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KCR convenes key BRS meet on Friday

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Hyderabad: A key meeting of Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will be held on Friday.
A joint meeting of the BRS Parliamentary Party, Legislature Party and the State Executive will be held at Telangana Bhavan, the BRS headquarters here.
The meeting will be presided over by BRS supremo and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
In view of this being an election year, the meeting will discuss widely about the implementation of government programmes, party activities, etc.
BRS MPs, MLAs, MLCs, party State Executive Committee, district party Presidents, Zilla Parishad Chairpersons, state level Corporation Chairpersons, DCMS and DCCB Chairpersons will participate in the extended meeting.
Chandrasekhar Rao has said that all the invitees must attend this meeting.
The meeting also assumes significance of the notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to BRS MLC K. Kavitha in Delhi excise policy scam.
Kavitha, daughter of KCR, has been directed to appear for questioning in the case on Thursday in Delhi.

Kavitha, a Member of Legislative Council, has already left for Delhi but it was not clear if she will be appearing before the ED on Thursday.
The MLC said in a statement on Wednesday morning that as a law-abiding citizen, she will fully cooperate with the investigation agencies.
She, however, said in view of the planned dharna in New Delhi over women’s reservation Bill on Friday and prefixed appointments, she will seek legal opinions on the date of attending it.
Reacting strongly to the ED notice, BRS leaders have termed this as a political conspiracy by the BJP-led government at the Centre.
Kavitha’s father or her brother and state minister K.T. Rama Rao are yet to react to the development.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 8, 2023
No Traffic On Jammu-Srinagar Highway On Friday: Officials

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SRINAGAR: No vehicular movement would be permitted from either side of the Jammu-Srinagar highway between Nashri and the NAVYUG Tunnel from tomorrow morning until Saturday, officials said on Thursday.
According to a communiqué from the J&K Traffic Police, the government has ordered the National Highway Authority of India to perform repair and maintenance work on NH-44 between Nashri and NAVYUG Tunnel. From 6:00 a.m. on March 3 to 6:00 a.m. on March 4, 2023, traffic from Nashri to the NAVYUG Tunnel and vice versa will be suspended due to this important maintenance work. Also, a similar dry day on NH-44 will be seen on March 10, 2023.
Keeping in view, the repair and maintenance on NH-44, no vehicular movement shall be allowed from either side on Jammu-Srinagar NHW between Nashri and NAVYUG Tunnel from 06:00 am on 3rd to 06:00 am, 4th March 2023 on Friday.
SSG Road will also be closed for vehicular movement as per Divisional Commissioner Ladakh UT’s order no. 75 dated 06-01-2023 in view of snow accumulation.
Mughal Road closed for vehicular movement as per District Magistrate Shopian order with endstt. No. DMS/PA/2023/1362-67 dated 05-01-2023 in view of snow accumulation.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

March 2, 2023
SC to hear plea against ban on BBC documentary on Gujarat riots on Friday

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Friday.
According to the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and M.M. Sundresh will take up a petition filed by senior journalist N. Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and advocate Prashant Bhushan, and also another petition moved by advocate M.L. Sharma.
The documentary series, titled ‘India: The Modi Question’, has been dismissed as a biased “propaganda piece” by the government.
The plea filed by Sharma contended that the BBC documentary on Gujarat riots was released for public view. However, due to “fear of truth”, the documentary has been banned from viewership in India by any means under rule 16 of the IT Act 2021.
Sharma’s plea sought a direction for quashing of the January 21 order under the IT Act being illegal, malafide and arbitrary, unconstitutional and void ab-initio and ultra vires to the Constitution of India.
The documentary has been banned on social media and online channels, but some students have screened it on campuses of various universities across the country.
Sharma’s plea contended that the BBC documentary has reflected the true facts with original recordings of the victims of the 2002 riots as well as other concerned persons involved in the scenario of the riots, and it can be used for judicial justice.
A separate petition has been filed by journalist N. Ram, Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, and advocate Prashant Bhushan against taking down their tweets with links to the documentary.

“The content of the BBC documentary and the tweets by Petitioner No. 2 (Bhushan) and 3 (Moitra) are protected under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India. The content of the documentary series do not fall under any of the restrictions specified under Article 19(2) or restrictions imposed under Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000,” said the plea filed by Ram and others.
The government has blocked sharing of any clips from the documentary on social media, prompting students’ organisations and opposition parties to organise its public screenings.
The plea by Ram and others argued that the apex court has categorically laid down that criticism of the government or its policies or even the judgment of the Supreme Court does not tantamount to violating the sovereignty and integrity of India.
“Censoring freedom of speech and expression of the petitioners by the executive through opaque orders and proceedings is manifestly arbitrary as it frustrates the fundamental right of the petitioners to effectively seek judicial review of administrative actions under Articles 226 and 32 of the Constitution of India in violation of the basic structure of the Constitution of India,” added the plea.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 3, 2023