Day: March 8, 2021

15-year-old raped by nine people over eight days in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar

8:02 pm March 8, 2021

Kota: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped at separate places by at least nine people over eight days in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar, police said on Monday. Two of the accused are minors. The girl somehow managed to reach her home on Friday after which a complaint was lodged. Four of the accused, including the two minors, […]

Flower protest in Paris for Iranian no-headscarf activist

8:00 pm March 8, 2021

Paris: Activists laid flowers near the Iranian Embassy in Paris on Monday to show support for a women’s rights campaigner sentenced to prison after handing out flowers to women on the Tehran metro while not wearing a headscarf. Monday’s protest on a square near the embassy, organized by Amnesty International, was timed to mark International Women’s Day. It was also meant to show […]

2 workers killed after bike gets caught under lorry

7:41 pm March 8, 2021

Coimbatore: Two printing factory workers were killed on the spot when their motorcycle got caught under a concrete-mix laden lorry at Tirupur on Monday while they were trying to overtake it, police said The duo were on their way back to the company after attending to official work when the mishap occurred. The lorry driver has been […]

Women’s Day: U’khand govt launches interest-free loan scheme for women SHGs

7:37 pm March 8, 2021

Dehradun: The state government on Monday launched an interest-free loan scheme for women self-help groups and distributed loans worth Rs 5.27 crore among 156 such groups at a programme in Gairsain to mark International Women’s Day. Addressing the event virtually, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced a cash incentive of Rs 10,000 for all Anganwadi and Asha workers who […]

SC ends extension of limitation period, says country returning to normalcy

7:34 pm March 8, 2021

New Delhi: Observing that country is ”returning to normalcy”, the Supreme Court Monday decided to end the extension of the limitation period which was granted for filing appeals in March 2020 to litigants due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The apex court had on March 23 last year invoked its plenary power under Article 142 of the Constitution to […]