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Murthal ‘rape’ report: ‘Men started harassing a few women…I don’t know if they escaped unharmed’

The incident is reported to have occurred on NH-1, near Sukhdev Dhaba. Written by Abhishek Angad , Anju Agnihotri Chaba Murthal | Jalandhar Published:Feb 28, 2016, 4:15 Days after reports that several women were “raped” in Murthal, during the Jat quota protest on February 22, some eyewitnesses have recounted how a group of men “misbehaved”…

Sena neta beats up woman cop, arrested

When she asked for his driver’s licence, Shashikant Kalgude became violent Arvind Walmiki@airwind05 A Shiv Sena shaka pramukh, identified as Shashikant Ganpat Kalgude, 44, has been arrested for allegedly beating up a woman traffic constable in Thane. Kalgude was produced in court and was remanded in police custody for a day. He was released on…

Watch video of ‘ex’ Shiv Sena worker beating up woman constable in Mumbai

Local Sena members though confirmed that Kalgude continues to be a shakha pramukh and owns a vada pav stall in Teen Haat Naka, Thane. By: Express News Service Mumbai Updated: Feb 27, 2016, 11:09 Days after a police constable in Latur was assaulted by a mob, another embarrassing episode involving the uniform emerged in Thane.…

Rohith Vemula’s mother has a request for Smriti Irani: Stop spreading lies

Radhika Vemula, flanked by her other son Raja, said BJP will be decimated to the ground if PM does not take any action against Irani . Written by Kedar Nagarajan New Delhi Updated: Feb 27, 2016, 8:30 Mother of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit student who committed suicide at Hyderabad University last month, has accused Union…

Kerala youth beaten up in Bengaluru

IMRAN GOWHAR BENGALURU, February 27, 2016 A group of three students from Kerala were beaten up by locals in Boopasabdra in Sanjay Nagar on Saturday. The gang, armed with lathis, barged into the house and asked the students if they were from Kerala and proceeded to beat them up when it was confirmed. Marvin Michael…

I was beaten up, injured in court before police, says Kanhaiya

New Delhi, Feb 27, 2016, (PTI) JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar has told a Supreme Court-appointed lawyers’ probe panel that he was beaten up, pushed to the ground and injured by men in lawyers’ robes before the police, when he was brought to the Patiala House court premises on February 17. “When the police brought me…

VHP leader murder: RSS, VHP say entire Dalit community will begin stir

Arun Kumar Mahaur was returning to his furniture shop after offering prayers at a temple near Meer Hussaini crossing when he was shot around 10.30 am on Thursday. Written by Lalmani Verma Lucknow Published:Feb 27, 2016, 1:10 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its offshoot Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) would hold a meeting in Agra on…

Women harassed in train, GRP cops turn victim away

Feb 27 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Nitasha Natu Mumbai: Churchgate RPF Team Chased Down Accused In the second such incident at Churchgate this week, a man barged into the ladies compartment of a Western Railway local and harassed women commuters on Wednesday . The accused, Tarak Soni, 51, was nabbed soon after…

Tribal activist Soni Sori threatened again

PAVAN DAHAT RAIPUR, February 27, 2016 Tribal activist and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori, who is currently undergoing treatment in New Delhi after an attack on her last week, received “threats” on Thursday night. “Some unknown persons threw handwritten pamphlets at her residence in Geedam town of Dantewada on Thursday night. They said…

Pune student sexually assaulted, robbed

Feb 27 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Pune: TIMES NEWS NETWORK A 19-year-old student of a prominent city college was sexually assaulted and robbed while she was reading a book in Hanuman Tekdi hillock here on Wednesday evening. Vijay Vikas Kamble, 21, was arrested after the woman lodged a complaint on Thursday .…

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