Tag: news
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Bihar: Recovery rate stands at 92.72%
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: The Bihar health department’s bulletin showed that the recovery rate of coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in the state stood at 92.72% on Thursday. A total of 1,370 fresh cases were registered in the last 24 hours, which pushed the tally to 184,275. The recovery rate on Wednesday was 92.74%. As many…
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Filing of nomination papers for Bihar Assembly Election 2020 begins
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Filing of nomination papers for the Bihar Assembly elections commenced on Thursday when the notification was issued for the first of the three-phase poll. Seventy-one of the total 243 constituencies go to polls in the first phase on October 28, though only three independent candidates turned up to file their…
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She talked about rape after a week, says Senior UP Cop
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The 19-year-old Dalit woman who died days after being savagely assaulted by a group of men, triggering nationwide anger and protests, spoke about being raped for the first more than a week after the incident, a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer said on Thursday, hours after a forensic report of her…
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UP Police lodge FIR against Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday lodged an FIR against Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and 153 Congress workers for violating the Epidemic Diseases Act for their attempted march to Hathras to meet the family of a gang-rape victim who died earlier this week. The complaint, filed at the Gautam Buddh Nagar…
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UP police should have been more sensitive: BJP MP
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): UP Police needed to be “more sensitive and responsible” as their actions triggered anger among people following the cremation of the Hathras Dalit woman in dead of night, head of the parliamentary panel on the welfare of SCs/STs and BJP MP Kirit Solanki said on Thursday. Calling the Hathras case “unfortunate,”…
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Justice Katju, what’s wrong with you?
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The brutal assault and alleged gang-rape of a young girl in Hathras left the nation shocked, especially when after her death, the family was not allowed to carry out the last rites. Rather, the victim was cremated by the police, without her family, in the middle of the night. Consequently, social media…
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Importance of Adhikmaas Full moon
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Kanpur: Lord Vishnu is worshiped on the full moon every month, but the full moon day of the Adhikmaas is of great importance. This full moon comes once in three years due to the full moon of the Adhikmaas. On this day most people also offer Lakshmi Narayan Puja, saying that…
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Reporting crimes on women: breaking laws and guidelines
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): In the middle of real-life protests and social media outrage for the Dalit woman who succumbed to her injuries after she was brutally gang-raped and injured in Hathras, a picture of a young woman went viral. Many social media users posted it with outpourings of anger and condolence. However, a fact check…
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Apex Court notice to Maharashtra Assembly over motion against Arnab
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): On Wednesday, the Apex Court issued a notice to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on a petition filed by Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network, challenging a breach of privilege motion moved against him in the House. After issuing the notice, a Bench, headed by CJI S A Bobde, posted the matter for…
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Petition in SC seeks CBI or SIT probe into Hathras crime, transfer of trial outside UP
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court asking for a stronger investigation into the Hathras brutality by four upper-caste Thakur men that led to the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman. The petition also seeks the transfer of the trial from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. The news comes in…