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Adityanath recommends CBI probe, Gandhi’s make it to Hathras victim’s home

11:28 pm October 3, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday recommended a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, which triggered nationwide outrage. The decision was announced by the Chief Minister’s Office minutes after Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wound up their visit to the home of the victim’s family at a village in Hathras district. Hours earlier, […]

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Crisis in Bihar NDA will be defused, asserts Ravi Shankar Prasad

9:24 pm October 2, 2020

Patna: BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda has authorized “three-four people” to intervene and defuse the crisis in the NDA in Bihar ahead of the Assembly polls, senior party leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday. Prasad, who represents Bihar’s Patna Sahib constituency in the Lok Sabha, did not disclose whom the BJP chief has assigned that task, but asserted […]

Hathras case: HC summons top officials; Rahul, Priyanka detained by UP cops

10:29 pm October 1, 2020

Noida: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday sent out summons to top Uttar Pradesh officials over the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman while the Congress staged a dramatic protest, leading to the detention of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by UP police. The two leaders were detained in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi, when they insisted on marching to Hathras to meet the family of […]

Dalit woman gang-raped in Hathras dies in Delhi hospital

7:17 pm September 29, 2020

New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman, who was brutally gang-raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district two weeks ago, died of her grievous injuries at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning, prompting outrage and angry protests. Recalling the horrors of the Nirbhaya case, the Dalit teen was allegedly sexually attacked by four men on […]

Mayawati slams both Oppn, govt over Monsoon Session chaos

1:42 pm September 23, 2020

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati Wednesday hit out at the government as well as the Opposition for the ruckus and chaos during the ongoing Monsoon Session, saying their conduct has harmed the dignity of Parliament and the Constitution. In a tweet in Hindi, she said “Although Parliament is called the temple of democracy, its dignity has […]