-The Times of India SHIMLA: The exemplary courage shown by the Delhi gang rape victim has motivated a 15-year-old dalit girl from the remote village of Sirmaur district to stand up against the landlord who had been sexually exploiting her for last around five months. Lodging her complaint, the victim told the cops that bravery of the Delhi girl had prompted her to speak up. Police have arrested the accused. Sources said...
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Shillong: Five Coal Mine Labourers Killed in Mishap
-Outlook Shillong: Five coal mine labourers were killed when a cable of coal-laden trolley snapped mid-way in a coal pit in remote East Jaintia Hills district, police said today. The incident took place last Friday night at around 9 pm at Umpleng Cement area located along the Saipung-Khliehriat border in the district, they said. The mishap took place after the cables pulling up the trolley containing coal snapped sending it plummeting down. After...
More »Sexual Offences: CPM favours death penalty, CPI wants life -Nidhi Sharma
-The Economic Times CPM, which has conventionally opposed capital punishment, has suggested enhancement of punishment in sexual offences and proposed life imprisonment and even death in rarest of rare cases. In the final draft of suggestions being sent to Justice Verma Committee, formed by the government to rewrite the country's rape laws after the horrific gang-rape, the Left party has openly called for capital punishment in rare and brutal cases. According to...
More »MP to blacklist sexual offenders from govt jobs
-The Times of India BHOPAL/JABALPUR: The Madhya Pradesh government is compiling a list of convicted sexual offenders to ensure that they do not get government jobs as part of a series of measures to check crimes against women in the state. A government spokesperson said a DSP rank officer will be appointed in each district to check such crimes and that charge-sheets in these cases will be filed within two weeks. There has...
More »Aruna Roy objects to direct cash transfer
-The Times of India National Advisory Council (NAC) member and MKSS leader Aruna Roy on Friday shot off a scathing letter to the finance ministry objecting to "talk" of subsidy cuts for the poor while funding programmes like Aadhar that have no legislative backing. She also suggested that pre-budget consultations for business and social sector should be held jointly in a more democratic fashion. Expressing "shock" at subsidy cuts Roy, who did...
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