-The Indian Express Agriculture doesn’t pay that much, land is no longer the source of power it once was, and the community has failed to keep up with a changing India. The Jats conform fully to the idea of a ‘dominant caste’, a term the eminent sociologist M N Srinivas used to refer to any community that is both numerically strong in a village or local area, as well as wields...
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High-level probe ordered into ‘rapes’ during Jat quota violence -Shiv Sunny
-The Hindu The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged crime reported by a newspaper; no eyewitness or victims produced yet A high-level probe has been ordered into allegations of at least 10 women being raped by members of a mob in Murthal village in Haryana during the recent quota agitation by the Jat community. Apart from top police officers from the State and members of the...
More »India sees rise in communal violence, UP leads states -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Communal violence witnessed a rise in 2015, with 751 incidents recorded across the country as against 644 in 2014. According to data put out by the government in reply to a Lok Sabha question on Wednesday, there was also a rise in casualties resulting from communal unrest last year, with dead and injured up at 97 and 2,264 from 95 and 1,921 respectively in 2014. Incidentally,...
More »50% of girls sexually harassed on way to school, 32% stalked: Study -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India Half of girls are subject to various forms of sexual harassment like leering, pinching and groping while travelling to and from school while 32% are followed on their way to school or college, reports Himanshi Dhawan. A 2014 study by NGO 'Breakthrough' on 900 young girls and boys in six states revealed that 52% of students experienced leering and staring followed by touching, pinching and groping. Girls...
More »‘Over 30% of lawyers have fake degrees’
-The Times of India NEW delhi: The process of weeding out fake lawyers has begun across the country. Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra told TOI on Wednesday that results of an ongoing verification process may surprise many and far exceed the initial estimates that over 30% lawyers have fake degrees. "We have implemented the BCI Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules 2015 and have now made it mandatory...
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