home.social

#uniongovt — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #uniongovt, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 'Linguistic Imperialism': PIL in Kerala HC Over Hindi, Sanskrit Titles to Central Legislation

    The petitioner, a lawyer, urged the court to issue directions to the Union government to provide English titles to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023.

    #kerala #KeralaHC #hindi #sanskrit #HindiImposition #hindutva #UnionGovt #brahminism #india

    thewire.in/law/linguistic-impe

  2. India’s ‘Alternative To Hong Kong’ Proceeds In Lush Nicobar Island, As Govt Ignores Pleas Of Local Tribals

    Over the past 17 years, and most recently in 2022, hunter-gatherers, fisherfolk & farmers of a Nicobarese tribe—inhabiting a rainforest-draped island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago for about 50,000 years—have pleaded with the union government to return them to their ancestral land. But with a Rs 72,000-crore plan to build a giant port, international airport, power plant and tourism facilities by cutting about a million trees in 130 sq km of rainforest, the government has erected a wall of silence to their requests to return home.

    article-14.com/post/india-s-al

    #AndamanNicobarIslands #nicobarese #GreatNicobar #TribalRights #ForestRights #deforestation #andamans #RainForests #environment #EcoDestruction #CivilRights #displacement #UnionGovt #india

  3. Manipur: Catholic Bishops' Association Calls Upon 'Governance System' to Uphold Secular Fabric

    Not for the first time have concerns been expressed over attacks on churches and violence against women and children.

    #manipur #ManipurViolence #CBCI #CatholicBishops #catholics #christians #kukis #meiteis #ManipurRapes #HumanRights #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #BJP #india

    thewire.in/rights/catholic-bis

  4. J&K Village Mourns Killing of Man Belonging to Lone Kashmiri Pandit Family Which Stayed Back

    The shooting took place barely 50 metres from 45-year-old Sanjay Kumar Sharma's home in Achan village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

    #kashmir #KashmirPandits #pulwama #achan #militancy #terrorism #militarisation #HumanRights #ResistanceFront #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/rights/jammu-kashmi