Delhi Police lodges first FIR under new criminal law Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

New Delhi, 1/7: The Delhi Police registered its first FIR under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against a street vendor in the Kamala Market area on Monday, officials said. Three new criminal laws came into effect on Monday, bringing far-reaching changes in India’s criminal justice system. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha…

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From students to separatists: Deadly PoK crackdown finds rare resonance across Kashmir

Srinagar, 30/7: As student protesters at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar forced the Narendra Modi government to negotiate and concede key demands, a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has found rare resonance across this part of Kashmir drawing rare condemnation from students, separatists and mainstream political parties alike.    

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