the ASI survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.  The Court directed both the ASI and the parties to the suit not to disclose any information regarding the survey to media persons.  The ASI is currently conducting a scientific examination of the Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi.  The survey is being conducted amid disputed claims over whether an object found in the Gyanvapi Mosque premises during a survey is…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today introduced three bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, which are British-era laws.  For the first time, community service will be one of the punishments for petty offences.  A new offence on acts of secession, armed rebellion, subversive activities, separatist activities or endangering the sovereignty or unity and integrity of India has been added to the revised laws.  The aim will not be to punish; it will be to provide justice.…

The Department of Land Resources has taken up various initiatives to ease the living of citizens in the recent years. Under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme, the Department is making efforts for saturation of computerization of land records and digitalization of cadastral maps for the benefit of Citizens. In terms of computerization of Record of Rights and computerization of Registration Offices, for instance, the achievement at the National level has been 94% as on 8th August 2023. Similarly, the Digitization of maps in the country is 76%. Besides,…