With the government slated to table the revised Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament this week, the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Lok Sabha will be chaired on Tuesday, the sources said.
Protests erupted across several places in Pakistan, demanding the release of leaders of the Baloch human rights group, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Monday.
Senior Advocate Dr Adish C. Aggarwala, Chairman of the All India Bar Association and former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has issued a statement regarding the recent incident involving the alleged burning of currency notes at the outhouse of Justice Yashwant Verma.
"Waqf (Amendment) Bill is a direct attack on the constitution and against its foundation, it has been bulldozed through the JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), we are opposed to it. If they implement it, we will we will oppose it democratically," Jairam Ramesh told ANI.
"I believe that the existing Waqf Act needs to be changed and Muslims need not be afraid of it. When the government itself is saying in Parliament that his not against the community, and masjids, dargahs will not be seized then we should believe the official statements only,"AISSC Chairman t
The central member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Sibghatullah Shah Ji Baloch, has been detained by Pakistani forces at his home in Quetta and is currently unaccounted for, according to a post from the BYC reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the tendency to divide the country based on language must come to an end. He reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remains committed to protecting Hindi and all other Indian languages.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday chaired the State-Level District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting for the financial year 2024-25 to review progress of centrally sponsored schemes and development programs across the state.
Recently, elections across various Bar Associations of Delhi brought new leaders to the forefront. At the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), Senior Advocate N Hariharan was elected President, with Advocate Vikram Singh Panwar as Secretary. Advocate Devender Kumar Sharma became Preside
The protest rally, which was organized by the BYC, demanded the immediate release of these leaders and condemned the violence that followed the arrests.