The Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Centre, Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corporation on a petition seeking a ban on popular online search engines promoting sex selection techniques.
A three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justices P. Sathasivam and J.M. Panchal issued notice on a writ petition filed by Dr. Sabu Mathew George highlighting the violation of Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act by the websites.
Counsel Sanjay Parikh submitted that despite bringing the websites to the notice of the departments concerned, no steps were taken to block them. He said the petition was filed for full and effective implementation of the Act.
He sought a direction to the Centre to block all websites, including those of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, that violated the Act.
Dr. George wanted a direction to the Centre to take punitive and deterrent action against these three companies.
Atleast 4 killed and 6 injured in the blast that took place at Sarbamangala Ghat in north Kolkata also known as Calcutta last night. The blast took place around 6 PM, was caused by the explosion of a gun shell in a garbage dump in the area.
Acordding to The police officials the blast took place when rag-pickers were rummaging through the garbage for plastic bags. According to Kolkata Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakravarty this is an accident not a bomb blast.
India is going through a tensed situation with recent terror attacks in the country including series blasts at Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. However, local police reassured Kolkata residents that the situation was under control.
On 30th June, Kolkata also known as Calcutta had been placed on high alert after an e-mail from the terrorist group ‘India Mujahideen’ to a TV channel and other media houses warned of blasts at the Calcutta High Court and at a top private hospital.
The injured are admitted in several hospitals including Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital, Civil Hospital and LG Hospital.
There were 17 blasts in an interval of 60 to 70 minutes on saturday evening in the crowded market area’s of Ahmedabad market leaving at least 38 dead and over 90 injured, and is expected to rise further, police said. !!
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Targeted Area’s include Raipur, Maninagar, Isanpur, Naroda, Bapu Nagar and Diamond Market. At the time of writing this post 12 Blasts has been confrmed by Gujrat Home Minister.
Bomb’s were placed on bicycles. All blasts went off in a span of 15-20 minutes starting 6:00 pm. All mobile networks have been jammed.
Initial reports suggest that six people have been killed and 35 others injured.
Delhi, Mumbai, and other metros are already on the high alert.
I will Update this post later as soon as i will get more updates about this matter, At the same time if u have relatives at that place you can try this below helpline number.
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