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SC’s ‘no’ to caste-based discrimination in prisons

In an important judgment to put an end to the caste-based discrimination and allocation of work in jails across the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that there should not be any caste-based discrimination in the prisons and directed the deletion of caste column in the prison register relating to undertrials and convicts.

Anurag Jain takes over as new chief secretary of MP

Soon after taking charge, Mr Jain held meetings with the department heads and senior bureaucrats at the Mantralaya. He also paid a courtesy visit to State Governor Mangubhai Patel at the Governor House here.

India rejects US panel’s report on religious freedom

We would urge the USCIRF to desist from such agenda-driven efforts. The USCIRF would also be well advised to utilise its time more productively on addressing human rights issues in the United States," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.