-Scroll.in Attention came to be fixed on protestors hurling flags on top of the Red Fort, eclipsing scenes of delhi residents welcoming farmers to the city. When the first wave of tractors triumphantly drove down the national highway north of delhi around 9 am on January 26, the most conspicuous symbol was the Indian tricolour. It dominated all other flags – the saffron-coloured Nishan Sahib, the flag of the Sikh Khalsa Panth,...
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Study by Project 39A: ‘65% death penalties by trial courts linked to sexual crimes… highest in 5 years’ -Apurva Vishwanath
-The Indian Express Since 2016, the share of sexual crimes in the list of crimes for which trial courts are imposing death penalty has been steadily increasing. From 17.6 per cent in 2016, it jumped to 37.27 per cent in 2017, 41.1 per cent in 2018 and 53.39 per cent in 2019. New delhi: Corresponding to the legislative expansion of death penalty for sexual crimes against women, more than 65 per cent...
More »UP govt orders no diesel for tractors as farmers gear up for Jan 26 rally: Report -Amit Chaturvedi
-Hindustan Times The farmers want to take out the rally on Outer Ring Road, while the police have suggested alternate routes. With protesting farmers refusing to budge from their decision to take out a tractor rally on Republic Day, the administration has geared up to stop them. Hindustan Times' sister publication Livehindustan reported that Uttar Pradesh government has asked supply officers in all the districts to not give diesel to protesting farmers. Thousands...
More »Happenstance placed Ashok Kumar on the school bus in which the victim travelled in -Leher Kala
-The Indian Express Hypothetically, if Ashok Kumar had been a conductor on any of the other 20 buses except the one the victim travelled in, he would not have even been an accused. On one of these bleak, foggy mornings that make for reflection, my mother wondered aloud how my life might have turned out if we hadn’t moved from Bombay to delhi when I was a teenager. Not fundamentally differently, I...
More »Halal or jhatka: SDMC claims move will help other communities -Abhinav Rajput
-The Indian Express South MCD Mayor Anamika said this has been done “to give respect to every religion”. “In Hindu religion, it is said that animals should not be cut brutally... other religions have their own rules. People are free to eat whatever they want," she said. New delhi: A day after passing a proposal to make it mandatory for restaurants and shops to display if the meat and poultry they serve...
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