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  1. Passions Run Dry in India’s ‘Army Villages’ Since the Launch of Agnipath Scheme

    For the last several decades, joining the Army has been a passion and the preferred career choice for boys in these villages. But not anymore.

    #haryana #hisar #jind #bhiwani #agniveer #agneepath #GovtSchemes #IndianArmy #jobs #unemployment #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/government/passions

  2. The Rs 330-Debit That Revealed A Sprawling, Illegal Government-Run Fraud

    "It wasn’t a question of a Rs-330 loss to me. It was done without my consent. It was illegal. Besides, if you added it all up—Rs 330 deducted from thousands, maybe millions, of customers—the sum climbed to hundreds of crores," writes Hemant Gairola.

    #banking #UnionGovt #BankFraud #GovtSchemes #india

    article-14.stck.me/post/215619

  3. In Modi govt’s ‘housing for all’: 83% homes not for landless poor, lopsided growth

    There are many discomforting figures even if the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban meets its 2024 deadline.

    #PMAY #UnionGovt #GovtSchemes #housing #governance #india

    newslaundry.com/2024/03/26/in-

  4. Banks Want Forged Paper Trails After Taking Money Illegally From Customers For Modi Govt's Flagship Schemes

    Despite media exposés and frequent public complaints, banks nationwide continue taking money without authorisation from accounts to enrol customers in low-cost life-insurance and accident-insurance schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    To meet targets set by the union government, bank offices are now withdrawing money from accounts of many customers en masse, in some cases even forging customer consent and asking local offices to camouflage forgeries.

    #IndianBanks #UnionGovt #banking #GovtSchemes #PMJJBY #APY #PMSBY #NarendraModi #elections2024 #india

    article-14.com/post/banks-want

  5. 'Violated Principles of Natural Justice': Caravan Files Petition Against Govt Order On Army Story

    In its petition, The Caravan has underlined that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's order asking the magazine to take down its article on allegations of torture and murder against the Indian Army also violated the fundamental right to free speech and expression and the freedom of the press.

    #TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #IBMinistry #PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india

    thewire.in/media/violated-prin

  6. ‘After Muslims, It’s The Turn Of Christians:’ With Little Evidence, UP Govt Prosecutes 4 Christian Institutions, Arrests Employees

    Four Christian-run institutions in the Uttar Pradesh town of Fatehpur face criminal cases for alleged forcible conversion of Hindus, with over 200 accused, many arrested and imprisoned, under UP’s three-year-old anti-conversion law. Article 14 investigation reveals similar statements in four FIRs over nine months, police cases or raids on Christian institutions, based on illegal third-party or anonymous complaints. Simultaneously, the union government acted against the finances of one of these four institutions.

    #UttarPradesh #prayagraj #AntiConversionLaw #conversions #VHP #IndianChristians #HinduMobs #UnionGovt #EvangelicalChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ConspiracyTheories #india

    article-14.com/post/-after-mus

  7. Read: The Caravan's Article on Army Torture the Union Government Wants Taken Down

    "For the affected families, the bundles of cash they received—Rs 10 lakh for the dead and lesser for the injured—were expected to replace their loved ones."

    #TheCaravan #kashmir #PressFreedom #IndianArmy #torture #censorship #IndianArmedForces #UnionGovt #media #journalism #HumanRights #india

    thewire.in/rights/read-the-car

  8. Union Govt Uses IT Act to Attack Press Freedom, Asks Caravan to Take Down Report

    The magazine was told that if it fails to take down an article on the Poonch killings from its website within 24 hours, the entire website would be taken down. Caravan has said it will be challenging the order.

    #TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #PressFreedom #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india

    thewire.in/media/union-govt-us

  9. Union govt shares Constitution preamble sans ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ on social media

    The original Preamble that came into force in 1950 did not have the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’, which were later added in 1976 by way of an amendment.

    #IndianConstitution #secularism #socialism #hindutva #UnionGovt #BJP #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/union-g

  10. Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict

    A sense of fear is all pervasive in Manipur since shocking violence between their community and minority Kuki groups broke out, marked by brutal killings and sexual crimes against women. More than 200 people have been killed, roughly two-thirds of them Kukis, a collective name for the Kuki, Zomi, Chin, Hmar and Mizo tribes who are mostly Christians.

    bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-

    #manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #zomis #ManipurPolice #AssamRifles #BJP #christians #ManipurGovt #BirenSingh #UnionGovt #NarendraModi #india