Three tea shops in Subbaiahpuram near Alangkulam in Tirunelveli district were sealed by police on Friday for discriminating against dalits by using the 'double tumbler' system. The tea shop owners have also been arrested. Tirunelveli SP Asra Garg said he got information that the teashops were serving dalits with a different set of tumblers and decided to visit the village on Friday morning. "I was ashamed to see the dalits...

Over the past three years, the number of attacks on schools has seen a steep rise. The argument advanced by the Naxals is that schools have become police stations and security forces take cover here. To substantiate their claim they have never attacked a school when children were in it and attacks have always taken place when the school premises were closed. Security personnel who battle the Naxals however claim that...

Junagadh BJP MP Dinu Solanki's nephew has come under the police scanner for his alleged role in the murder of RTI activist and green crusader Amit Jethwa. Crime Branch officials said they are probing the role of Solanki's nephew Pratap alias Shiva Solanki, in the case and a team has left for Junagadh to question him in this connection. Sources in the crime branch alleged that Pratap could be the...

A police constable has been arrested and three persons detained in connection with the murder of Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethva here last month. Jethva, who had filed a public interest litigation against illegal mining in the Gir forest area, was shot outside the Gujarat High Court on July 20. “After a long investigation, we have tracked down the main accused, Bahadursinh Wadher, a police constable in Junagadh district, for...

Come August 23 and Bhikhu Jethava, father of slain RTI activists Amit Jethava, will become a joint applicant in the last petition filed by the latter against illegal mining. Bhikhu will also mention his dissatisfaction with the police investigation in the much talked about murder case. Bhikhu said he would also demand a CBI investigation into the case. Talking to DNA, Bhikhu alleged that the Gujarat police had tried to divert the...