The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday questioned the congressional silence on the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur this week while criticizing the party’s “selective outrage” over crimes against women. The girl’s family is from Bihar. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said rape …
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All police stations in Uttar Pradesh would have to install a glass room for complainants to present their complaints to female police personnel. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the installation of a secret glass-enclosed room in police stations across the state would help female whistleblowers to speak freely with …
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Before the 2015 Bihar assembly elections, Yadav’s chiefs, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, had assembled a rickety grand alliance, which collapsed long before the elections were held. Its political tremors were felt in the northern belt of India. The two neighboring states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, account for …
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A Uttar Pradesh police deputy inspector was suspended for growing a beard allegedly without permission from the department. Intezar Ali, the deputy inspector, was stationed at the Ramallah police station in Baghpat. Manoj Singh, the Baghpat police public relations officer, quoted the police manual as saying that only Sikhs can …
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The Bairia BJP MLA had previously said that Dhirendra Pratap Singh had “opened fire in self-defense”. (Proceedings) Ballia: BJP MLA Surendra Singh came out once again in support of a local party leader who has been accused of murdering a man during an event in Ballia of Uttar Pradesh. The …
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Initial results from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on trials on the efficacy of a microbial consortium to break down rice stubble show that the latter can break down in 25 days amid reports from the national capital region of Delhi (NCR) and several other northern countries. Western …
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File photo of Samajwadi Party Chairman Akhilesh Yadav. The party’s comments came after a video clip of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath went viral on social media, where he was heard saying, ‘Ab to Ballia Ka Naam Lene Me Bhi Darr Lag Raha Hai.’ News18.com Last update: October 19, 2020 12:52 …
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NEW DELHI: BJP central leadership intervened on Monday and waved the whip at MLA Surendra Singh for his statements about the shooting incident in the Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh. National President BJP JP Nadda has asked the head of the party in Uttar Pradesh Swatantra dev singh to relay …
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Many parts of northwestern India have been affected by poor air quality, while some also experience very poor air, including Ballabgarh in Haryana with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 302; Bhiwandi in Rajasthan with an AQI reading of 306 and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with an AQI …
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A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a car in the TP Nagar neighborhood of Meerut on Friday, police said Sunday. The police arrested the accused, Pulkit Saini (20), following a complaint from the girl’s father. “There was a rape case against the defendant and he was arrested on Saturday …
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