-NDTV.com Three elderly people have died waiting in queues to secure fuel since Saturday, police have said. New Delhi: As Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis, with electricity blackouts and shortage of essential goods leading to massive protests, its nationals have started seeking refuge in India. Here's your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story: * The Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday apprehended six Sri Lankan nationals including three children, all residents of Jaffna...
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Property Worth Crores Destroyed In Bihar Protests, Say Sources: 10 Points -Parimal Kumar
-NDTV.com Railway property was damaged across four stations in Bihar -- Ara, Gaya, Nawada, Sitamarhi -- which bore the brunt of protests. New Delhi: Railway property worth crores has been damaged and 12 government employees were injured in Bihar during the three-day agitation by students against the changes in railway recruitment rules, sources have said. Here are the Top 10 points in this big story: 1. Railway property was damaged across four stations in...
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-FreePressJournal.in Jaipur: Attacks on Dalit weddings and cases of Dalit grooms being taken off mare are still eminent in Rajasthan. Rajasthan police data tells that 76 FIRs were lodged of such incidents in the state in the last 8 years and 80 per cent of them were found to be true. Looking at the situation the police had to issue a special order recently to give full police protection to such...
More »Towards a more humane police force -RK Vij
-The Hindu Efforts are on to improve the human rights protection regime in police stations Earlier this month, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana expressed concern at the degree of human rights violations in police stations in the country. He said that “the threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in police stations”. He also said that “in spite of constitutional declarations and guarantees, lack of effective legal representation...
More »Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: CJI -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Going by recent reports, even the privileged are not spared third-degree treatment, he says Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Sunday said police stations pose the “highest threat” to human rights and dignity, which are ‘sacrosanct’. “The threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in police stations... Going by recent reports, even the privileged are not spared third-degree treatment,” the Chief Justice said. Custodial torture and police atrocities...
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