Barricades were installed at the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday. Press Trust of India Heavy police deployment has come up on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Noida on Saturday, ahead of a scheduled visit of a Congress delegation that plans to meet the family of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras who died after an alleged […]
It comes at a time when protests have erupted in several parts of the country over the Hathras case. By Akshita Jain Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani’s address at the United Nations on Thursday on women empowerment has left Twitter baffled, as it comes at a time when there is massive outrage over the […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Days after the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang raped and assaulted in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, a senior state police official appeared to imply the woman was not raped because semen was not found. Additional Director General Prashant Kumar told reporters on Thursday that the […]
‘The Indian Express’ said CBI must appeal against the verdict and ‘Business Standard’ said the case is a sorry reflection on India’s premier investigative agency. By Akshita Jain A special court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi and Uma Bharti, of involvement in the destruction of the Babri Masjid. In the […]
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only to the number in the United States. Reuters met and interviewed relatives of 30 people who […]
By Saurabh Sharma, Alasdair Pal LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Indian police imposed emergency laws on Thursday in a village where a woman from the lowest rung of the country’s caste system was allegedly raped and killed, barring gatherings of more than five people after clashes erupted following her cremation. The 19-year-old victim died from her injuries on […]
Meanwhile, BJP leaders welcomed the verdict and tweeted ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Newsroom A special CBI court in Lucknow on Wednesday acquitted all 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, saying there was no conclusive proof. Calling it a “very sad day”, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi urged the All India Muslim Personal […]
The verdict, delivered almost 30 years after the destruction of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, has acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party veterans LK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati. By Akshay Deshmane NEW DELHI—India’s former Home Secretary Madhav Godbole, who was in charge when the Babri mosque was demolished by mobs on 6 December 1992, […]
The employee has mentioned multiple incidents of harassment and assault in her FIR against Times Network MD Anand MK. Times Network has denied the allegations. By Piyasree Dasgupta KOLKATA, West Bengal — On August 9 this year, a Times Network employee said she received a phone call from Srivathsan S, the head of Human Resources […]
The organisation said it was compelled to let go of staff in India. By Akshita Jain Amnesty International (AI) India on Tuesday announced that it has decided to halt operations and blamed the Narendra Modi government for “witch-hunt of human rights organisations over unfounded and motivated allegations”. The organisation said that it was compelled to […]
