Protests raging over lakhimpur incident
lakhimpur: The postmortem report that the woman who died after being thrown out of a tempo taxi in Assam was not raped was on Friday rejected by the local BJP and a student body as public protests continued. Demanding investigation by the CBI, leaders of the lakhimpur unit of BJP said a copy of the report has not been made public, so how do we know what has been written there.
Driver kidnapped by militants in Nagaland
Imphal: Unidentified militants stopped a bus coming from Guwahati to Imphal and kidnapped its driver near Kohima in Nagaland, police said on Friday. They said three persons who came in a car stopped the bus at Visema area on Thursday and took the driver Thoudam rame to an unidisclosed place.
Kashmir night temp below freezing point
Srinagar: Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir as the weather remained dry and the night temperature in ladakh region and most parts of the Valley stayed below freezing point.
The minimum temperatures are expected to fall further as the met department has said the weather would remain dry.
No border breach in Samba attack: BSF
New Delhi: The BSF on Friday refuted the charge that there was a breach in its defence mechanisms in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba sector last September where a terror attack killed 10 people. The border guarding force said its assessment, after the attack, brought out the fact that there has been no “transgression” from Pakistan side and that there has been no lapse in its vigil.
HC seeks UP response over Food Security
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has sought to know from the Uttar Pradesh Government as to what steps it has taken to enforce the provisions of the National Food Security Act in the State. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Dilip Gupta passed the order dated November 27 on the PIl of a social organisation Akhil Bhartiya Mahila Paropkari Evam Manavta Vikas Sansthan which had sought directions to the State Government for enforcing the Food Security Act.