Gangtok, August 08 (KMS): An officer of the Indian paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been arrested by the police in Sikkim for raping a 13-year-old girl. The ITBP officer, posted in Sikkim, raped the minor girl multiple times at his quarters, following which she became pregnant. The incident has …
Read More »Nupur Sharma row: Mob attacks man in Maharashtra over social media post
Mumbai, August 07 (KMS): A man was attacked with sharp weapons by a mob in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district accusing him of supporting suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma on social media, leaving him seriously injured A senior police officer said that it was premature to say anything about the motive behind …
Read More »Mobile internet services suspended for 5 days in Manipur amid protests
Imphal, India, August 07 (KMS): Mobile Internet services have been suspended for five days across Indian disturbed state Manipur. The order issued by Special Secretary (Home) H Gyan Prakash claimed that some anti-social elements were using social media to transmit hate speeches, inciting the passions of the public. The decision …
Read More »Video goes viral on social media in which BJP leader abusing a woman
Noida, August 06 (KMS): A video went viral on social media in which BJP leader Shrikant Tyagi can be heard hurling abuses at a woman during an argument over putting plants in society on Friday. The woman said, “I live in Grand Omaxe. A man, named Shrikant Tyagi, residing on …
Read More »Sharp rise in rape, sexual assault cases in Telengana despite POSCO Act
Hyderabad, Aug 06 (KMS): The number of rape and sexual assault cases against minors, registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the Indian state of Telangana, increased significantly. Even with the tighter lockdown regulations in place, 2,074 cases of rape and sexual assault against minors …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi says India witnessing ‘death of democracy’
New Delhi, August 06 (KMS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that India is witnessing the “death of democracy” and that anybody who stands against the onset of dictatorship is “viciously attacked”. Talking to media in New Delhi, he said, “What we are witnessing is the death of democracy. That’s …
Read More »Demolished mosque in Hyderabad to be rebuilt at same site: AIMIM
Hyderabad, August 06 (KMS): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and member of Talangana state Assembly, Kausar Mohiuddin, has said that a mosque demolished by the municipal authorities at Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad city a few days ago will be reconstructed at the same site. Kausar Mohiuddin along …
Read More »Bulldozer demolishes madrassa in Assam
New Delhi, Aug 05 (KMS): Jamiul Huda in the Moirabari area in Indian state of Assam run by Mustafa alias Mufti Mustafa who was recently arrested has been demolished by authorities. “The Madrasa was demolished under Disaster Management Act & UAPA Act,” said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Cops alleged …
Read More »Students protest against seminar “Modi@20” in Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, Aug 05 (KMS): Half of a dozen student groups at Jamia Millia Islamia organized a parallel protest program against the “university administration’s dare attempt to saffronize the campus” by conducting seminar on “Modi@20: Dream meets delivery.” Hundreds of students raised slogans against the varsity authorities under the banners …
Read More »‘Only 149 out of 4,690 convicted under UAPA from 2018 to 2020’
New Delhi, Aug 04 (KMS): A total of 4,690 persons were arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) between 2018 and 2020 and 149 of them were convicted, Indian Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said. Rai while replying to a written question in Rajya Sabha said 1,321 …
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