Jharkhand: NCW demands action for minor raped as punishment for brotherR...
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday demanded action after a 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped on the orders of her community’s head in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district. The girl was raped at Gulgulia village, located about 60 km from Bokaro on Monday. “Action should be... read more »
IIT for sure, AIIMS comes a cropper
Close on the heels of the raw deal in the Railway budget, the State’s wish list for the maiden Union Budget of the Narendra Modi government has largely been ignored. The only solace is that an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has been sanctioned for Kerala, along with four other States, after... read more »
Jharkhand: Minor Dalit girl raped on orders of Panchayat
Bokaro: In a horrific incident, a Panchayat in Bokaro is alleged to have ordered the rape of a 14-year-old Dalit girl. A report in Indian Express says that the accused and fellow Dalit Nakabandi Pasi’s wife said that it was a revenge rape as the victim’s brother had allegedly tried to molest... read more »
11 dead in kindergarten bus accident
All 11 people, including eight kindergarten children, died after a minivan fell into a pond Thursday in central China’s Hunan Province, rescuers confirmed early on Friday. The accident occurred at about 5 p.m. Thursday Beijing Time in a mountainous village near Changsha, capital of Hunan. The... read more »
