President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday over the coronavirus outbreak, invoking the Stafford Act to open the door to more federal aid for states and municipalities. ‘I’m urging every state to open emergency operations centers,’ Trump said at a press conference in the Rose Garden. The declaration allows the government to marshal…
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Fresh Violence Erupts in JNU as Masked Mob Attacks Students’ Union President, Prof with Rods; Many Injured
New Delhi: Fresh violence erupted in Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday evening after a mob pelted stones at protesting students and brutally attacked JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh.
Opposition at President’s door: Protests echo spreading fear, ask Government to repeal Act
Amid protests against the new citizenship law, leaders of 12 Opposition parties led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind Tuesday and requested him to intervene and advise the government to immediately repeal the Act.
Judicial process beyond reach of poor: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind here on Saturday expressed concern over access to justice, saying the judicial process has gone beyond the reach of the common man. “The judicial process has become expensive, even beyond the reach of common man due to many reasons, especially in the high court and the Supreme Court where it has…
Do away with mercy for children’s rapists: President Kovind
SIROHI (RAJASTHAN): As entire India is outraged at multiple incidents of rape and henious crime against against women, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that there should be no provision of mercy pleas for rapists of children. In his address at an event here on Friday, Kovind said: “Rape convicts under the Protection of…