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In a chilling reminder of the recent Unnao case, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped and set ablaze at a village in Fatehpur district here on Saturday. Her condition is critical and she is battling for her life at a Kanpur hospital with 90 per cent burns.
The 22-year-old accused is her distant relative, who allegedly raped and set the girl ablaze when she was alone at her house in a village under the Hussainganj police station, Circle Officer Kapil Dev Mishra was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Read More
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Rape Conviction Rate In India is Still Low At 32%
It has been seven years after the brutal Nirbhaya gang rape that shook the entire nation, but the conviction rate in rape cases in the country is still as low as 32.2 per cent despite laws dealing with sexual assault being made stringent in the aftermath of the incident.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data available for 2017, the total number of rape cases that went to trial in that year was 1,46,201 but only 5,822 of them resulted in conviction. Read More
UP Cop Says People Have The Right To Protest Democratically
Amid this turmoil, a cop from the state of Uttar Pradesh has shown the way to many in our security forces on how to deal with the protesters. In a video shared on twitter, which is now going viral, Senior Superintendent of Aligarh Police Akash Kulhary is seen telling the protestors that he will stand by them as they demonstrate against the Citizenship Act provided they “protest democratically”.
Over 5,000 students of the university had planned a protest march on Friday from the university campus to the office of the District Magistrate, about a kilometer away, over the amended Citizenship Act. Read More
Tea Growers Feel The Pinch Of Anti-Citizenship Law Protests
Just as the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by both houses of the Indian parliament and became a law, violent protests in several parts of the country, particularly the northeastern states, have called for its immediate withdrawal.
As a result now, tea growers in Assam have started feeling the pinch of the ongoing protests with partial disruption in production at many gardens and sale of the crop at the Guwahati auction centre being hampered, industry insiders said on Saturday. Transportation of the produce has also been affected due to the ongoing stir. Read More
Bengal To Install Sensors To Detect Stubble Burning
In a positive step, the West Bengal government is reportedly taking steps to control pollution that results from stubble burning. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), according to a report in the Economic Times, is planning to install remote sensors across the state to detect stubble.
Stubble burning is a major cause of air pollution and pro-environment groups have repeatedly urged governments to curb it. There are other ways of dealing with the stubble and several state governments are instructing their farmers accordingly. Read More
