TV assaults family values: SC
The court, which was hearing a PIL, gave three weeks to the Centre to clarify its stand on the Broadcasting Bill, aimed at regulating content on electronic media, reports Satya Prakash.
By Satya Prakash | Hindustan Times, New Delhi New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2008 01:06 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the government for “increasing obscenity and violence” on television.
“Can there be even one single day in the 365 days of a year on which a family can sit together and watch TV without an assault on their basic values?” a three-judge bench headed by Justice BN Agrawal asked Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium.
The court, which was hearing a PIL, gave three weeks to the Centre to clarify its stand on the Broadcasting Bill, aimed at regulating content on electronic media.
Opposition from broadcasters has delayed the bill for the past 11 years.
Subramanium said the government was going slow as the issue involved the right to freedom of speech and expression. He, however, suggested that the court could lay down guidelines till the legislation comes.
Salaries not paid, doctors of Delhi’s Kasturba Hospital may strike work from Feb 1
By Ashish Mishra, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:44 PM IST
Doctors of Kasturba Hospital, run by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, are likely to go on an indefinite strike from February 1 over non-payment of salaries for the past three months
HC allows DDA to declare results of e-auction of 3 plots that was stayed for want of parking
By Richa Banka, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:43 PM IST
The Delhi high court on Monday allowed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to publish the results of the e-auction of three commercial plots at the District Centre in Netaji Subhash Place, after the agency admitted that there was a deficiency of parking, to address which it would construct additional parking space on six plots
Gleaming tractors add to buzz at borders
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 12:48 AM IST
Tuesday’s event coincides with the two-month anniversary of the farmers’ agitation which began on November 26.
Two workers fall to death from factory building in East Delhi
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:42 PM IST
Two men working at a jeans factory in east Delhi’s Geeta Colony died after falling off the third floor of the factory building on Saturday afternoon, in what the police called a “freak accident” -- the two men were hanging out together in their free time and jostling about when they fell
Over 91% of registered beneficiaries get Covid-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on Monday, the highest so far
By Sweta Goswami, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:41 PM IST
Over 91% scheduled beneficiaries of the Covid-19 vaccine were inoculated in one day for the first time in Delhi on Monday, as 41 hospitals in the Capital either completed their daily target or exceeded it
Anand Vihar ISBT to remain shut on Tuesday during day time
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:41 PM IST
The interstate bus terminus (ISBT) at Anand Vihar will remain closed on Tuesday during the day as a precautionary measure in the wake of the tractor parade being planned by farmers protesting against the farm laws, transport officials said
3 held for stabbing man to death in Southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:41 PM IST
Delhi Police has arrested three men for allegedly stabbing a man to death in south-west Delhi’s Sagarpur area last Thursday
Money paid to MCDs being diverted to councillors’ fund, alleges AAP
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:39 PM IST
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled municipal corporations (MCDs) in the national capital are diverting the money disbursed by the Delhi government to augment the councillor local area development (LAD) fund, instead of paying the pending salaries of employees
Rally and R-Day parade: Brace for traffic chaos in Delhi today
By Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:39 PM IST
Vehicular movement in the national capital will be majorly affected on Tuesday, especially in central Delhi and the peripheries of the city, owing to the Republic Day parade in the morning, followed by the farmers’ tractor parade, wherein thousands of farmers will be taking out a rally of their tractors from the three border points of Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur
Covid-19: Delhi reports 148 new cases, lowest daily new cases in nine months
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:12 PM IST
The infection tally in the city rose to 6.34 lakh and the death toll mounted to 10,813 with five new fatalities, authorities said on Monday.
Republic Day 2021: Traders’ cheer hinges on a tricoloured dream
By Mallika Bhagat, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 07:52 PM IST
Flag sellers in the Capital say sales are low as schools and offices have no plans to have large scale celebrations for R-Day amid the pandemic.
Republic Day fervour: Run to salute the spirit of Indian armed forces
By Mallika Bhagat, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 07:24 PM IST
To ring in the spirit of patriotism, quite a few denizens have chosen to be part of marathons, this Republic Day, be it physically or virtually
Delhi HC reiterates ‘voluntary to download WhatsApp on mobile, not mandatory’
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 03:53 PM IST
Additional solicitor general Chetan Sharma told the court that the data protection bill is being discussed and WhatsApp's response has been sought by the Central government.
Delhi's health system didn't collapse during pandemic: Kejriwal
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 01:27 PM IST
In many developed countries and cities like New York, the health infrastructure collapsed, but measures like home isolation prevented such a situation in Delhi, according to Kejriwal.
WhatsApp treating Indians differently from Europe users: Centre to Delhi HC
By Richa Banka
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2021 02:18 PM IST
The ASG told the court that an opt-out option to not share data with Facebook has been given to European users of WhatsApp, but it has not been given to the Indian users