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May 04, 2019

Navy and Coast Guard Pitch in with Men and Material

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Navy have deployed men, material and assets as part of preparatory efforts for the extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Fani'.
They have launched Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations as soon as it crossed the coast, south of Puri in Odisha.
The Eastern Naval Command intensified rescue operations in Chilika and Puri.
Additional relief material and medical teams were sent to Odisha from Visakhapatnam.
INS Ranvijay and Airavat with helicopters sailed to Odisha from Visakhapatnam with relief material and medical teams, joining the rescue operations with INS Sahyadri, Ranvir and Kadmatt.
In addition a Dornier maritime reconnaissance aircraft was deployed for aerial survey to assess the impact of the cyclone.

May 03, 2019

Restrictions Imposed in Shopian District

The Shopian district administration ordered imposition of restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC for a period of one month from May 3. According to the order, no assembly or congregation shall be allowed without prior permission of the district magistrate or duty magistrates.

May 02, 2019

Changes to SC/ST Law

The Supreme Court reserved for judgment a batch of petitions challenging the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018 which nullified a controversial March 20 Supreme Court judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U.U. Lalit heard arguments raised by the Centre that the amendments were necessary as the SCs and the STs continue to face the same social stigma, poverty and humiliation which they had been subjected to for centuries.
The 2018 Act nullified the March 20 judgment which allowed anticipatory bail to those booked for committing atrocities against the SCs and the STs. The original 1989 Act bars anticipatory bail. The apex court verdict saw a huge backlash across the country. Several died in ensuing protests and crores worth of property was destroyed. The government reacted by filing a review petition and subsequently amended the 1989 Act back to its original form.

Re-poll in Five Stations

Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi said that the Election Commission of India had fixed May 6 as the date of re-polling in five polling booths in Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore districts.
The CEO, following recommendations from Guntur, Nellore and Prakasam District Collectors, sent proposals to the ECI to conduct re-poll in five polling stations.
Re-polling would be conducted in two stations each in Nellore and Guntur districts, and one polling station in Prakasam district.
The re-polling was proposed in the five polling stations owing to alleged malfunction of Electronic Voting Machines and law and order problems.

May 01, 2019

Government Gets 4 days to File Rafale Affidavit

The Supreme Court gave the Centre four days instead of four weeks to file its reply to the review petitions filed in the Rafale case and allowed Congress president Rahul Gandhi to file a "good affidavit" in a related contempt case after the judges said that they weren't convinced by his expression of regret on the matter.
Attorney general K. K. Venugopal sought four weeks' time to file the Centre's reply.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, directed the government to file its reply by May 4 and posted the matter for hearing on May 6.

Lt. Governor Cannot Interfere with Government

The Madras High Court said that Puducherry's Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi cannot interfere with the daily functioning of the government in the Union territory.
As per the court, Bedi does not have to power to call for files and give orders to the officials.
Kiran Bedi has been engaged in a feud with Puducherry chief Minister V Narayanasamy since she assumed office in May 2016.

Thousands more Set to be out of NRC

According to government officials, the National Register of Citizens may exclude thousands of people who were wrongly included in the July 30, 2018, in the next draft to be published on July 15.
The names in the July 15 draft will have a window of 15 days to file for claims for inclusion in the complete NRC which is scheduled to be published before the July 31 deadline.

Apr 30, 2019

Left Front Demands Fresh Polls in West Tripura

The Opposition Left Front in Tripura took out rallies across the West Tripura constituency demanding that the Election Commission order fresh election in the Lok Sabha seat.
The Left Front alleged that large-scale rigging and violence had taken place during the April 11 election in the constituency.

Supreme Court Seeks Response from Election Commission

The Supreme Court sought a response from the Election Commission to a plea to decriminalise the act of reporting "deviant behaviour" manifested in electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) sytems during polling.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi issued notice to the Commission to explain the requirement for Rule 49 MA of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 read with Section 177 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises the reporting of malfunctioning of EVMs and VVPATs.

Mumbai Records a Turnout of 55.11%

Mumbaikars maintained their track record of a low turnout in general elections with an estimated 55.11% voting registered for its six Lok Sabha seats. This however, is the highest since 1991, and nearly 4% more than 51.59% in 2014.
Mumbai's polling percentage has been consistently low with 41.41% turnout in 2009, 47.15% in 2004, 44.86% in 1999, 50.26% in 1998, 45.10% in 1996, and 41.60% in 1991.

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