Ahona Sengupta is a journalist with News18.com. She writes on gender, crime and politics.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will get married at a private ceremony here on Thursday. Mann (48), will be tying the knot with Dr Gurpreet Kaur, who belongs to Pehowa in Haryana's Kurukshetra.
The Taliban has recently said that they have relaxed their stance on women's rights, but have signalled their intention to deny girls' education past the age of 12, to ban women from employment and reinstate the law requiring women to be accompanied by a man.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday began talks covering an extensive agenda that included rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, ways to boost IndoPacific engagement and enhancing COVID19 response efforts among others.
The people who wake up to sweep the city clean, return home to live amid filth and garbage.
This time last year, Northeast Delhi was searing, with roads strewn with stones and blood, people running amok for cover, smoke billowing from the streets as hundreds of houses were set afire by rioters.
In the January 19 judgment, the Bombay High Court said groping a minor's breast without "skin-to-skin contact" cannot be termed sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Meanwhile, Pracha claimed that imposters in plainclothes posed as cops to gather vital information of his clients from his computers and has filed a police complaint regarding it. The Delhi police have, however, denied all such allegations.
Akram Khan's medical report mentions that the patient suffered his "injuries during riots on 24.02.2020" and "needs multiple surgeries in the future". However, the FIR describes the incident as an accident, and police have invoked sections 279 (rash driving) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC.
A recent research found that non-menopausal patients experienced a shorter hospitalisation period, earlier discharge, and lower disease severity than menopausal patients. Another study hypothesised that oestrogen may act as a deterrent in a woman’s body. Experts, however, say more long-term analyses are required to reach a definite conclusion.
While a number of young boys and girls at relief camps struggle to come to terms with witnessing scenes of horror and losing all that was familiar, experts say children’s past events automatically get linked to future events and continue to trigger them.
Till Sunday night, Lane 29 in Khajuri Khas was a lively neighbourhood where Hindus and Muslims had lived together for decades. Not anymore.
In 1919, fears of Muslim disunity soared following the decline of the Ottoman Empire after its defeat in World War I. In India, the Ali brothers joined forces with Gandhi’s Non-cooperation movement to further their cause.
The nature of the Act is fundamentally against everything that Ghatak’s cinema is known for. His work paints a turbulent picture of forced exile and statelessness, oppression of casteism, irrespective of religion.
With its chief’s iconic Parliament hug to PM Modi, the Congress party has not looked back since. Henceforth, it has been a bumpy ride of love and occasional stings.
It’s time for women to collectively shed the intra-animosities among them and invoke their own inherent ‘shakti’ as a collective weapon of non-cooperation.
World Sparrow Day is celebrated on 20th March every year and puts the spotlight on the tiny-chirpy House Sparrow and other birds.
Mother Teresa Birth Anniversary: Mother Teresa took her religious vows on May 24, 1931 and chose to be named after Therese de Lisieux, the patron saint of missionaries.
When Netanyahu’s dispensation sends out batches of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine deep inside the Bank, they have their set takers: only Jewish settlers. The rest of the roughly 2.7 million Palestinians living around them are pushed to the wall.
On Monday afternoon, Sujata was inducted to the Trinamool Congress in the presence of senior leader and MP Saugata Roy and dramatic visuals of her waving the ‘Jora Phool’ (grass flower) flag went viral.
Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party, the BSP chief said, "The Samajwadi Party has once again shown their true anti-Dalit face by conspiring to stop the BSP candidate, they were not successful and hence started alleging that the BSP was allying with BJP to win the Rajya Sabha polls."
Usmani said that there is a “huge anti-incumbency wave” in the poll-bound state, adding that even though the Congress party has not won the Jale seat since the 90s, he has faith in the current leadership that has "spoken for the poor and the helpless".
The Assam government on Saturday urged priests in the state to get themselves tested for COVID-19 before the Durga Puja to ensure that devotees are not infected with the virus. The government has made it mandatory for priests to get tested before the Pujas.
While 86.25% of the registered male candidates appeared for the test, which 6.38 percentage points lower than 2019, 85.02% of the female registered candidates appeared for NEET. Therefore, for women, the percentage points dropped by 8.01 percentage from last year.
On Thursday, a youth was shot dead during the shootout in front of local administrative officials over a dispute at a meeting for selection of ration shops. The prime accused, Dheerendra Singh, fled the scene amid a stampede-like situation that followed the firing.
In what seems like a psychopathic behaviour, Christopher was reportedly grinning when investigators at the Bandra police station asked him why he had committed the horrific crime.
Further, the Forum requested that all registered medical professionals should be able to avail the RT-PCR tests at approved centers, including the private sectors in a hassle-free manner and free of cost by the state government as they have been dedicated to medical care in the most sensitive times.
At a public meeting at Keshiary in West Midnapore on Tuesday, Vijayvargiya said that there is a “serious law and order problem” in West Bengal and he would ensure that the assembly elections are securely held in the state next year.
The family has named the three youths - Gunnu Tiwari, Dabboo Singh and Guddu. On Tuesday night, Tiwari allegedly sneaked into the house and molested her, while the Singh and Guddu climbed up into the house and threatened them, the family said.
Tara Devi, who has been associated with the Congress party for the past four years, alleged that she was manhandled after she objected to giving a ticket to Mukund Bhaskar Mani Tripathi, a rape accused. The Deoria assembly seat fell vacant after the demise of BJP MLA Janmejaya Singh. The bypolls for the seat will be held on November 3, this year.
Amid a political storm in Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal had recorded the first Covid-19 case on March 22 and its first fatality on April 6. By then, a severe sense of trepidation had taken over the minds of the local residents in the city.