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Bypolls in three States record decent voter turnout

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Bypolls in three States record decent voter turnout

Voters waiting in long queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: Govarthan M Voting for Assembly by-elections were held in three States — Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal — on Monday. The results of the bypolls will be declared on March 2, along with the … Read more

Allahabad HC raps UP police, says Hathras victim was entitled to decent cremation

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Allahabad HC raps UP police, says Hathras victim was entitled to decent cremation

The Hathras victim’s fundamental right of decent cremation was infringed upon by authorities, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court said in its order issued after hearing on Monday. The body of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died after being allegedly gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated at around 2.45 … Read more