Senior advocate R. Pandu addressing a convention of citizens in Ballari on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A public convention was organised by the Ballari Nagarika Horata Samithi (BNHS) at Gandhi Bhavan here on Sunday to highlight long-standing civic issues in the city and demand immediate redressal. The gathering focused on several pressing concerns, … Read more
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
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