A Gujarat court sent Tathya Patel, the driver who allegedly crushed nine people to death by his speeding luxury car on the ISKCON Bridge in Ahmedabad, to judicial remand till Sunday.The driver’s father, Pragnesh Patel, has also been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. The accident took place at around 1 am at the […]
Fresh violence was reported in Manipur’s Imphal after women protestors blocked both sides of a main road in the Ghari area. The women protestors burnt tyres during the protests, prompting cops to take action. The Manipur armed police, Army and rapid action battalion rushed to the spot to quell the protesters. In an operation, they […]
A purported video from West Bengal’s Malda has emerged on social media platforms showing two women being beaten and paraded half-naked.According to initial reports, the incident occurred three to four days ago. Local people in Malda’s Pakuahat had caught the two women on suspicion of theft and thrashed them.The purported video showed several women assaulting […]
Days after the Punjab Governor said the calling of a special Assembly session last month was likely a breach of law and procedure, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said it is “very unfortunate” that Banwarilal Purohit does not know whether the June 19-20 session was legal or illegal.Mann said during the previous Amarinder Singh […]
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”. […]