Hathras Case | Officials’ role clear, truth can’t be hidden: family
Contradicting the police s claim that the 19-year-old had not been sexually assaulted, the chargesheet says the four upper caste accused had gangraped the woman on September 14 before leaving her for dead. Updated: December 19, 2020 8:09:23 am
Security at Hathras village. (Express file photo: Praveen Khanna)
As the
CBI submitted its chargesheetin the Hathras case Friday, only the eldest brother of the 19-year-old Dalit woman was present from the family at the Hathras District Court, located not far from their home. Her parents weren’t told a chargesheet was going to be filed.
In UP, farmers get notice of Rs 50 lakh for protests, police say will revise sum
The farm leaders, hailing mostly from the Chandausi and Singhpur areas, have been calling for protests since November 26. On the first day of the protest, nearly 400 people had gathered at a chowk in Sambhal. Updated: December 18, 2020 9:11:26 pm
The farm leaders, hailing mostly from the Chandausi and Singhpur areas, have been calling for protests since November 26.
Days after notices were sent by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate in UP’s Sambhal asking farm leaders to
Centre’s new laws, police Thursday claimed the amount was “a clerical error” and will be reduced. But leaders said the notice itself is a means to “throttle democratic protest”.
Phone, tractor parts in demand, some shops see sales bump
Situated at the GT Karnal Highway, Singhu border is a hub of shops that sell automobile parts, restaurants and petrol pumps. Since the blockade, many shops have remained shut, while some started opening a week into the stir. December 17, 2020 2:57:43 am
K K Venugopal while hearing a clutch of petitions seeking removal of farmers staging a sit-in at the borders of Delhi against the new farm laws.
Protests at Delhi’s Singhu and Tikri borders have had a ripple effect on businesses in the area, with those selling automobile and phone parts as well as warm clothes seeing an increase in demand even as several other establishments witness a dip.
Farmers’ protests: Many at Singhu for a day to help out, ‘be part of history’
Many visitors can be seen walking till the far end of the protest to get a sense of how large it is, while some children diligently write down slogans on posters to be put up on the sides of tents. Updated: December 17, 2020 4:27:41 pm
K K Venugopal while hearing a clutch of petitions seeking removal of farmers staging a sit-in at the borders of Delhi against the new farm laws.
Not everyone at Singhu is there for the long haul. Even as thousands of farmers settle in at Delhi’s borders, there are hundreds of people from Delhi and nearby who are making one-day visits to be a part of or just witness the farm protest. While some say they want to see history in the making, others are more involved, sitting down and chanting slogans alongside farmers and participating in the seva at numerous langars before heading home in the evening.
It’s 7.30 pm and Singh is seated on the highway divider, his legs crossed, barely 50 metres from a police barricade. He is from Ropar and is accompanied by dozens of farmers from the area. For them, the bed is a mattress inside a small cloth tent on the divider.
For others, the night is still young. Nearby, a large screen has been stuck to the side of a tractor. From 7 pm onwards, a movie, primarily on Sikh culture and history, is played for two hours. The screen is connected to a laptop and the movie is streamed through the internet. Every now and then, the dialogues are overshadowed by chants of “Jo Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal”.