Amid protests and the political fallout of two viral videos — one from trouble-torn Manipur and another from Malda district in West Bengal — Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday said the two incidents shoudn't be compared as atrocities on women in
A day after being sacked as a minister following his critical remarks against Ashok Gehlot government over recent incidents of crimes against women in Rajasthan, Rajendra Singh Gudha on Saturday said that he will keep speaking until he is alive.
Hitting out at the Rajasthan government over the crimes against women in the state, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said that it has totally failed to prevent such incidents.
Advocate Rohit Pandey, Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association said that the Executive Committee has expressed its deep concern over the incidents which have tarnished the humanitarian ethics to its core.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal plans to visit Manipur for assessing the situation after incidents of sexual violence against women and girls emerged.
Day one of the monsoon session of the Parliament witnessed unruly scenes amid slogneering by the opposition over Manipur violence as joint opposition sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the issue.
The Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the violent incidents that happened on May 9 this year in Pakistan caused losses of Rs 2.5 billion, according to Daily Pakistan.
Owaisi said Prime Minister took the pains to speak on the ongoing violence in Manipur after 80 days during which the BJP-ruled state "witnessed incidents of loot, arson and vandalism".
According to the police, five persons of a family were buried alive when a heavy landslide affected a house at village Surjan of Bani tehsil which is 250 km from Kathua headquarters.
Following heavy monsoon rains, 13 people died in separate incidents of a wall collapse in Pakistan's capital and Rawalpindi on Wednesday, reported Geo News.
At least 640 children have been killed or injured in 541 incidents involving explosive remnants of war and landmine explosions in Afghanistan between January 2022 and June 2023, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Khaama Press reported.
The military trial of civilians, who are accused of attacking sensitive installations in courts, are "apt and proportionate response" to the events of the May 9 incidents, the federal government said in a statement, Dawn reported.