Gujrat’s Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani was given bail by a court in Assam’s Barpeta district on Friday in a case where he was accused of assaulting a policewoman while being brought by a police posse from Guwahati to Kokrajhar. Barpeta District and Sessions judge Paresh Chakraborty granted bail to Mevani
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A 24-year-old woman sustained serious burns when a jilted lover allegedly threw acid on her on Thursday after she rejected his marriage proposal. According to police, the incident happened in a finance company where she worked. The woman was climbing the stairs when 27-year-old Nagesh, a garment factory worker, threw
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said efforts are on to remove AFSPA completely from the northeast region. Addressing a ‘Peace, Unity and Development’ rally here, he said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act could be withdrawn from various parts of the region as the law and order situation has
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his federalism is “not cooperative but coercive”. His remarks came a day after Modi flagged higher fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states and urged them to reduce VAT in “national interest” to benefit the common man
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a tempo driver who lured her with a chocolate in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar here, police said on Thursday. The Mumbai police arrested the 35-year-old accused within 24 hours of the incident late on Wednesday night, an official said. The incident took