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A bizarre one from the #ParliamentDefied series: The Home Ministry says it can't find any record of Parliament ratifying the merger of the kingdom of Manipur with India. In 1949, the kingdom of Manipur signed a Merger Agreement to join the Indian Union. In Manipur, this agreement has since been pummelled with claims that it was signed under coercion, fuelling emotive debates in the border state.
In Parliament, the Union Home Minister was asked whether such a Merger Agreement exists, if so, whether the agreement was rejected by the Manipur state assembly and had Parliament ratified it.
https://www.reporters-co llective.in/the-assurance-project/home-minister-promised-to-help-states-in-addressing-police-suicides-but-quietly-flipped
J&K: Senior Lawyer Picked up From Home 'Without Arrest Warrant, Booked Under PSA,' Says Family https://thewire.in/government/nazir-ahmad-ronga-psa-arrest-jammu-kashmir 11/Jul/2024
Nazir Ahmad Ronga, who has been targeted by J&K administration in the past for raising his voice against the reading down of Article 370 and his political affiliations,
his son Umair Ronga who is also a lawyer, said that the police official leading the party told the family that “it is an order from above”. Later, he said, the authorities told them that the senior advocate was being detained under the PSA and would be lodged in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu.
Man Preparing for Staff Selection Commission Exams Beaten to Death in West Delhi https://www.thecrossbill.in/national/crime/man-preparing-for-ssc-exams-beaten-to-death-in-west-delhi-528 Pawan was murdered over a dispute involving a woman," a senior police officer said,