Jaipur (Rajasthan), Feb 10 (ANI): A youth was paraded naked for shooting a TikTok video with a 14-year-old girl in Jaipur, and uploading it on the social media platform. The girl later lodged an FIR against the man under POCSO act. Speaking on the matter, a police official said, "After video went viral, girl's father made youth take off clothes and beat him up. Girl has lodged FIR against youth under POCSO and SC/ST Acts".
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Principal of Gargi College, Dr Promila Kumar informed that the college administration has set up a high-level fact finding committee to meet with complainants of alleged sexual assault inside the campus during a cultural festival. "We have set up a high-level fact-finding committee to meet with the complainants, eyewitnesses and any other person having relevant information. The committee will prepare, in a time-bound manner, a report of the complaints for submission to the Police, if complainants so desire. The students also have the option of approaching the ICC of Gargi College for confidential inquiry. Institute will file a report of complaints to the Police at the earliest so perpetrators can be brought to justice. We'll set up a security protocol to ensure such incidents never take place again," Dr Promila told ANI on alleged sexual assault by outsiders at the college.
Hubli (Karnataka), Feb 10 (ANI): People under the banner of Anjuman-I-Islam protested against the new Citizenship law in front of Mini Vidhana Soudha. They also opposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). Protesters showed placards reading 'Save Constitution'.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices witnessed profit booking And closed in the negative zone on Monday amid concerns over the impact of coronavirus on supply chains And global economy. The BSE SAndP Sensex closed 162 points lower at 40,980 while the Nifty 50 slipped by 67 points at 12,032. All sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) were in the red with Nifty metal melting by 3 per cent, auto by 2.5 per cent And realty by 1 per cent. Among stocks, Tata Steel dipped by 5.9 per cent at Rs 443.15 per share while Hindalco was down by 3.2 per cent at Rs 191 apiece. Auto stocks too slipped substantially with Mahindra and Mahindra down by 7.1 per cent And Eicher Motors by 3.3 per cent. The other prominent losers were Zee Entertainment, Grasim, Bharti Infratel, Coal India, Britannia And Yes Bank. However, UPL, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Reliance Industries And Hindustan Lever traded with a positive bias.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Speaking on Gargi college alleged sexual assault case, South Delhi DCP Atul Thakur informed that inspector of CAW Cell and Additional DCP South Delhi has been appointed to conduct an inquiry into the case. "An inspector of Crime Against Women (CAW) Cell has been designated as investigation officer in the case. The Additional DCP (South) has been designated as inquiry officer to conduct an inquiry into all aspects related to the case," said DCP South Delhi. Earlier, Gargi College students were allegedly assaulted sexually on campus during cultural fest. The fest took place form February 04 to 06. National Commission for Women took cognizance of alleged sexual crime.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Jamia Millia Islamia Chief Proctor Waseem Ahmad appealed students to move back from the protest. He said, "I request both students and police to deal with the situation in a calm manner. I appeal to students to move back." Jamia Coordination Committee's (JCC) protest march against CAA, NRC and NPR from Jamia to Parliament which was stopped by security forces near Holy Family Hospital in Okhla.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Several women from Delhi University's Gargi College alleged that they were groped by men on campus during their annual cultural fest. The fest took place from February 04- February 06. National Students' Union of India (NSUI) protested at Gargi College against alleged molestation incident. They raised slogans against Delhi Police during the protest. While speaking to ANI in the national capital on February 10, the leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAM) Sanjay Singh said, "Gargi College incident is very unfortunate and in the annual festival of that girls college few boys went forcefully and molested them. There is no one to listen to them." "Is this how girls will be saved in the national capital?, he asked. A team of National Commission for Women (NCW) and Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) also visited the college campus earlier on February 10. A senior woman officer, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Geetanjali Khandelwal will lead the inquiry in Gargi
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Delhi Police beefed up security to manage law and order condition for the Jamia Coordination Committee protest in New Delhi on February 10. While talking on deployment of security on the protest area, DCP (South East) Rajendra Prasad Meena said, "We have sufficient numbers of male and women force, we are trying to talk to people, they promised that they will maintain peace during the protest."Jamia Coordination Committee staged protest march to Parliament on February 10. They protested against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). A large number of demonstrators came out on streets to protest.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): While speaking in Lok Sabha, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that India is taking all preventive measures after Novel Coronavirus outbreak and we are monitoring and reviewing the situation daily. "Till now 1,118 flights have been screened," he further added. Three cases of deadly virus have been confirmed in Kerala so far.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): While speaking in Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party's ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president, Chirag Paswan on Monday said that his party does not agree with the Supreme Court's decision which said "reservations for jobs, promotions, are not a fundamental right". Adding to it, he urged the Centre to intervene in the matter.
Patna (Bihar), Feb 10 (ANI): While talking on an'explosion'case in Bihar's Patna, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Upendra Sharma said that according to doctors injured had typical burn injuries. "All injured have superficial burn injuries; there is not any explosion injuries.7 people have been injured in the incident. Doctor has said that they have superficial burns, not blast injuries. The forensics team will be here shortly. Victim has stated that she had gone to heat some water, when the gas cylinder caught fire,"SSP further added. Five people were injured in an explosion in Bihar's Patna on February 10. The incident took place at a house in Patna. The injured people have been shifted to a hospital for medical treatment.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Jamia Coordination Committee staged protest march to Parliament on February 10. They protested against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). A large number of demonstrators came out on streets to protest.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Several women from Delhi University's Gargi College alleged that they were groped by men on campus during their annual cultural fest. The fest took place from February 04- February 06. National Commission for Women (NCW) took cognizance of alleged sexual assault on students of Delhi University's Gargi College for women. A team of NCW also visited the college campus on February 10.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China and other parts of the world has reached 904, CNN reported citing Chinese authorities. The number of infected people globally has now hit the 40,000 mark. The novel coronavirus was first detected in China's Wuhan city in late December and has since spread to more than 25 countries. On Sunday, the new coronavirus even surpassed the fatalities caused by the SARS epidemic in 2003. The World Health Organisation has declared a global health emergency in the wake of the outbreak. Meanwhile, WHO international expert mission led by Dr Bruce Aylward embarked for China.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Several women from Delhi University's Gargi College alleged that they were groped by men on campus during their annual cultural fest. The fest took place from February 04- February 06. While speaking to ANI in the national capital on February 10, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chief Rekha Sharma said, "I have sent my team at Gargi College and they are talking to the principal. I read in the evening in a tweet that few men have entered in the college and tried to molest girls." "Girls had written that no action was taken by the administration against those men and I immediately replied them that I will be sending my team in the morning. I have already directed to the team to visit college and meet students after that take up the matter with the police," she added. "After taking the details from my team, I will be able to react about it," NCW Chief further stated. National Commission for Women (NCW) took cognizance of alleged sexual assault on students of De
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in the national capital on February 10, the General Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) D Raja spoke on Supreme Court (SC) judgment on reservation. He said, "CPI does not agree with the Supreme Court (SC) judgement on reservations and reservation in promotion. The Article 16 of the Indian constitution is very clear that every citizen must get equal opportunity." "In India, reservation has been accepted as a state policy," CPI General Secretary added.
Wardha (Maharashtra), Feb 10 (ANI): Locals in Maharashtra's Wardha district expressed outrage after woman lecturer was set ablaze by her stalker. She succumbed to severe burn injuries. Locals blocked the road to protest. The 24-year-old woman lecturer was set ablaze by her stalker near Hinganghat in Wardha district on 3rd February has succumbed to her injuries today.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal arrived at Gargi College in Delhi on February 10. Students of Gargi College have alleged sexual assault by outsiders during their fest. While speaking to mediapersons, Swati said, "We are investigating the matter and issuing notices to Delhi Police and college administration. Action should be taken against those who did this and those who protected them." Reportedly, a senior woman officer, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Geetanjali Khandelwal will lead the inquiry on Gargi College case. She is in touch with the principal of college over the incident.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in the national capital on February 10, the leader of Congress party Rahul Gandhi spoke on reservation. He said, "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and RSS's ideology is against reservations. They never want SC/STs to progress. They are breaking the institutional structure." "I want to tell SC, ST, OBC and Dalits that we will never let reservations come to an end no matter how much Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat dream of it," he added.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in the national capital on February 10, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju said, "No one has given permission to any Kabaddi player to go to Pakistan. Issuance of giving visa is the sovereign prerogative of a country and we have no role in granting visa." "We will talk to the Kabaddi federation on whether it was an informed visit or not," he added. Several Kabaddi players from India have gone to Pakistan to participate in tournament.