The Punjab government has tied up with National Institute of Fashion Technology to impart training to 125 women artisans at five locations across the state.Special Chief Secretary, Cooperation, Anurag Aggarwal, after inaugurating first training session here, said the articles prepared by these artisans will be sold by Markfed through its online e-commerce portal as well […]
The government is ready to hold a discussion on incidents in Manipur but the opposition is not serious about it, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday in Lok Sabha which witnessed protests over the matter leading to adjournment of proceedings till noon.As soon as the House met, the members of the opposition parties were […]
The National Commission for Women (NCW) did not act upon the complaint filed on June 12 on behalf of women who were paraded naked in Manipur.There was fresh tension after the May 4 video surfaced on July 19, showing two women from the Kuki community being paraded naked by a group of men. They were […]
A family in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar celebrated their daughter’s first period by cutting a cake. Jitendra Bhatt, a resident of Udham Singh Nagar’s Kashipur city, decorated his home with balloons to celebrate his daughter’s first period.A music teacher by profession, Jitendra Bhatt, took such a step to give a message to society that “menstruation […]
Police have arrested seven people for allegedly using illegal kite flying threads and 33 rolls of banned Chinese manjha were seized from them.Selling Chinese manjha and using is illegal, a police official said. These seven people were arrested for allegedly flying kites with threads that can pose danger and cause injury to persons and animals, […]
Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wondered whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi was really angered (as claimed by Modi) by the video footage showing two Kuki women paraded naked by a Meitei mob.Kharge also accused the BJP governments in Manipur and at the Centre of being “remorseless”. […]
A biker had stopped on the ISKCON bridge in Ahmedabad following an accident between a Thar and a truck.Little did he know that the camera in his bike would capture a bigger tragedy. As he moved in his bike closer to the accident site, suddenly, a high-end car came from behind and hit bystanders gathered […]
Leaders of the INDIA alliance met at the chamber of Mallikarjun Kharge in the Parliament complex on Thursday to chalk out a strategy for the Monsoon session and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on Manipur violence in both Houses followed by a discussion.This was the first meeting of the opposition alliance of 26 parties […]
Taking suo motu cognisance of videos of two women allegedly being paraded naked in ethnic-violence-hit Manipur, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre and the state government to inform it about the action taken against the perpetrators.“We are very deeply disturbed about the videos distributed yesterday. We are expressing our deep concern. It is […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the incident of harassment of women in Manipur was “shameful” and urged all state chief ministers to ensure safety of women. While making a strong statement over the incident, Modi said, “I assure the people that the guilty will not be spared and the law will act with […]