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Call for 1991 Sabarimala case records: Kerala

Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI, January 19, 2016 A Division Bench of the Kerala HC had upheld the restriction on women of a particular age group offering worship at the shrine. In a submission that may indicate the Kerala government’s position on access to women aged between 10 and 50 to the Sabarimala shrine, the State…

Muzaffarnagar on boil again as rape video goes public, BJP leader jumps in

This comes a week after a 40-year-old health worker from Muzaffarnagar committed suicide after a video of her alleged rape was circulated on WhatsApp. Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Published:January 19, 2016 2:50 am Two of the accused were arrested and sent to jail after being produced before a local court Monday. Police…

Bijnor: An acid attack and two conflicting accounts

Bijnor police say they will arrest woman for throwing acid on her friend, will look into her allegation that it was the friend who had tried to throw it on her Written by Sweta Dutta | Bijnor | Updated: January 19, 2016 9:31 am Suraj, who allegedly attacked with the acid by his female friend…

Behind rape, suicide of teen in UP village: no toilet at home

Her body lay in a morgue for more than two days before autopsy was conducted on January 15. The delay in conducting the autopsy has sparked a blame game between the local administration and police. Written by RAMENDRA SINGH Lakhimpur Updated: Jan 18, 2016, 8:10 Inside the only pucca room lies the charred remains of…

Securitymen accused of molestation in Chhattisgarh, police deny

Senior police officers said they will investigate the charges when a case is filed, but added that “the allegations are completely false, and a part of propaganda from the Naxals to counter their military losses”. By: Express News Service Raipur Published:Jan 18, 2016, 0:42 Two months after similar allegations were levelled in Bijapur, residents of…

Open Up For Women

Nalin Mehta In Sabarimala temple case, constitutional right to equality trumps other arguments Should the 1,500 year old Sabarimala Sri Ayyappa temple be opened up to women? The temple authority, Travancore Devaswom Board, cites tradition to say no to women between the ages of 10 to 50 for its sanctum sanctorum. The Supreme Court has…

4 junkies held for boy’s sexual assault, murder

Jan 18 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Mateen Hafeez Mumbai Beer Bottles Led To Breakthrough After 7-Year-Old’s Skeleton Found Four beer bottles found under the Eastern Freeway where a seven-year-old boy’s skeleton was discovered in a cavity under the flyover, helped nail the alleged accused–four drug addicts–three months after the crime. The crime…

United efforts needed to make Ram temple a reality: Swamy

Jan 18 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Chaitanya Deshpande Nashik BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said rules barring women from entering temples must be changed in keeping with changing times. He also stressed the need to restructure academic syllabi to provide “true information“ about the country’s history to youngsters. Swamy was delivering…

ACCUSED HELD AFTER RAPE CLIP CIRCULATED IN MUZAFFARNAGAR

• 18 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Vasistha Bhardwaj letters@hindustantimes.com MUZAFFARNAGAR: Khatauli police arrested two men allegedly involved in the gangrape of a 32-year-old married woman here. The accused, apprehended on Sunday, had raped the woman in Kelavada village under Khatauli police station, more than two years ago and filmed the act. On…

Sub-inspector kills woman, commits suicide in Delhi

Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid New Delhi: A 30-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector on Sunday morning shot dead a woman and then committed suicide in a park situated in Delhi’s south west region. While the 27-year-old woman died on the spot, the cop succumbed to injuries later in the evening after undergoing treatment at All India Institute Of…

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