West Bengal: Jadavpur students refuse to accept degrees in VC’s presence
The 69th annual convocation at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata turned into an embarrassment for the authorities when a student refused to accept her certificate as protest against the university’s vice-chancellor, Abhijeet Chakraborty. Students have been demanding action against Chakraborty for allegedly ordering police to lathi-charge the students during a demonstration against a molestation incident in September. Another student accepted his certificate but then raised a placard that read, “Resignation, No Negotiation”, also addressed to the VC.
Maharashtra: IS’s Kalyan recruits may have tweeted through proxy server in UAE
On Thursday, state police said that a recent tweet thought to have been posted by one of the Kalyan youth who joined the Islamic State came through a proxy server in the UAE. The tweet, supposedly by Fahad Sheikh, said India was targeted in 2008 in retaliation for a particular community having financed riots and killing innocents. Intelligence authorities have contacted Twitter to ascertain the origin of the message.
New Delhi: Centre moves to regulate sale of acids
Following the acid-attack on a 26-year-old woman in west Delhi last week, the central government approved steps aimed at creating a mechanism for quick relief and rehabilitation of the acid attack victims on Wednesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs also said that it was working on a web application to regulate the sale of acid and developing a mechanism to provide cashless treatment to acid-attack survivors.
Tamil Nadu: Man who raped two minor girls sentenced to life
A mahila court in Coimbatore on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man to 44 years of rigorous imprisonment and two life-terms for having kidnapped and raped two minor girls from a children’s home six months ago. The court also held the management of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church Children’s Home responsible for the incident for having run the place without a license for 20 years and for "allowing anti-social elements to enter the campus". The state government announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh for the victims.
Jharkhand: Policeman killed during Maoist attack
During an attack in Chatra district, Maoists killed a police constable and injured two soldiers. The local superintendent of police said the attackers’ target was a police party, which led to an encounter at a nearby temple. The attack comes as the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the government in the state.
The 69th annual convocation at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata turned into an embarrassment for the authorities when a student refused to accept her certificate as protest against the university’s vice-chancellor, Abhijeet Chakraborty. Students have been demanding action against Chakraborty for allegedly ordering police to lathi-charge the students during a demonstration against a molestation incident in September. Another student accepted his certificate but then raised a placard that read, “Resignation, No Negotiation”, also addressed to the VC.
Maharashtra: IS’s Kalyan recruits may have tweeted through proxy server in UAE
On Thursday, state police said that a recent tweet thought to have been posted by one of the Kalyan youth who joined the Islamic State came through a proxy server in the UAE. The tweet, supposedly by Fahad Sheikh, said India was targeted in 2008 in retaliation for a particular community having financed riots and killing innocents. Intelligence authorities have contacted Twitter to ascertain the origin of the message.
New Delhi: Centre moves to regulate sale of acids
Following the acid-attack on a 26-year-old woman in west Delhi last week, the central government approved steps aimed at creating a mechanism for quick relief and rehabilitation of the acid attack victims on Wednesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs also said that it was working on a web application to regulate the sale of acid and developing a mechanism to provide cashless treatment to acid-attack survivors.
Tamil Nadu: Man who raped two minor girls sentenced to life
A mahila court in Coimbatore on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man to 44 years of rigorous imprisonment and two life-terms for having kidnapped and raped two minor girls from a children’s home six months ago. The court also held the management of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church Children’s Home responsible for the incident for having run the place without a license for 20 years and for "allowing anti-social elements to enter the campus". The state government announced a compensation of Rs 3 lakh for the victims.
Jharkhand: Policeman killed during Maoist attack
During an attack in Chatra district, Maoists killed a police constable and injured two soldiers. The local superintendent of police said the attackers’ target was a police party, which led to an encounter at a nearby temple. The attack comes as the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the government in the state.
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