
Over 50k e-challans for mask related violations in Dec. 2021
The Hindu
Police to penalise drivers not wearing masks
In December alone, Telangana police issued 58,578 e-challans for face mask related violations across the State.
Of them, 14,596 challans were issued by the Hyderabad city police to those who were not properly wearing or not wearing masks in adherence to COVID-19 protocol.
With a sudden spike in COVID cases and several Omicron cases, police have once again intensified the ‘No Mask’ drive rule and started issuing contactless and spot e-challans to violators in the State.

Wearing black dresses and holding placards, Congress legislators on March 29 took out a rally from MLA quarters to the Assam Assembly, protesting the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha. The Budget session of the Assembly resumed on Wednesday morning after a week-long recess. The Congress MLAs marched from the official residence of the Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia to the gates of the Assembly building.

The Madras High Court has commuted, from 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, to seven years, the punishment imposed on an 88-year-old shopkeeper for having a raped a 15-year-old girl child who subsequently died by suicide, in 2013. The leniency was shown considering the age and frail physical condition of the convict.

The 60-member Nagaland Assembly has unanimously resolved to repeal the Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001 with immediate effect, thereby negating the possibility of the State holding the elections to the urban local bodies (ULBs) with 33% of the seats reserved for women. Traditional tribal, community-based, and urban NGOs have been opposing the Niephiu Rio-led government’s March 9 decision to hold the ULB polls on May 16 following a Supreme Court directive. The Naga Hohos (apex tribal bodies) also threatened to boycott the polls if the government failed to guarantee that holding the civic polls would not violate the provisions of Article 371A of the Constitution of India granting special rights to Nagaland, including protection of Naga customary laws.