Naveed is a "trained assassin" and he was present at the crime scene with his accomplices, the minister said. He said Naveed also failed a polygraph test. Naveed had told police he wanted to kill Khan as music was played during Azan time during his rally. Firing on Imran Khan Carried Out From Four Sites, Three More Shooters Involved: Probe Team.
Odisha Cabinet Nod To Form Mission Shakti Department for Women Draws Opposition s Criticism
The opposition parties have questioned the move s timing with municipal elections likely to be held in the state sometime this year and panchayat polls due early next year.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik. Photo: Twitter/@Naveen Odisha
Women10/Mar/2021
Bhubaneswar: Odisha cabinetâs approval of the state governmentâs decision to create a separate department of ‘Mission Shakti’ â an empowerment initiative that organises women into economically productive livelihood-supporting self-help groups (SHGs) â has triggered a debate among major opposition parties viewing the move as politically motivated. They have questioned its timing with municipal elections likely to be held in the state sometime this year and panchayat polls due early next year.
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India s Sustained Benevolent Sexism Has Let Its Women Down
Women are being asked to give up their rights to freedom of choice and movement for protection. What if we choose not to register ourselves in the name of protection or marry a rapist?
Representative image of an agitation in New Delhi for women s safety. Photo: Ramesh Lalwani/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Women05/Mar/2021
âWill you marry her?â asked the Chief Justice of India to a man who is accused of repeatedly raping a minor. The accused stalked the victim on her way to school, gagged and tied her whilst he raped her, threatened to throw acid on her face if she spoke up and continued to rape her several times thereafter. The facts only came to light when she tried to commit suicide and her mother stopped her. She and her mother tried to file a police complaint, but the mother of the accused stopped them promising her son would marry her when she turned 18.