New Delhi: The UP government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to direct a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman in Hathras, saying it will ensure that no vested interests is able to create a fake and false narrative with “oblique motives”. In an affidavit filed in response to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Quite a few women members of parliament (MPs) and the legislative assembly (MLAs) from Uttar Pradesh, cutting across party lines, have criticised the state government’s treatment of the Hathras rape victim’s family, and said that the Yogi Adityanath administration should take corrective measures to ensure it is not repeated. ET spoke to five … Read more
New Delhi: After meeting the Hathras victim‘s family, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Saturday listed their demands which included a judicial inquiry through the Supreme Court and suspension of the district magistrate. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi met the family and declared that they will fight for ensuring justice to the Dalit woman … Read more
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Saturday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government over the Hathras incident, saying that “jungle raj” prevails in Uttar Pradesh even as foundation stone for Ram temple has been laid at Ayodhya in the state. The ruling party in Maharashtra alleged that the recent incidents of atrocities against women in … Read more
On November 27, 2014, after a five-month probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) closed a case of alleged rape and murder of two teenage girls reported on May 27, 2014, in Katra, a village in western Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district. The searing image of the two bodies hanging from a mango tree with villagers … Read more
LUCKNOW: In a fresh bid to curb crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh and deter repeat offenders, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday called for posters of those repeatedly accused of such crimes to be put up in public places. He also directed that such criminals be dealt with only by women police officers. Calling … Read more
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to formulate a strategy and bring an ordinance if required to prevent religious conversions in the name of love, an official said on Friday. “It has been seen in the recent past that women have been made to convert in the name of love and … Read more
The chief minister said it was because of the strategy adopted by the government that the fatality rate in the state was “much less” than elsewhere in the country and the world. (File photo: IE) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over daily 1.46 lakh novel coronavirus tests being done in Uttar Pradesh … Read more
Lucknow: Six out of the ten persons accused of killing television journalist Ratan Singh in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia were arrested by police on Tuesday and the station in-charge of Phephna village in the district was suspended for negligence in executing his duty. Singh, 42, is the third journalist killed in UP since June. He … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave his approval for setting up the task force, said an official spokesperson. Source link