The police have filed FIR against 1200 students, hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered a probe into violence inside the prominent Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus. Over a dozen students were detained on Sunday after their protest turned violent. Police used force to dislodge them. Soon, a[Read More…]
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Ram Rahim gets 10 years in jail for raping two women
Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Monday for raping two women followers. He was sentenced at a jail in Haryana’s Rohtak by Judge Jagdeep Singh. Singh flew down on government helicopter to conduct proceedings in prison-side court. The CBI Court in[Read More…]
Harassing women at public places is ‘fun’ for ‘educated men,’ reveals survey
Dear women, if you are being harassed, tortured or ill-treated by men on roads, public places or any at other place, don’t dare to think that the situation will get better anytime soon. Yes, it won’t and we have all the valid reasons to say that. A report released in[Read More…]
Spousal violence: Manipur tops the list with 53% cases; Bihar, Andhra Pradesh are no less
Although marriage is said to be a sacred institution, the alarming numbers of spousal violence in India have another story to convey. A statistics of National Family Health Survey, suggests that nearly 29 per cent of married women in the country faced spousal violence in 2015-16. The figure is indeed[Read More…]
Srinagar: Lowest turnout in 3 decades with 6.5 % voting; 8 killed in clashes
Nearly 8 people were killed in Srinagar in a dispute with security forces during the by-poll for Lok Sabha seat on Sunday. Notably, the constituency witnessed a record low with 6.5 per cent voter turnout. It is the lowest in last 30 years. Annoyed crowds took to streets in huge[Read More…]