Sniffer dogs, armed commandos and Rajputana Rifles personnel might soon be common citings at the Supreme Court which is being audited for parliament-style campus security, reported the Times of India.
Emailed threats after the recent Yakub Menon verdict by the Supreme Court, prompted the move. SC public relations officer Rakesh Sharma told /TOI/ that, “public must know that we are looking at the security aspect closely”.
Once the audit report is finished, more steps might be taken as the report would assess the possibility of attack from high rises as well as use of drones for perpetration. Some sources were also cited stating that the security protocol of the SC premises would be at par with that of the Parliament including electronic scanning of car registration plates and increase in electronic surveillance.
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Rajasthan rifles just sounds stupid. Don't understand the logic of retaining it in the header while agreeing to change in the body.
If we make changes as soon as suggested by anyone, it becomes a Wikipedia with an unlimited amount of stylistic suggestions, etc.
Rajasthan rifles is absolutely fine, just like you could say "the UK army" instead of its real name, "the British Army", or you could say the Mumbai gymkhana, rather than Bombay Gymkhana, or Chennai high court instead of High Court of Madras.
There's no risk of confusion from the headline and the article now makes it clear what the rifles' proper name is.
way to avoid suggestions for change- don't make the mistakes.
Not sure whether Mumbai Gymkhana can be interchanged with Bombay Gymkhana or UK Army with British Army, BUT definitely Madras High Court cannot be interchangeably referred as Chennai High Court. Its a Chartered High Court and that's why the name "Madras' remains in spite of the change in the city name. Going by that analogy, guess it applies to Rajputana Rifles as well since its one of the oldest regiments in India and am sure anybody associated with that regiment will not take this aberration slightly.
If you don't capitalise something, you can pretty much call it whatever you like as long as it's not rude or distorting the meaning.
E.g.: everyone understands what Bangalore high court is, even if that 'phrase' doesn't exist as a proper noun, and as long as you don't try to pass it off as a proper noun with capital letters (like Bangalore High Court).
Rajputana is literally the old word for Rajasthan, according to Wikipedia, and I don't think anyone would be offended if the proper noun for that rifle regiment wasn't used in the headline.
also, someone who refers to the Karnataka HC as benagalore hc will sound stupid.
I recollect only the autowallahs calling NLSIU as nagarbhavi low colej and NALSAR as shamirpet low colej. While nagarbhavi and shamirpet is descriptive of NLSIU and NALSAR, its not necessarily used by people who know better.
I simply disagree on a point of grammar and style with a reader, and am defending a policy we've followed for a long time...
Happy to accept that saying Rajputana Rifles is preferable to Rajasthan rifles, but the latter is not incorrect and as a policy we generally try not to make changes in copy just for the sake of change or pleasing individual readers, as it's a slippery slope to go on.