Retired Army man Mohammad Sanaullah was kept at a detention camp in Assam last month as he failed to furnish evidence before a foreigners' tribunal in the state to establish that he was Indian by birth, the Rajya Sabha was informed by Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy in a written reply. Sanaullah failed to furnish evidence before the tribunal to establish his linkage to his parentage on Indian soil prior to March 25, 1971, the House was informed. PTI
RS passes teachers’ reservation Bill
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday unanimously passed a Bill to provide for the reservation of posts in appointments by direct recruitment to the teachers' cadre in certain Central Educational Institutions. The Central Educational Institutions (Reservations in Teachers' Cadre) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace the Ordinance which was promulgated by the preceding government on March 7, this year, to overcome the judicial order to do away with 200 point system for appointments in the Central institutes. TNS
25 govt sites hacked till May: Prasad
Over two dozen websites of Central ministries, departments and state governments were hacked till May this year, as per information by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Parliament was informed on Wednesday. “As per the information reported to and tracked by CERT-In, a total number of 199, 172, 110 and 25 websites of Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments were hacked during 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (till May), respectively,” Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. PTI
Increase defence outlay: Tewari
Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari asked the government to allocate adequate budget for defence. He told the Lok Sabha that the spending on military was just 1.52 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which was the lowest in 58 years. India faces a two-front onslaught from Pakistan and China. The minister said China’s defence spending has been growing, while India’s dropping. TNS
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