A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and R Mahadevan transferred a 2018 plea that sought directions for the immediate release, care and treatment of persons with mental illness confined in a faith-based asylum at Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, to the NHRC.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court has sentenced four convicts to 20 years of jail punishment in a decade-old case involving abduction, gang rape, illegal confinement, causing hurt and criminal intimidation. Women convicts have been sentenced for the Abetment of the offences.
A case of gang rape has been registered against BJP MLA Harish Shakya, his brother Satendra Shakya, among 16 others, in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Civil Lines Police Station filed the case following a court order. The allegations include sexual assault, land grabbing, and other offenses.
Five people died and one person was seriously injured in a horrific accident at the Delhi-Badaun highway on Thursday after a tempo and truck collided, according to Badaun police.
A tense situation unfolded at Dehradun Railway Station on Thursday when police intervened after a minor girl from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, who was found engaging in a verbal spat with the a young boy, which later on escalated into tensions between two communities.
Swatantra Dev Singh inspected the embankments in Nagla Varan, where an alert has been issued after the recent heavy rains, to ensure they were prepared for any flooding.
Uttar Pradesh State Minister of Jal Shakti Swatantra Dev Singh condoled the deaths in the Hathras stampede incident and called it "tragic and heartbreaking.".
The District Magistrate of Sambhal District Manish Bansal on Tuesday confirmed that the voting for the Lok Sabha Elections has been completed peacefully in Sambhal constituency as well as the Ganaur assembly constituency of Badaun.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the digital Namo rally through the Namo app at all the booths of 10 Lok Sabha seats falling under the third phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.