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Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (Government of India) has from January 2018 launched its new improved portal www.pgportal.gov.in for Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) but now with special characters not allowed in posted submissions. Suggestions on this portal are now not allowed according to notification published in newspapers on 27.07.2016. CPGRAMS should allow special characters also for simplicity apart accepting suggestions on the portal with a modified name. It may be mentioned that very improvement system-reforms like discontinuing useless denominations of rupees 1, 2, 5 and 7 of Indian Postal Orders (IPOs) and correcting IPO-printing were achieved through earlier-allowed posting of suggestions on this portal. No...

Department of Justice in its communication dated 26.11.2015 on the matter taken up with Rajya Sabha committee on Petitions revealed that a meeting of Chairpersons of Computer Committees of High Courts chaired by Supreme Court Judge Justice Madan B Lokur (Judge in-charge of e-Committee of Supreme Court) on 2-3 August 2014 emphasised that for sake of uniformity, A-4 size paper-sheets should be used in preparing orders, judgements and depositions. But it is regretting that British legacy to continue with legal-size paper still continues. Presently A-4 size paper (29.5 cms x 21 cms) is most commonly used size of paper-sheets. All photocopiers used in homes and offices are mostly equipped to handle this size of paper-sheets only. Distinct size of legal paper-sheets for filing and use in...

It refers to decision of Union government for not printing last page of Indian passports primarily to save identity of single parent and adopted child. Passport used to be the most authentic identity-proof issued only after reliable police-verification, as such deleting last page altogether is not advisable. Column of parents’ names could have been avoided to be printed. Rather new-designed passports should be issued where details printed on last page (without parents’ names) may be printed on page facing the page having name of passport-holder so that photocopy in single sheet may be enough to be submitted as proof of identity-proof of passport-holder. Idea of having different (orange) coloured jacket-cover for ECR (Emigration Check Required) though seems good for easy identificat...

R K SINHA, MP (Rajya Sabha) Is following Hindi, Hindu Culture or being Hindu a crime in this country? But indications are like that. A latest example of this nature has come in form of a petition filed by someone mentally deranged in the Supreme Court of India questioning the prayers recited in Kendriya Vidyalayas since it promotes Hindutva. This prayer is recited in all Kendriaya Vidyalayas for decades, since 1960s to be correct. When Kendriya Vidyalayas were established, the great grandfather of Rahul Gandhi, Jawharlal Nehru was Prime Minister of India. It was December 15, 1963 when Kendriya Vidyalaya was established during life time of Nehru. Now this prayer is being described as ‘unconstitutional’. Surprisingly, no student or teacher objected to the prayer in the past. When K...

Certainly, the four Supreme Court judges have conducted themselves in a deplorable manner by accusing Chief Justice in public. They have not only disgraced themselves but the entire judiciary system by showing high level of indiscipline Obviously, Chief Justice of India could not conduct himself in a way to carry on his colleagues with him in his decisions. Having done so much of damage, it is necessary that the Chief Justice and four dissenting judges resign immediately as people will have no more confidence that these five judges are capable of maintaining high standards required of the judges. Their quitting would certainly help in restoring the credibility of the Supreme Court. N.S.Venkataraman

With official twitter-handle of Congress unnecessarily creating big embarrassment for the main opposition party by mocking so-alleged hugplomacy of Indian Prime Minister in greeting foreign dignitaries, it seems that Congress is being defamed by some conspirators inside the party through such actions. Congress President has to do damage control for such irresponsibility like was done by directing partymen not to link the ruling party with so-called Hindu-extremism on the party bearing strong criticism on comments by Karnatak Chief Minister. Nobody can forget putting respectable suffixes like Saheb, Ji etc by a prominent party-leader after names of notorious Pakistani terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Osama Bin Laden just to face string reaction against the party from citizens. Failure to ...

Arguments are being made that the four senior-most judges of Supreme Court after Chief Justice of India must not have bypassed conduct-code number nine of ‘Restatement of values in judicial life’ as passed unanimously by full-bench of Supreme Court on 07.05.1997, by holding an unprecedented press-conference on 12.01.2018 and instead they could have written to President of India on happenings within Supreme Court in case Chief Justice of India (CJI) was not listening to them. But such a course of action would have been unfruitful in present era of opaqueness in administrative side of Indian judicial system. Any such correspondence by Supreme Court judges would never have come out with all possibility of being dumped in files. Immediate time-bound remedial measures are now necessary ...

R K SINHA Ezkiel Malekar, the priest of the Jew Temple (Synagogue) located on Humayun Road in Delhi hopes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on official tour of India would take some time off to visit Synagogue in Delhi. Visiting leaders from Israel have in the past always visited the Delhi temple. Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives here on January 14 which is an auspicious for Indians. It is the day of Makar Sankranti when the Sun moves to Capricorn. Area of Cooperation The two countries would focus on five areas of cooperation that are important. It includes, defence. Armed and ammunition supply from Israel is one area. India imports arms from Israel besides, strategic cooperation on defence. Today India is benefiting from Israel in the field of agricultur...

स्वामी विवेकानन्द जन्म जयन्ती-12 जनवरी 2018 पर विशेष जिनका समग्र जीवन स्वयं एक प्रयोगशाला था -ललित गर्ग- काल के भाल पर कुंकुम उकेरने वाले सिद्धपुरुष का नाम है, स्वामी विवेकानन्द। नैतिक मूल्यों के विकास एवं युवा चेतना के जागरण हेतु कटिबद्ध, मानवीय मूल्यों के पुनरुत्थान के सजग प्रहरी, अध्यात्म दर्शन और संस्कृति को जीवंतता देने वाली संजीवनी बंूटी, भारतीय संस्कृति एवं भारतीयता के प्रखर प्रवक्ता, युगीन समस्याओं के समाधायक, अध्यात्म और विज्ञान के समन्वयक, वेदान्त के विख्यात और प्रभावशाली आध्यात्मिक गुरु हैं स्वामी विवेकानन्द। स्वामी विवेकानन्द का जन्म 12 जनवरी,1863 में हुआ। पिता विश्वनाथ दत्त कलकत्ता हाईकोर्ट के एक प्रसिद्ध वकील थे। दुर्गाचरण दत्ता, (नरेंद्र के दादा) संस्कृत और फारसी के विद्वान थे उन्होंने अपने परिवार को 25 की उम्र में छोड़ दिया और एक साधु बन गए। उनकी माता भुवनेश्वरी देवी ध...