AJMER/BHILWARA/JAIPUR: Protests over alleged sexual exploitation of at least six minor girls in Rajasthan’s Bijayanagar and Tonk have snowballed to other areas. Kishangarh witnessed a complete shutdown Friday, while Ajmer is set to follow suit Saturday.It is alleged that five Class X girls were filmed in compromising situations, blackmailed and sexually exploited in Beawar’s Bijaynagar…
AHMEDABAD: A special CBI court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old teacher to life imprisonment “till his last breath” for raping a student and impregnating her, after eloping with her on the pretext of marriage.This is the second time the accused, Dhaval Trivedi, has been awarded life sentence. A repeat offender, he was already…
KOCHI: The Kerala HC on Thursday constituted a special division bench to consider petitions related to Justice K Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in film industry. The bench, comprising Justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and CS Sudha, was constituted as per orders of Acting Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque.In the morning session of the…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar made a big claim against the wrestlers’ protest on Wednesday as Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The former Haryana CM said last year’s protest is finally “reaching its climax” as the wrestlers ask Congress for tickets to contest Haryana Assembly elections. Khattar also…
