From providing shelter to offering first aid, shielding victims from police or taking them to the hospital, residents of Jamia Nagar and New Friends Colony came to the rescue of Jamia Millia Islamia students during Sunday’s violence. Around 7.30pm on Sunday, Shama Parveen, 52, was sitting outside her house in […]
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Nagpur Mayor Sandip Joshi attacked days after receiving threat letter
Nagpur city mayor, Sandip Joshi, who is a trusted lieutenant of Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis, was attacked by two unidentified persons on Tuesday midnight near Jamtha Cricket Stadium, some 20km from the Wardha Road. Fortunately, Joshi escaped uninjured. “I was out with my family. While I was returning two people […]
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Review petition of 2012 Delhi gangrape convict among cases in Supreme Court today
On the last day before it goes on vacation, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two significant cases on Wednesday. Here is a quick snapshot: 2012 Delhi Gangrape Case A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna was constituted on Tuesday evening by the Chief […]
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Muzaffarpur student, set on fire for resisting rape attempt, dies at Patna hospital
A 23-year-old woman, who was set on fire in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur earlier this month, died in Patna on Monday. She was being treated at the city’s Apollo Burn Hospital after sustaining 95 per cent burn injuries. The victim’s brother-in-law said the woman died around 11.40pm on Monday. She was set […]
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Delhi leads states in filling lower court staff vacancies
Some states, including Delhi and Tamil Nadu, have managed to narrow the gap between sanctioned strength and working strength in lower courts, although, in general, most state governments and their respective High Courts continue to drag their feet over filling up vacancies in the lower (or subordinate) judiciary, with almost […]
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Fresh plea in SC on Telangana encounter deaths
A fresh plea on the encounter killing of the four accused in the gang rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana was mentioned before the Supreme Court for urgent hearing on Monday. The bench took note of the submission of lawyer Vrinda Grover, representing Sajaya K, who had moved […]
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Report on Odisha rape-suicide submitted
The three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the gang rape and subsequent suicide of a Dalit minor girl, on Monday submitted its interim probe report to the Odisha high court. The SIT was constituted by the high court. Victim’s lawyer Srijee Vausar said the SIT has been granted a week’s time […]
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2 army personnel killed in firing from across LoC in Kashmir
An Army soldier was killed in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector, and another one in Rajouri district, in firing across the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday. Since August 5 when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was removed by Parliament, Indian and Pakistani soldiers have been indulging in frequent […]
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AMU to be evacuated, says UP police chief after violence at campus
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will be evacuated as a precautionary measure after clashes between students and the police on Sunday night, Uttar Pradesh’s police chief OP Singh said on Monday. Director general of police OP Singh’s direction came after he held a meeting with other top officials over the […]
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After Jamia and AMU, Nadwa in Lucknow erupts in protest over citizenship law
After Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), violence broke out at Nadwa college in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow over the new citizenship law. A group of students Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, or Nadwa college, had on Sunday night attempted to come outside and reportedly raised slogans against the arrest of […]
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Nagaland governor RN Ravi gets additional charge of Meghalaya
Nagaland governor and Centre’s interlocutor for Naga talks, RN Ravi, has been assigned the additional responsibility as the Governor of Meghalaya. A press communication from President House stated – “The President of India is pleased to appoint R.N. Ravi, Governor of Nagaland to discharge the functions of the Governor of […]
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Situation in Assam improves, we thank people, say police
The situation in Assam, which has been reeling under protest over the newly-enacted citizenship law, has improved immensely, the police said on Monday morning. “We thank the people of Assam for following the spirit of the law,” the police said, according to news agency ANI. The police also said that […]
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‘Misuse of public funds’: Bengal guv asks Mamata to withdraw ad against CAA
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Sunday accused Mamata Banerjee of wasting public money on an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act campaign on television instead of ensuring police effectively curbed the state-wide arson. He demanded immediate withdrawal of the ‘advertisements’ calling them unconstitutional. “The government must act very very fast on that […]
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CAA fire rages in Delhi, buses torched; cops lathi-charge agitators
Violence over the amended citizenship act rocked the national capital on Sunday, with public buses being set on fire in a busy south Delhi colony and police using tear gas on protesters gathered near Jamia Millia Islamia, an area that has remained tense following Friday’s clashes over the new law […]
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One killed, another injured in land mine blast in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga
One person was killed and another sustained critical injuries in a blast triggered by a pressure landmine at Bulbul forest in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district. Though the incident happened on Thursday, the villagers, out of fear, informed the authorities only on Friday. The CPI (Maoists) who are holed up in this […]